Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will use a biofuel blend on the project to install the export cable to the Borssele offshore wind farm resulting in a more sustainable realization of this renewable energy project. The Borssele Alpha project is being executed on behalf of TenneT and is aimed at connecting the Borssele offshore grid…
Kongsberg Maritime has secured an approx. US $13 million contract to equip a new heavy lift crane vessel for Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) with an appropriately innovative technology suite. The vessel, a customised Ulstein Design & Solutions BV design, marks the entry of the Norway-based Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) into the offshore renewables and installation…
The technology group Wärtsilä has inaugurated the upgrading of the company’s test facilities located in Moss, Norway. The inauguration ceremony took place on September 17. The facilities in Moss are central to the development of Wärtsilä’s Exhaust Gas Cleaning (EGC) offering, which has an industry-leading market share of more than 40 percent. The upgrading project…
At the Savannah State of the Port event today, GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch thanked Governor Deal for his leadership and detailed GPA’s 10-year, $2.5 billion plan to expand the capacity of the nation’s fastest growing and single largest container terminal from 5.5 million twenty-foot equivalent unit containers (TEUs) to 8 million. “We’re preparing to redefine…
The container transport capacity of Shanghai International Port, which is the busiest container port in the world, has surged more than 5,000 times since China began implementing the reform and opening-up policy in 1978. in 2017, the container throughput of the company, which operates all the public container and bulk terminals in the port of…
Sea Pirates have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss merchant vessel on 22nd September off the coast of Nigeria. There is no news regarding the safety of the crew. Massoel Shipping, the operator of MV Glarus, said the vessel carrying wheat was traveling between the southwestern commercial capital Lagos and southern Niger Delta oil…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, operated by Worldwide Cruise Terminals, celebrated the arrival of its two millionth cruise ship passenger during the World Dream’s turnaround call. The occasion coincided with the eve of Hong Kong’s Mid-Autumn Festival, a general holiday and also one of the most important cultural festivals of the year in Hong Kong….
Did you ever fancy a luxury sea travel from Mumbai to Goa? Cruise lovers in India have a reason to cheer as a cruise ship is now available between Mumbai and Goa. On Friday, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) announced its plans of a luxury cruise ship journey from Mumbai’s Princess Dock to Goa. The…
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, September 24, 2018 – DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) (“DHT”) announced that it has secured commitment to a $50 million financing for its earlier publicized scrubber retrofit project, subject to final documentation. The financing is structured through an increase of the existing $300 million secured credit facility entered into in the second quarter of…
Boat vs Ship. What’s the difference between a boat and a ship? After all, both – boat or ship can be used to ferry people and cargo. If this question has also bugged you, this article will try to make the difference clear to you. Archaeological excavations have led to the discovery of log boats…
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