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HMM unveiled its land-based ‘Fleet Control Centre’ located at the HMM R&D facilities in Busan, South Korea. This centre has been newly designed to effectively monitor and control the operation of HMM’s modern fleet including twelve 24,000 TEU and eight 16,000 TEU container vessels.    HMM has completed the delivery of its twelve 24,000 TEU containerships in September 2020, while eight 16,000 TEU vessels will be included in its fleet in the second quarter of 2021....

“The grand challenge of our time is finding a pathway towards decarbonisation,” said Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime, adding “Reducing GHG emissions is rapidly becoming the defining decision-making factor for the future of the shipping industry. The pressure to act decisively is mounting. Perfect is the enemy of good, and so we mustn’t wait for an ideal solution to arrive and risk making no progress at all." He continues, "Using a wide ran...

Jan De Nul Group recently announced that its trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Alexander von Humboldt, had completed 2,000 hours of operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is powered by 2 × MAN 12V32/40 and 1 × MAN 7L32/40 main engines. Jan De Nul Group reports that this major milestone represents the longest continuous use of 100% sustainable marine biofuel in the maritime industry and states that the achievement further reinforces the...

FESCO Transportation Group is launching FESCO Arctic Line – a new maritime container service, which will connect the ports of Provideniya and Pevek in the Chukotka Autonomous Area with the ports of China and the USA. Direct mixed railway The service will operate on the following routes: Qingdao (China) - Taicang (China) - Provideniya - Pevek, and Everett (USA) - Provideniya - Pevek. Calls to the port of Vladivostok and Vostochny will be also possible. The transportation will be carried o...

More than 4 thousand TEU in total will be transported under the contract valid until the end of September 2021. FESCO’s experience and competencies allow it to carry out intermodal cargo transportation, delivering by container trains from the Monchegorsk station (Murmansk region) to the port of St. Petersburg and water transportation to the destination ports in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Requiring special clearance The range of transported goods is extensive and includes nic...

Wan Hai Lines Ltd. held a ship naming ceremony for WAN HAI 321, WAN HAI 322 and WAN HAI 323 at JAPAN MARINE UNITED CORPORATION KURE SHIPYARD. Mrs. & Mr. Susowake, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsui Chemicals Corporation, Mrs. & Mr. Hayashi, Senior Manager of Overseas Transport Dept. Global Network Division of Toshiba Logistics Corp, Mrs. & Mr. Ni, Managing Director of America Chung Nam Japan K.K. officially named the ships, respectively, during the ceremony. 8 container vessels o...

FESCO Transportation Group has launched a regular intermodal container service for seafood delivery from the Russian Far East to Jilin province in China. The service includes seafood delivery in refrigerated containers by the regular services of FESCO from Kamchatka, Magadan, and Sakhalin to Vladivostok, as well as by motor transport from enterprises in the Primorye Territory. Then the cargo is handled at the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, part of the FESCO Group) and sent to the Hunchunn...

For a long, rail transport has been considered a fine alternative to sea and air freight. Over the past year, Blue Water has experienced an increase in demand for the transport of cargo from China. Many clients have discovered the benefits of choosing rail transport solutions since the reopening of China. The solution provides considerable cost savings compared to air freight, and with a reduced transit time of roughly 30 days compared to sea freight, it is a valuable alternative to many c...

Iver Christian Olerud has been appointed the new Executive Vice President for Strategy and Business Development in Kongsberg Gruppen ASA. Mr Olerud takes over from Harald Aarø, who was recently appointed head of the company's space division. He has a Master of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration from NHH Norwegian School of Economics and many years experience of in finance, M&A activities, and business development in international listed companies. Olerud's w...

In response to the growing demand for services in the northeastern part of South America, Blue Water Shipping opened a Caribbean office in Georgetown, Guyana recently. In addition to having over 1,700 employees in a network of 60+ offices, BWS has more than 45 years of experience under their belt, making them a reliable and trustworthy logistics provider. Along with the official opening, Blue Water has appointed Guyana native - Richard DeNobrega to lead operations. He holds over a decade of exp...

UMOE Mandal AS and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have agreed to cooperate on the lifetime extension of Skjold-class coastal corvettes. On May 29th, the Norwegian Government presented a proposal to speed up the lifetime extension of the Royal Norwegian Navy’s coastal corvettes. This is an initiative that will enable increased activity in the Norwegian maritime industry. Sustainable, cost-efficient operations UMOE, KONGSBERG offer modern technology to increase military capabilitie...

Kongsberg Maritime announce that it has been contracted to design and equip a highly innovative vessel for the Norwegian krill processing firm Rimfrost. The ship is to be built by Westcon, who will complete the vessel at their facility in Norway after initial construction at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. It is expected that the 120m ship will be ready to begin operations in 2022. The contract has been awarded in several stages during 2020, with the final stage signed in September 2020. The...

MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its Chinese licence, CMP, has won a series of new, small-bore, four-stroke orders within the significant, Chinese, inland-and-coastal segment. The orders are for MAN 21/31, 27/38 and 23/30H types and stem in great part from the Chinese government establishing new, impending, emission protocols for the segment with its GB15097 regulation – commonly known as C1 and C2. Medium-speed engines Accordingly, to gain orders for three of our small-bore, med...

HMM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) on smart ship technology. Under the MoU, HMM and SHI will collaborate in the research, development, and innovation in the field of smart ship solutions. The MoU mainly covers the development of eco-friendly technologies applicable for smart ships and the enhancement of technical competence related to the digitalisation of ships. Cloud-based ‘SVESSEL’ HMM has adopted ‘SVESSEL’, the mo...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO, Group) announces the appointment of Arkadiy Korosteljov as the President of the Group on 4 September 2020. Maxim Sakharov, who held this position, is now holding the position of the First Deputy President of FESCO. The decision was made on 3 September 2020 by the Board of Directors of FESCO (the parent company of the Group). Successful debt restructuring Leyla Mammad Zada, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of FESCO, said “The global economic crisis...

NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and ENEOS Corporation (i.e., ‘the Companies’) are pleased to announce that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved the Companies’ participation in a demonstration project for the commercialisation of high-power Fuel Cell (FC) vessels. The project, which will begin in September 2020, is Japan's first effort to...

SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (Yangzijiang Shipbuilding) have signed a contract for six newbuildings of 1800 TEU and an option agreement for six vessels. Yang Shaopeng, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SITC International, Ren Yuanlin, the Honourary Chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and other leaders attended the signing ceremony. Yang Xianxiang, the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SITC International, and Ren Letian, the Chairma...

Shell has signed an enterprise agreement with Kongsberg Digital for digital twin software to be deployed across its assets and capital projects. Kognitwin® Energy Software-as-a-Service The Kognitwin® Energy Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) solution will provide integration, visualisation, and analytics capabilities to Shell assets globally. The solution will be supplied through Kongsberg Digital’s cloud-native Kognitwin® Energy dynamic digital twin service plat...

Blue Water Shipping has been contracted to move blade racks from the quayside to the rear area in the port of Esbjerg. By means of a port crane rented from Port of Esbjerg, the racks were loaded on Blue Water’s SPMT (self-propelled modular transporter) for transportation to warehouse. Onboard installation vessels The blade rack consisting of a tip and root-end support are approx. 30 metres long and weigh 90 tons each. They had been used onboard installation vessels in connection to the...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) is expanding its network of domestic routes for regular container services and launching FESCO Ural Amur Shuttle - a new train from Ekaterinburg to Khabarovsk. Regular container train FESCO launches a regular container train from Ekaterinburg to KhabarovskTrains will depart once a week from Koltsovo station. Transit time to the destination – FESCO Stroyopttorg terminal at Krasnaya Rechka station – is seven days. The service will be used to transpo...

On the morning of August 12, 2020, SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding held a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the new ship - ‘SITC Nansha.’ Mr. Xue Mingyuan, Executive Director of SITC International, President of SITC Shipping Group, Mr. Du Chengzhong, Deputy General Manager of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, Mr. Deng Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd., Mr. Chen Junyi, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Nansha Dev...

MySky, the only AI-powered spend management platform designed for the private aviation industry, and Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, announced a strategic alliance enabling seamless access to real-time data for private aviation. Subscribers to MySky and SD will greatly benefit from an all-encompassing approach to aircraft management that combines operational and financial information into a single source of data, the SD Pro® platform. MySky and Satcom Direct p...

Kongsberg Maritime announce that it has been contracted by Island Offshore, a Norwegian provider of high-quality solutions for the offshore oil industry, to supply turnkey hybrid battery solutions for three of the firm’s UT 776 CD-design Platform Supply Vessels. Hybrid craft with increased efficiency  Two of the ships, Island Crusader and Island Contender, previously operated with a combination of Bergen LNG engines and Bergen Diesel engines, while the Island Commander deploys four...

On August 6th, 2020, NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation, and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) signed a joint R&D agreement for the commercialisation of an ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier (AFAGC) that would use ammonia as the main fuel, in addition to an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB). Background CO2-free hydrogen Since carbon dioxide (CO2) is not emitted when ammonia is burned, it is viewed to have promise as a next-generation fuel that could mitigate sh...

MAN Energy Solutions successful ME-GI (-Gas Injection) engine has set a new industrial standard for two-stroke propulsion engines aboard among others LNG carriers, container vessels, car carriers, and bulk carriers. The ME-GI engine provides ship-owners and operators with a peerless solution within environmentally friendly and high-efficiency, two-stroke technology, without the greenhouse emissions such as methane slip that are characteristic of competing engines. Multi-fuel combustion With t...

Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, is delivering high-speed connectivity to the world’s first VVIP Airbus ACJ320neo. Acropolis Aviation, the UK-based VVIP charter operator selected SD for its ability to deliver a custom-made connectivity solution that can meet the demanding needs of crew and passengers on board the definitive executive airliner, while also supporting and enhancing ground operations. Consistent network availability A combination of SD hardware...

HMM announced that the company has signed sales and purchase agreement with CMA CGM for the sale of its 50% stake, minus one share, in the Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras), a container terminal in the south of Spain. 50% stake sale of TTI Algeciras Shares of TTI Algeciras are owned by HMM and HT Algeciras, which is a special purpose company that is wholly controlled by HMM. HMM directly owns a stake of 50% minus one share, with the remaining 50% stake plus one share held...

The Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum will take place from 26 to 28 May 2021 in Leipzig, Germany.  The theme of the Summit will remain “Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development”, the topic of the postponed 2020 Summit, with a special focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted innovation in the sector. Lessons from COVID-19 In a message published on the 2021 Summit website, ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim said, “The vital importance...

Unifeeder announces that starting August 22nd, 2020, it will increase capacity on its weekly service between Benelux and Portugal. To serve all customer segments, Unifeeder deploys new vessels that are suitable for carrying all types of containers, from deep-sea cargo to tank containers and European 45’ pallet-wide containers. Rotterdam being the leading European hub port allows consolidation Intra-European cargo flows on a single vessel and distribution to key ports in Portugal. The ser...

System integrator RH Marine and developer of maritime training solutions VSTEP Simulation have signed a cooperation agreement. As a result, VSTEP can also supply RH Marine’s ECDIS chart and navigation system with its bridge simulators for schools, training institutes, and fleet owners. VSTEP supplies software and hardware for NAUTIS simulators around the world from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe, but also in North, Central, and South America. Realistic bridge training i...