UK shipbuilder Wight Shipyard Co (WSC)’s newbuild hybrid vessel promises to set new industry standards in the patrol and pilot sectors helping operators including port and river authorities, Police, MOD and Royal Navy meet strict new pollution standards. The port environment is becoming an even more strict environment to work in when it comes to…
Alfa Laval inaugurated the Alfa Laval PureSOx Training Centre in Shanghai, China. Focused on the training of commissioning engineers, the new facility will be instrumental in expanding the skilled workforce prior to the global sulphur cap. But with its full-sized PureSOx scrubber, it will also provide crew training opportunities for customers. Alfa Laval has not…
Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading provider of low maintenance, software operated, data verified auxiliary renewable wind energy propulsion systems, announced that independent test results showed that Norsepower’s Rotor Sail technology has great potential to deliver savings on the Viking Line-owned and operated M/S Viking Grace. Long term LNG marine fuel savings are expected to be…
Maersk Product Tankers has entered a sale and leaseback agreement for four MR vessels built in 2015 and 2016 with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). “The agreement will increase financial flexibility and strengthen the financial position of Maersk Product Tankers,” says Morten Mosegaard, Chief Financial Officer at Maersk Product Tankers. Maersk Product…
The contract – DISMANTLECON – was approved at the Committee’s meeting in Athens on 14 May and will be released at the end of June along with the guidance notes. “DISMANTLECON is a marine services contract designed to appeal equally to the party requiring removal of the structure and the marine contractors whose services they…
Jan De Nul Group launched its fourth Ultra-Low Emission vessel last week in Singapore. It contains the 6,000 m³ Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Sanderus built at the Keppel Offshore & Marine shipyard. This green vessel is the first of two identical medium-sized hopper dredgers under construction at Keppel O&M’s shipyard in Singapore, fitted with a…
Mr Niam Chiang Meng, Chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), opened a new 24/7 Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC). The MSOC will be operated by ST Engineering in its Hub. MSOC will conduct 24/7 monitoring and correlate data activities across all maritime Critical Information Infrastructure (CII). It will have the capability…
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has successfully built its first LNG-fuelled vessels with its own technology, proving itself to the eco-friendly shipping industry for its construction capability and technological prowess. SHI announced on April 29, 2019 that the two LNG-fuelled 113,000 dwt oil tankers delivered to an Asian shipowner early this year just completed the first bunkering…
First container ship at the new ICAVE terminal – a Naming ceremony held during the 500th anniversary of the Mexican city and port Hamburg/Veracruz, April 29, 2019. Hamburg Süd christened the “Polar Mexico” container ship in the Mexican port of Veracruz on the weekend. The sponsor of the “Polar Mexico” is Claudia Dávila, wife of…
CMA CGM updates its Russian Far East/China offer by upgrading its RUFEX service, connecting worldwide destinations with inland points in Russia via Vostochny and Vladivostok. This optimized service will be effective from May 10th, 2019. The features of the weekly services will be: RUFEX 1: Shekou – Yantian – Xiamen – Ningbo – Shanghai…
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