ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries To Develop Next Generation LNG Carrier

ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries To Develop Next Generation LNG Carrier

ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), on the 18th of September, signed at Gastech 2019 to collaborate on a next-generation LNG carrier in a joint development project (JDP). “ABS is a leader in gas carriers with a proud record of supporting innovation, delivering operational efficiencies and advancing the cause of safety. This exciting project with…

MOL Starts Test Of Vessel Image Recognition System Using AI Technology On Nippon Maru

MOL Starts Test Of Vessel Image Recognition System Using AI Technology On Nippon Maru

It was announced by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) that they will be developing a new vessel imagar recognition and recording system and the system’s installation for demonstration testing aboriad the cruise ship “Nippon Maru” jointly with SenseTime Japan Ltd. By incorporating MOL’s knowledge and putting in artificial iintelligence, the systems graphic recognition engine was…

IMO Sulphur 2020 Regulation: Driving A Ship Propulsion Revolution

IMO Sulphur 2020 Regulation: Driving A Ship Propulsion Revolution

A new revolution has begun with the IMO’s GHG strategy. Talking about this strategy at the London International Shipping Week, Secretary General of IMO, Kitack Lim said, “The initial strategy adopted last year is a major policy commitment for a drastic reduction of GHG emissions from ships, with a specific linkage to the Paris Agreement,…

Port of Rotterdam to house the largest ‘Green’ Hydrogen Plant in Europe

Port of Rotterdam to house the largest ‘Green’ Hydrogen Plant in Europe

Thanks to the new and modern technology, hydrogen which can now be produced without the emission of carbon dioxide is used as a sustainable fuel for industries. Rotterdam is committed to the largest ‘green’ hydrogen plant in Europe. Hydrogen is a miraculous thing to be used as it can be used like a fuel to…

NEOT Becomes First Company In Port Of Södertälje To Receive LNG From BSV

NEOT Becomes First Company In Port Of Södertälje To Receive LNG From BSV

NEOT Becomes First Company In Port Of Södertälje To Receive LNG From BSV The world’s largest bunker supply vessel for liquified natural gas (LNG), ‘Kairos’, conducted the first-ever LNG supply operation in the port of Södertälje on the 12th of September. 150 tons of LNG was bunkered from ‘Kairos’ to ‘Ternsund’ that is chartered by…

Liverpool Seafarers Centre wins The World’s Best Seafarers Centre Award

Liverpool Seafarers Centre wins The World’s Best Seafarers Centre Award

Liverpool Seafarers Centre wins The World’s Best Seafarers Centre Award Ecumenical charity Liverpool Seafarers Centre (LSC) wins the title of the World’s Best Seafarers Centre in an award ceremony as part of London International Shipping Week. The award was collected by the Chief Executive of LSC, John Wilson. The ceremony was held at the Inmarsat…

Portugal’s Largest Maritime Training Facility To Utilize Wärtsilä Simulators

Portugal’s Largest Maritime Training Facility To Utilize Wärtsilä Simulators

Portugal’s Largest Maritime Training Facility To Utilize Wärtsilä Simulators Advanced technology stimulators that provide realistic training has been provided by the technology group Wärtsilä at a new facility in Portugal. The training centre is developed and is run by the Port Authority for the ports of Douro, Leixōes and Vano do Castelo (APDL). The order…

Tsuneishi Ship Building delivers its first 1900 TEU container carrier to Bangkok

Tsuneishi Ship Building delivers its first 1900 TEU container carrier to Bangkok

Tsuneishi Ship Building delivers its first 1900 TEU container carrier to Bangkok The first ship of the new-model 1,900 TEU container carrier was delivered by TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. It is one of the largest container load capacity as a Bangkok Max — at TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU), Inc. (THI) in the Philippines on September…

IMO promotes ratification of the International Treaty Covering Ship Wrecks

IMO promotes ratification of the International Treaty Covering Ship Wrecks

IMO promotes ratification of the International Treaty Covering Ship Wrecks IMO is working to promote the ratification of the international treaty that covers wreck removal – at the 10th Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response Conference in London this week (11-12 September). Also Read: Meaning Of Flotsam And Jetsam In Shipping A shipwreck might be dangerous…

Maritime Forecast To 2050 Released

Maritime Forecast To 2050 Released

Maritime Forecast To 2050 Released The third edition of Maritime Forecast to 2050 has been released by Maritime at London International Shipping Week 2019. In the rapidly changing global energy landscape, Maritime Forecast checks the future possibilities of the shipping industry. To meet the goals set by the IMO‘s i.e. greenhouse gas reduction is the…