Author: Vidushee Singh

ICTSI Establishes Largest Fleet Of Modern Container-Handling Equipment In Philippines Recently International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) took delivery of another new quay crane (QC) and eight new hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTGs) for its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), establishing the terminal as having the largest fleet of modern container-handling equipment in the Philippines…

K-Line Announces Delivery Of 88000 DWT Coal Carrier – Corona Zenith On July 25, 2019, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, (hereafter called “K” Line) announced that “CORONA ZENITH” is delivered, which is an 88,000 DWT-type special coal carrier at Marugame Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan. Just like “K” Line’s specialized fleet CORONA ZENITH…

Panama Canal & UN Environment Signs Agreement To Join Forces On Sustainable Development Today, the Panama Canal and UN Environment signed a cooperation agreement to join efforts on sustainable development and combatting climate change. The Administrator of the Panama Canal Jorge L. Quijano and the Regional of UN Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean…

India’s V.O. Chidambaranar Port Sets Record Of Handling Cargo In Single Day A new record has been set by V.O.Chidambaranar Port by handling 1,80,597 metric tonnes of cargo in a single day on 27th July 2019, surpassing the previous single-day record of 1,77,639 Metric Tonnes on 16th November 2017. The Coal (79,230 Tonnes), Containerized Cargo…

MSC And Termont Welcome Justin Trudeau At Visit To Port Of Montreal In July 2019, at a visit, MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company and Termont, a container terminal operator based at the Port of Montreal, were honored to host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European leaders including Commission President Donald Tusk. The visit and…

Port Of Rotterdam Achieves Throughput Of 240.7 Million Tonnes In First Six Months This Year In the first six months of 2019, The port of Rotterdam achieved a throughput of 240.7 million tonnes. This total is 3.4% more than in the first six months of 2018. Container throughput, one of the strategic priorities of the…

Hoper Dredger “Scheldt River” Kicks Off Works Of Elbe River For shipping and Hamburg’s port customers throughout the world, there is good news that the works for the adjustment of the fairway have been started. The deepening and widening works of the river Elbe have officially kicked off with the arrival of the hopper dredger…

Port Of Southampton Welcomes High Efficient RoRo Vessels The new high-efficiency RoRo vessel from Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s HERO class has made its maiden call at the Port of Southampton. A new benchmark has been set worldwide by the HERO class, which stands for High-Efficiency RoRo, for automotive shipping. The HERO class has two new-build vessels in its…

NOVATEK Announces LNGC “Vladimir Rusanov” Completes Northern Sea Route 2019 Passage On 25 July, PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced that the Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker “Vladimir Rusanov” completed the Northern Sea Route (“NSR”) passage via the Eastern direction, and delivered a cargo of LNG produced by the Company’s Yamal LNG project from the…

IMB Reports Increase In Pirate And Armed Attacks Off West Africa Waters Recently the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported that the waters off West Africa remain the most dangerous hotspot for piracy and armed attacks on shipping. Recently, armed pirates kidnapped 10 Turkish seafarers from a Turkish-flagged ship, Paskoy-1, off Nigeria on 13 July. A…