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SBM Offshore completes US$1.05 billion financing of prosperity

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has completed the project financing of FPSO Prosperity for a total of US$1.05 billion. The project financing was secured by a consortium of 11 international banks. The Company expects to draw the loan in full, phased over the construction period of the FPSO. The financing will become non-recourse once the FPSO is completed and the pre-completion guarantee has been released. The project loan has a tenor of two years post-completion, in line with the du...

Cologne Bonn Airport makes Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ available for airlines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Neste, the provider of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has set up a supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ at Cologne Bonn Airport. By doing so, Neste is helping to meet increasing levels of demand from air freight and corporate customers at Cologne Bonn Airport. AFS, Germany's provider of aviation fueling services, supports Neste in serving this market. The first flight fuelled with Neste MY SAF was a cargo flight in early June operated by ASL Airlines on behalf of Amazon. SAF f...

CULINES made efforts to increase the shipping space supply

Influenced by the global COVID-19 epidemic and other factors, the dilemma of "one equipment is difficult to obtain" for foreign trade customers is further highlighted. To solve the urgent needs of customers, CULINES made efforts to increase the supply of shipping space on various services in July. Asia - Europe service upgraded CULINES has expanded the AEX service scope and added direct service from Asia to London Tilbury, UK China United Lines will upgrade its AEX route (Asia - Europe Expre...

Yang Ming celebrated the naming of its 2,800 TEU class full container vessel, YM Continuity

On June 25th, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) celebrated the naming of its 2,800 TEU class full container vessel, YM Continuity with a virtual naming ceremony. Yang Ming Chairman Cheng Cheng-Mount and CSBC Corporation Chairman Cheng Wen-Lon, located respectively at Yang Ming’s headquarters in Keelung and CSBC Corporation’s administration building in Kaohsiung, jointly officiated the ceremony. Mrs. Chen Shu-Huei, wife of the President of National Ocean Taiwan University...

Cammell Laird collaboration with MFRS: Emergency drill

More than 80 staff from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service took part in a major incident training exercise aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel RFA Fort Austin, yesterday – the first for 18 months due to coronavirus. Part of an initiative between Cammell Laird and Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service (MFRS), the training exercise put 10 fire and rescue teams through their paces with two different emergency scenarios - both set on the 23,384-tonne vessel which is berthed at Cammell La...

Stena Line achieves another world first using recycled methanol to power the ferry - Stena Germanica

In 2015 Stena Line made history by converting one of the largest RoPax ferries in the world, the 240-metre Stena Germanica, to become the world’s first methanol powered ferry. Now the Swedish ferry company has achieved another world first, by powering Stena Germanica with methanol recycled from residual steel gases. This week Stena Line took the next step on their sustainable journey towards achieving zero carbon when the Stena Germanica travelled from Sweden to Germany powered by recycle...

Rolls-Royce and MAN Energy Solutions sign an agreement to distribute state-of-the-art mtu turbochargers

Rolls-Royce and MAN Energy Solutions. have signed an agreement for a strategic partnership that will see MAN's PBST brand distribute state-of-the-art mtu turbochargers. “With this cooperation, we are combining our competencies − on the one hand, PBST's global sales structure for turbochargers and, on the other hand, Rolls-Royce's latest high-efficiency mtu turbocharger technology for high-speed diesel and gas engines," explains Andreas Schell, CEO of Rolls-Royce Power System...

X1 Wind signs €2.5m EIC accelerator grant to fast-track commercial operations

X1 Wind has secured a multi-million euro grant to launch its first commercial floating wind project. The floating wind technology developer has been allocated €2.5m through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program. It was named among 38 of the most promising start-ups by the EIC after being shortlisted from 4200 applications to receive funding to ‘develop and scale up ground-breaking innovations’. X1 Wind CEO & Co-Founder Alex Raventos said the grant will...

Shanghai Xinhaifeng Container Maintenance Co., Ltd. Tianjin Branch was established and opened

Tianjin Branch of Shanghai New SITC Container Maintenance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SITC Tianjin Branch) held a grand opening ceremony at the Xinhua Tin yard in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone . Guests present Lai Zhiyong, President of SITC Logistics Group, Kefei, General Manager of Container Lines Tianjin, Yu Jian, General Manager of Yard & Shipping Agency Development, Guo Xinde, General Manager of Qingdao Singamas, and Sun Luqiang, General Manager of Xinhua Tin Yard and other re...

The Seafarers Charity launches a unique survey to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry

The Seafarers’ Charity, in partnership with researchers at the University of Nottingham, released a new survey to better understand the reality of working conditions for fishing crew across the UK. The 20-minute research survey covers subjects including contracts and crew accommodation, facilities, and fishers' welfare. Crew members are encouraged to anonymously share their experiences of working life on fishing vessels. Financial challenges Catherine Spencer, CEO of The S...

Neste and ScanOcean expand low-sulphur marine fuel availability in Sweden

Together with its partner - ScanOcean AB, Neste is broadening the sales and distribution of low-sulphur marine fuels in the Swedish market. At the end of June 2021, ScanOcean will add Neste MGO DMA from the Neste Marine™ 0.1 product range to their product offering, alongside the Neste MDO DMB. Both bunker grades will be available at the Södertälje ex-pipe bunker station that serves vessels also in transit into Lake Mälaren. Compatibility features We are working...

Iridium Communications makes Iridium Certus 200 commercially available for maritime markets

Iridium Communications Inc., announces that the Iridium Certus® 200 service is commercially available for maritime, land mobile, and government markets. The new service class offers the best performance-to-value in the industry for maritime and land-mobile applications, with aviation solutions targeting late 2021. Unlike competing L-band broadband services that require a large antenna dome, Iridium Certus 200 offers uncompressed transmission speeds up to 176 Kbps and up to three high-qual...

MPC Container Ships ASA signs agreement to acquire Songa Container AS and operational update

MPC Container Ships ASA is pleased to announce that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Songa Container AS (“Songa”) for an aggregate purchase price of USD 210.25 million on a debt and cash-free basis (the “Transaction”). Upon closing of the Transaction Songa’s fleet will comprise 11 container vessels with an average size of 2,250 TEU and an average age of 11.9 years (the “Songa fleet”) under the assumption of Songa having c...

FESCO Transportation Group and NFC Logistics have made an agreement to develop intermodal transportation to APR

FESCO Transportation Group and NFC Logistics Joint-Stock Company (organisation of Rosatom State Corporation) have made a cooperation agreement for developing intermodal transportation to the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region. The companies will cooperate in transportation of various cargoes from Russia to the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region using FESCO’s extensive network of sea and rail services, modernised fleet as well as port and terminal infrastructure. Providing flexible co...

Stena Line announces that the company has taken delivery of its new RoPax ferry - Stena Scandica

Globally renowned Swedish ferry company - Stena Line has officially taken delivery of its newest RoPax ferry, Stena Scandica, on Friday, 18th June, 2021. The vessel is the first of two Visentini vessels that are being lengthened and modernised by Stena RoRo at the Sedef Shipbuilding in Tuzla, Turkey. Stena Scandica will start operating on Stena Lines route between Nynäshamn in Sweden and Ventspils in Latvia in the beginning of July 2021. Newest RoPax ferry, Stena Scandica Stena Line is w...

Neste and LyondellBasell agree on long-term commercial relationship

Neste and LyondellBasell announced a long-term commercial agreement under which LyondellBasell will source Neste RE™, a feedstock from Neste that has been produced from 100% renewable feedstock from bio-based sources, such as waste and residue oils and fats. This feedstock will be processed through the cracker at LyondellBasell’s Wesseling, Germany, plant into polymers and sold under the CirculenRenew brand name. “We are delighted that our strategic relationship with LyondellB...

DNV and Keppel Offshore & Marine sign collaboration agreement to develop hydrogen projects in Singapore

DNV, the independent expert in assurance and risk management, has signed an agreement with Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) for collaboration on the hydrogen value chain. Collaborative aim The overall aim of the collaboration is to explore the safe implementation of potential new technologies, working jointly with relevant governmental agencies to promote the introduction of hydrogen as an energy source in the Singapore market to support the country’s decarbonisation goals.&...

DNV launches a digital EEXI calculator for reducing global shipping’s carbon intensity

The EEXI regulation is a medium-term component of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) roadmap towards reducing global shipping’s carbon intensity by 40 per cent over the next decade, using 2008 as a baseline. The aim of the EEXI is to assess the energy efficiency of existing ships, focusing solely on their design. It determines the standardised CO2 emissions related to a vessel’s installed engine power, transport capacity, speed, and degree of energy efficiency. Th...

HHI Group’s new subsidiary firm, Avikus becomes South Korea’s first company to successfully demonstrate fully autonomous navigation

Avikus, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group’s newly established subsidiary, specialised in autonomous navigation technology, became South Korea’s first company to succeed in fully autonomous navigation of a ship. Avikus Avikus announced that it successfully completed fully autonomous, unmanned operation of a cruise ship Avikus announced that it successfully completed fully autonomous, unmanned operation of a cruise ship for 12 passengers, at a demonstration event, held in Pohang-...

FESCO opened seasonal transportation to the ports of Chukotka

General cargo ship “FESCO Pioner” set sail on 13 June 2021. FESCO vessel will deliver to Anadyr and Egvekonot about 287 TEU of containerised cargo and 103 tonnes of general cargo. The approximate date of arrival of the vessel to Anadyr is 22 June 2021. Delivery of the goods on linear service "FESCO Anadyr Direct Line" (FADL) is to last until the end of October. FESCO vessels will have 5 voyages to deliver about 1500 containers and 1000 tonnes of general cargo to the ports of Anadyr...

Mersey Maritime announced its third annual conference the Mersey Maritime Exchange

Industry body Mersey Maritime’s third annual Maritime Exchange conference will be a hybrid event, taking place on Friday, June 25, both online and in the magnificent surroundings of a Grade-II-listed former Victorian hydraulic tower in Wirral’s docklands. Maritime 2050: Where are we now? is being organised by Mersey Maritime in partnership with the Department for Transport and Maritime UK and will discuss the progress of the UK’s Government’s Maritime 2050 report, which...

Marketing in Maritime returns for 2021

Due to popular demand the only event dedicated to maritime marketers is back. This year Marketing in Maritime takes to the digital stage, perfectly reflecting the evolving landscape that has faced marketers in all sectors over the past year. Building on the first live event in London, 2018, initiated by maritime marketing agency, Wake Media, MiM 2021: Discover Opportunity & Embrace the Change will be held on on 29 June – 1 July 2021. It will explore how marketers are adapting to the n...

Kongsberg attains contract with CMHI to deliver construction service operation vessels (CSOV/SOV) to Awind AS

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has won contracts to design and equip two construction service operation vessels (CSOV/SOV) for the Norway-based ship owner, Awind AS, a fully-owned subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions AS (IWS). The combined contract value is approximately NOK 250 million. Destined for the renewable offshore wind market, the new CSOVs will be built to Kongsberg Maritime’s UT 5519 DE design, by the Chinese shipyard, China Merchant Heavy Industries (CMHI), with which Kongsberg ha...

DNV join forces with 22 industry partners on landmark ammonia as an alternative marine fuel study

To support the pursuit of IMO’s decarbonisation targets, DNV has joined forces with 22 companies by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a joint cross-industry study of common issues concerning ammonia as an alternative marine fuel. Partners include representatives from the fields of energy, mining, power utility, chemical, terminal, shipping, shipbuilding, manufacture, bunkering, and classification. Transitioning to a low carbon future Transitioning to a low carbon futu...

CULINES orders two 2400TEU container vessels for YZJ

CULINES held a ceremony at its Shanghai Headquarters to conclude a new building contract with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJ). This order is for two container vessels, each with a capacity of 2,400TEU.  This is the second new-building order in CULINES’s investment program following the four 1,900 TEU feeder vessels announced earlier in 2021. Vessel investment program   Low Load Tunning main engine uses the latest generation of EFI technology to upgrade the ship's energy saving...

Wilhelmsen Ship Management appoints Radoslaw Walczak as Vice President for Technical department

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) announces the appointment of Radoslaw Walczak as Vice President, Technical. Walczak will be spearheading WSM’s focus in delivering vessel performance and energy efficiency initiatives to support shipping’s decarbonisation ambition. Enhancing vessel performance Walczak brings with him more than 20 years of mariner experience including time at sea. Prior to WSM, he was the General Manager in DS Tanker GmbH based in Germany. Walczak started his career...

DNV announces new marine aquaculture forecast

Production of ‘farmed’ aquatic animals will more than double from 30 million tonnes per year (Mt/yr) live weight to 74 Mt/yr in 2050, according to the independent assurance and risk management company. DNV’s first Marine Aquaculture Forecast warns, however, that production will not meet demand in mid-century unless the industry tackles key sustainability barriers to growth by 2030. Marine aquaculture Marine aquaculture plays a role in securing supplies of food for a global p...

FESCO provided relocation of four straddle carriers between Global Ports’ terminals

FESCO Transportation Group has provided relocation of four Kalmar’s straddle carriers CSC340 from JSC First Container Terminal in St. Petersburg to LLC Vostochnaya Stevedornaya Company in the Primorye Territory. Both the terminals are part of the Global Ports group. Multi-purpose dry cargo vessel FESCO used its multi-purpose dry cargo vessel equipped with cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 120 tonnes To transfer the carriers, FESCO used its multi-purpose dry cargo vessel FESCO Par...

Iberdrola awards Indar, part of Ingeteam, the contract to modernise two generating units for the 132-MW Torrejón hydroelectric plant in Spain

Iberdrola has awarded Indar, part of the Ingeteam Group, the contract to modernise two generating units for the 132-MW Torrejón hydroelectric plant, on the Tajo River, in Spain. Variable speed vertical motor-generators As part of the modernisation work, the plant will be converted to full power variable-speed operation As part of the modernisation work, the plant will be converted to full power variable-speed operation. For the Torrejón hydropower plant, Indar’s contract c...

PARAT provides 7MW 20kV electrode boiler for hot water with control cabinet and control system to Nibe Varmeværk

PARAT is very happy to receive a new order from another Danish district heating company. Denmark is a pioneer in Europe in utilising renewable energy for clean heat. PARAT Halvorsen AS will supply the 7MW 20kV, high voltage electrode boiler for hot water with control cabinet and control system to Nibe Varmeværk. Primary grid regulation The IEH high voltage electrode boiler for hot water will be used for district heating and primary grid regulation. The electrode boiler has a design temp...

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