Samskip launches new Antwerp/UK shortsea route expanding its European multimodal network

Samskip launches new Antwerp/UK shortsea route expanding its European multimodal network

Twice weekly shortsea container service starts 12 October from ATO The initial schedule offers a twice weekly shortsea container service, with its first departure from Antwerp on the 12th October. The service will be operated by a 508TEU capacity vessel, sailing from ATO’s multimodal terminal on Tuesday and Saturday and ABP Port of Hull on…

AmeraMex International Receives $425,000 Order

AmeraMex International Receives $425,000 Order

AmeraMex International, Inc. (OTC: AMMX), a provider of heavy equipment for logistics companies, infrastructure construction, forestry conservation and tactical military vehicles, announced that it has received a $425,000 order. The order, for port-side equipment, is from a North American logistics company.  The equipment, which is in inventory, is expected to ship before the end of October. About AmeraMex International AmeraMex International sells,…

Argus launches first new IMO 2020 compliant marine fuel assessment

Argus launches first new IMO 2020 compliant marine fuel assessment

Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus today launched a low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) price assessment for the shipping fuel market in Singapore. The Argus LSFO 0.5%S price is the first assessment to be launched for new fuels needed to comply with lower sulphur limits for the shipping sector being introduced by the International Maritime…

Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded Six Destroyers in U.S. Navy Multi-Year Contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded Six Destroyers in U.S. Navy Multi-Year Contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $5.1 billion fixed-price incentive, multiyear procurement contract for construction of six Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight III destroyers for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes options for engineering and post-delivery efforts, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to approximately $5.25…

VIDEO RELEASE–Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Use of Digital Technology Drives Latest Construction Milestone For Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)

VIDEO RELEASE–Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Use of Digital Technology Drives Latest Construction Milestone For Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)

An improved build strategy, which includes the use of digital technologies to improve efficiencies, has allowed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division to reach another milestone in the construction of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). The company on Friday lowered the final piece of the ship’s underwater hull into place. The joining…

Wärtsilä redesigns organisation to enhance customer value

Wärtsilä redesigns organisation to enhance customer value

The technology group Wärtsilä has decided to reorganise into two business areas, Wärtsilä Marine Business and Wärtsilä Energy Business, covering both new sales and services for the respective markets. With this change, Wärtsilä aims to deliver increased value to its customers by better serving their needs across the full lifecycle. The new organisational structure will…

TecnoVeritas takes Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction on Cruise Ships to Portugal Shipping Week

TecnoVeritas takes Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction on Cruise Ships to Portugal Shipping Week

On 20th September TecnoVeritas led a Crash Course dedicated to Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction on Cruise Ships, on Portugal Shipping Week, at Gare Marítima da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, Lisbon Portugal. From 17th to 21st September, Lisbon was the main focus of the naval industry, housing the event Portugal Shipping Week. This was the first…

APM Terminals launches GC3 initiative

APM Terminals launches GC3 initiative

APM Terminals’ new Global Core Competency Centre (GC3) will ensure that the company not only continues to lead in terms of technology, but will proactively re-think how technology can drive company growth. The GC3 commenced in July with more than half of its employees already onboard, but launched officially this month in Algeciras, Spain. “The…

Indian Ports Association appoints Managed Service Provider for Port Enterprise Business System for Five Major Ports

Indian Ports Association appoints Managed Service Provider for Port Enterprise Business System for Five Major Ports

As part of its efforts to promote Ease of doing Business through digital transformation and build a world class port infrastructure in the country, the Indian Ports Association (IPA) has appointed M/s Tech Mahindra as the Managed Service Provider for the five major ports at Mumbai ,Kolkata, Chennai, Deendayal Port  and Paradip Port Trust. This…

Offshore Drilling Rigs Market – Rising Demand for Energy Drives Market at 3.5% CAGR – TMR

Offshore Drilling Rigs Market – Rising Demand for Energy Drives Market at 3.5% CAGR – TMR

The global offshore drilling rigs market has moderately competitive landscape observes Transparency Market Research (TMR). Some of the players operating in the global offshore drilling rigs market are Ensco, Tranocean, Seadrill, Diamond Offshore, and COSL. These key players are relying on the adoption of technological advancement in order to achieve effective machines and products to make the…