DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has been contracted by Transmission System Operator TenneT to deliver the complete project certification for two offshore substations (OSS) for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. The reliability of renewable sources is increasingly important as the…
Family-owned company Miller Boat Line has ordered a new passenger-vehicle ferry for its route on Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The ferry is to be constructed by Fraser Shipyards at its facility in Superior, Wisconsin. The 140-foot-long ferry will be christened Mary Ann Market in honor of the company’s late owner and family matriarch. The vessel will accommodate more than…
Del Monte Fresh Produce (“Del Monte”) entered into a definitive agreement for the building of six container ships to service their ocean transportation lanes between Central/South American and U.S. ports. This ship building program will initially replace their entire U.S. east coast fleet of vessels, with the first ship delivery estimated in late 2019, and…
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners recently approved an $870 million budget to build the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility. Designed to shift more shipping containers from trucks to rail, the facility will result in a more efficient and sustainable transfer of cargo, helping the Port of Long Beach to stay competitive and…
Cruise Market will register a 5.0% CAGR in terms of revenue, reach US$ 57600 million by 2023, from US$ 42900 million in 2017. Cruise is a passenger ship used for recreational and leisure voyages, in which the journey itself and the onboard amenities, attractions, activities and entertainment options are integrant part of the cruise experience….
Jan De Nul Group has successfully completed the installation of a new 83 Tonnes crane on top of the offshore substation of the 350MW Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in Germany, 75 kilometres off the coast. This OWF, operated by Iberdrola, is connected to the German power grid and supplies green energy to approximately 350,000 homes…
A new wood-chip carrier for Hokuetsu Corporation was delivered on September 11 at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Saikai city, Nagasaki, Japan, and a naming and delivery ceremony was held on the same day. NYK and Hokuetsu have a long-term contract for this vessel. The 60,360 dwt newbuilding, was handed over to the company at Oshima…
Vinalines is seeking approval from the government for building two container terminals at Lach Huyen Port in northern Hai Phong City. Nguyen Canh Tinh, director of the state-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), said its subsidiary, Haiphong Port JSC, would build terminals No.3 and No.4 at the port. He said the Haiphong Port JSC used…
Shipping confidence dipped very slightly in the three months to end-August 2018, according to our latest Confidence Survey. The average confidence level expressed by respondents was down to 6.3 out of a maximum possible score of 10.0, this compared to the four-year-high of 6.4 recorded in May 2018. Confidence on the part of owners, however,…
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced the company, along with U.K.-based Rolls-Royce Marine jointly conducted a demonstration test on a ferry equipped with the Intelligence Awareness System (IAS). The ferry, operated by MOL Group company Ferry Sunflower Co., Ltd. (President: Atsushi Igaki; Headquarters: Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture) serves Japan’s Seto…
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