Clik here to view.
DP World wraps up acquisition of Ukrainian container terminal
Dubai-based port and terminal operator DP World has completed the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine. Photo: Government of Dubai Media Office...
View ArticleJapanese companies to develop, test autonomous ship technology
A Japanese consortium of Marubeni Corporation, Tryangle, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, and the City of Yokosuka has secured a place in the Joint Technological Development Programme for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dutch shipyard picks Ampelmann gangway for new icebreaker
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has secured a contract from Royal Niestern Sander, a member of the Royal Wagenborg Group, for the sale of a winterised A-type motion compensated gangway...
View ArticleSingapore approves over 4,000 crew change cases during coronavirus
More than 4,000 cases of crew sing-on and signoff have been approved by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) for over 300 companies since 27 March 2020. To date, the cases involved some...
View ArticleOldendorff buys Capesize bulker trio from Tata Power
Germany-based dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers has signed a “comprehensive” package deal with Singapore-based Trust Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Tata Power Company, India’s...
View ArticleAPMT Rotterdam returns to Konecranes for more straddle carriers
The APM Terminals Rotterdam container terminal has ordered a fleet of 16 diesel-electric Konecranes Noell straddle carriers. Konecranes said that the order was secured in March and that the straddle...
View ArticleIrish Continental Group scraps ferry deal with FSG
Dublin-based maritime transportation group Irish Continental Group (ICG) has terminated a contract with German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for the construction of a new vessel...
View ArticleStellar Banner scuttled after being declared unseaworthy
Giant very large ore carrier Stellar Banner, owned by Polaris Shipping from Korea, has been scuttled off the Brazilian coast after an inspection of the ship’s hull found the ship to be unseaworthy....
View ArticleClik here to view.
China’s 1st hybrid inland ship sets sail on Yangtze River
China’s first hybrid inland ship has started operations along the giant Yangtze River as part of a move to reduce emissions. Image courtesy of China Classification Society The vessel will mainly sail...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stena Line cleared to close Trelleborg-Sassnitz ferry route
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has reached an agreement with the German Works Council to permanently close the ferry route between Trelleborg and Sassnitz due to the lower freight traffic caused by...
View ArticleStudy calls for urgent action on cutting emissions from existing ships
Urgent action is needed to target emissions from the existing ships in order to deliver on what is dictated by the global Paris Agreement, according to a University of Manchester study published today...
View ArticleMPA, Airbus, others to conduct coastal 5G SA trials at Singapore Maritime...
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and M1 Limited have partnered with Airbus to conduct coastal 5G standalone (SA) network trials at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RINA performs world’s 1st statutory and class surveys through live streaming...
Italian classification society RINA has carried out what it claims to be the world’s first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys with the use of remote technologies on the bulk carrier...
View ArticleMSC expands its Carbon Neutral Programme with South Pole
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has partnered with a climate solutions provider South Pole to develop the MSC Carbon Neutral Programme. The deal comes on the back of a similar program implemented...
View ArticleGreen Marine welcomes Canadian shipowner NEAS
Canadian NEAS Group has become the latest shipowner to join Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for North America’s maritime industry. NEAS operates principally in the Canadian Arctic’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ITF: Enough is enough! Hundreds of seafarers to start leaving ships
Illustration; Image by Navingo Seafarers are going to start enforcing their right to stop working, leave ships and return home with assistance from unions, the International Transport Workers’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Port of Montreal further cuts GHG emissions in 2019
The Port of Montreal saw a continuous decrease over the past seven years in the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Port of Montreal- (MPA) specific activities per tonne of cargo...
View ArticleMOL teams up with NW Innovation on methanol shipping
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will invest in Northwest Innovation Works, Kalama, and provide and operate purpose-built next-generation ships to serve the planned methanol facility at the...
View ArticleABB lands hybrid power order for a live fish carrier
Technology firm ABB has won a deal to supply a hybrid power and energy system to a newbuild live fish carrier named Færøysund, which is being built at Aas Mek. Verksted AS shipyard in Vestnes, Norway....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wärtsilä joins Mayflower Autonomous Ship project
Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has joined a global consortium of partners working on the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) project. Photo: IBM Retracing the voyage of its famous 17th-century...
View Article