MOL’s Newbuilt LNG Carrier “Marvel Pelican” To Serve Mitsui & Co.

MOL’s Newbuilt LNG Carrier “Marvel Pelican” To Serve Mitsui & Co.

The delivery of the LNG carrier Marvel Pelican has been announced by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. The naming ceremony was organized by announced the delivery of the LNG carrier Marvel Pelican. Before the delivery, on the Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) organized a naming ceremony at the Sakaide Shipyard of KHI on 19th November. Mitsui…

DEME Lays Keel Of First Dedicated Service Operation Vessel For Offshore Wind Farm Maintenance

DEME Lays Keel Of First Dedicated Service Operation Vessel For Offshore Wind Farm Maintenance

DEME is making its first ever Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the maintenance of wind farm. It is doing so in order to be able to provide a complete package of services to the offshore wind industry, ranging from installation to maintenance. It is a concept by DEME and is designed in cooperation with Vuyk…

ClassNK Certifies NYK Group Ship Management Company’s Cyber Security Management System

ClassNK Certifies NYK Group Ship Management Company’s Cyber Security Management System

The Cyber Security Management System (CSMS) of the subsidiary of NYK Group, NYK LNG Shipmanagement Ltd. and its managed carrier ‘Pacific Mimosa’ has been certified by the Classification Society ClassNK. The Society has verified the CSMS for the first time. “Cyber Security Management System for Ships” was launched by ClassNK in March 2019. It offers…

ICS, ECSA & ANAVE Move Full Speed Ahead Towards Full Decarbonisation

ICS, ECSA & ANAVE Move Full Speed Ahead Towards Full Decarbonisation

An event regarding the decarbonisation of shipping was organized by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), and the Spanish Shipowners’ Association (ANAVE) at the COP25, the UN Climate Change Conference which was held in Madrid. “As shipping’s global regulator, the UN International Maritime Organization has successfully enhanced the sector’s…

Maersk Launches New Visibility Tool “Captain Peter”

Maersk Launches New Visibility Tool “Captain Peter”

The new Remote Container Management (RCM) platform has been launched by Maersk. It is featured with the virtual assistant Captain Peter. More than 3,600 companies have signed up since it’s launch in September, 2017 for RCM and information transparency from more than 380,000 refrigerated containers that are a part of the joint fleet of Maersk…

Container Jacking Systems Make Their Mark In Intermodal Container Logistics

Container Jacking Systems Make Their Mark In Intermodal Container Logistics

Container Jacking Systems Make Their Mark In Intermodal Container Logistics With installation in more than 20 countries, C-Lifts are coming up as a more possible equipment for lifting which is a competitor for the mid-range container handling market and dominates the container jacking niche. “Companies are realizing that in many cases, a vertical lifting container…

The Ocean Cleanup Chooses DNV GL To Verify Origin Of Their Ocean Plastic

The Ocean Cleanup Chooses DNV GL To Verify Origin Of Their Ocean Plastic

The Ocean Cleanup Chooses DNV GL To Verify Origin Of Their Ocean Plastic DNV GL has been working with Ocean Cleanup for 18 months for the establishment of a set of needs and processes of verification which is created to help build the trust and transparency for customer. The Dutch non-profit organization, the Ocean Cleanup…

AST Announces Service Provision For Iridium’s Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

AST Announces Service Provision For Iridium’s Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST) has announced to be a Service Provider for Iridium’s Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). In the first half of 2020, the new service plan will go live. It will offer global satellite GMDSS service to the seafarers and provide with a very new option in satellite network and…

FURUNO Presents New Solid-State & IMO-Compliant Magnetron-Free X-Band Radar/Chart Radar

FURUNO Presents New Solid-State & IMO-Compliant Magnetron-Free X-Band Radar/Chart Radar

NEW 800W IMO Solid-State device X-band Radar/Chart Radar has been introduced by FURUNO. It provides with a Radar Solution that is entirely Magnetron-free for the first time in both X-band and S-band along with X-band models to the FAR-2xx8/3xx0 NXT Series (from next summer 2020). Magnetron consumes a lot of power. However, the Solid-State technologies…

Royal Caribbean Wins ‘Best Cruise Line Overall’

Royal Caribbean Wins ‘Best Cruise Line Overall’

The Royal Caribbean International had yet another record breaking year. It won five awards at the Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards on the 15th of December, 2019 It was awarded the “Best Cruise Line Overall” and “Best Cruise Line in the Caribbean” for the 17th year in a row and “Best Cruise Line Sales &…