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Almost two years on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still operating in testing times. Volatility and uncertainty continue to be seen across global networks, and the importance of the supply chain to the success of organisations has also increased, making operational resilience a vital need of the hour. In October 2020, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) had conducted a successful webinar that focused on the key steps for building supply chain resilience in the chemical in...

In the afternoon of January 14th, 2022, CULINES signed a partnership agreement with KUKA HOME at its Shanghai Operational Centre. Mr. Berton CHEN (Assistant President at KUKA HOME), Ms. Even BAO (Chairperson at TJI Freight Services), Mr. Kevin DING (Executive Vice President at CULINES), Mr. Hawk HUANG (Vice President/COO at CULINES), and other relevant colleagues attended the ceremony. Direct business communication Based on the pure values of ‘Doing Good Things, Making Good Friends.&rsq...

Notice is hereby served that an extraordinary general meeting of MPC Container Ships ASA (the ‘Company’) will be held on January 28, 2022, at 12:00 hours CET, at the Company’s offices at Munkedamsveien 45 A, N-0250 Oslo, Norway. The notice is attached hereto. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, shareholders are encouraged to abstain from appearing in person, at the general meeting, but rather participate by means of advance votes or by granting a proxy. Shareholders not enrolled by...

Lamor is currently delivering a 3-year agreement for the National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC) in Saudi Arabia to strengthen the Oil Spill Response capabilities in the Red Sea Area.The aim of the project is to establish the equipment and resource capability to respond to oil spill incidents in the area. The Red Sea is one of the world’s busiest sea routes and the coastline has absolutely pristine environments that could suffer irreparable damage in case of a major oil...

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the proposed appointment of Øivind Tangen as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of its Management Board. Øivind Tangen (1973, Norwegian) has been working for the Company for 19 years and has a wealth of experience in engineering and operational roles, as well as in strategy and project execution. He is currently a Managing Director of the Company, responsible for SBM Offshore’s Lease and Operate segment, which includes the Company&rs...

The technology group Wärtsilä has again been selected to supply a broad scope of solutions for new LNG-fuelled container ships ordered by CMA CGM, a pioneer of shipping and logistics based in France. This latest series comprises 12 container vessels to be built in China. Six 13,000 TEU container vessels are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) CO. Ltd, with the other six 15,000 TEU container vessels under construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. The v...

To make sure the customers’ sustainability objectives are met, when transporting their products across the globe, A.P. Moller – Maersk has announced a more ambitious climate neutral target. The goal is to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, across the entire business, by 2040, one decade ahead of the initial 2050 ambition. Maersk's Net zero carbon targets Mads Stensen, the Senior Sustainability Advisor at Maersk, said “More than half of Maersk’s top 200 customers...

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) announces new aspiring emissions targets, expected to align the company with the Net Zero criteria of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) pathway to limit global warming to 1.5°C. They include a societal commitment to act now and drive material impact in this decade, and a commitment to deliver net zero supply chains to customers by 2040. The targets go beyond previous efforts to reduce emissions related to the ocean fleet, as they cover all direct and...

Participants from across the maritime value chain participated in the DNV Conference – The Fuel of the Future. Aimed at advancing the idea that collaboration is the key to success in decarbonising the maritime world, the event attracted more than 6500 registrants and brought together a comprehensive line-up of shipowners, energy majors, financers, and regulators who offered their unique insights on how shipping can be chart the optimal route ahead. Decarbonisation Decarbonisation is t...

Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Soren Toft has highlighted the importance of working together, in order to achieve net decarbonisation goals, in a keynote digital speech delivered at DNV’s ‘Fuel of the Future Conference’, on January, 11, 2022, as part of the annual Nor-Shipping convention. In his speech, Soren Toft explained MSC’s views on the status of decarbonisation in the container shipping sector, summarised how the compan...

Atlas Copco has appointed Sara Hägg Liljedal Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer and member of Atlas Copco’s Group Management. She will assume her new role on February 1st, 2022. Sara Hägg Liljedal joined Atlas Copco in February 2018 as Media Relations Manager for the Group. Before joining Atlas Copco, she held several communication roles in both the private and public sectors. Several communication roles “I’m very happy to welcome Sara as the new C...

Wilhelmsen Ship Management has strengthened its position in the tanker market with a newly signed agreement to acquire a majority stake in Hamburg-based Ahrenkiel Tankers. The transaction will result in Wilhelmsen Ship Management taking over the management of five tankers. Wilhelmsen Ship Management will gain 80% ownership of Ahrenkiel Tankers under the deal, with the remaining 20% to be held by existing owners MPC Capital Group. Ahrenkiel Tankers will be rebranded as Barber Ship Management. S...

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding started construction on the largest LNG (liquefied natural gas) bunkering barge ever built in the United States. Bay Shipbuilding is expected to complete construction on the barge in late 2023 under contract with Crowley, the largest independent operator of tank vessels in the U.S. Crowley will operate the vessel under a long-term charter with Shell NA LNG, LLC (“Shell”). The 416-ft. vessel, which will have the capacity for 12,000 m3 (3.17 million ga...

Blue Water’s Energy and Projects Division has experienced positive and sustainable growth in recent years, both in terms of activity level and expansion of locations. To further strengthen its global position, Blue Water is opening two additional offices in the Middle East: Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This is to underline and strengthen the objective of servicing customers across the business with a regional and local presence. “We want to expand our global presence to serve current an...

Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, and MySky, the AI-powered spend management platform, announces the signing of an agreement with tax reclamation experts, VAT IT USA. The three-way strategic integration enables the companies to combine their expertise to deliver streamlined VAT and tax reclamation to mutual customers by leveraging each partner’s technology. The aggregation of the VAT IT tax recovery option with the MySky financial module, within the digital fli...

Unifeeder begins the new year with some exciting news. From 14th January 2022, Unifeeder Shortsea will be launching a new service linking Rotterdam to/from the ports of Dublin, Cork, and Belfast - with connections into the entire network of Unifeeder in Europe.  Quick booking process This new service in the Irish Sea offers an enhanced carrying capacity, as well as all-new routes between Rotterdam and key ports in Ireland, giving Unifeeder customers the benefit of connecting markets bet...

Tufail Chemical Industries and Maersk Pakistan signed a partnership earlier this week wherein Maersk would provide ‘Maersk Flow’, a digital tool, to Tufail Chemical to streamline and manage their supply chains efficiently. The partnership marks a significant step towards modernising logistics and improving supply chain performance with less time and effort. Tufail Chemical Industries conducts business with tech and appliance industries and has been importing plastic raw material, in...

The value of the competitively awarded contract could reach $101.2 million if all options are exercised. Under the docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) contract awarded, BAE Systems will dry-dock the ship, perform underwater hull preservation work, support the Navy’s efforts to upgrade the ship’s Aegis combat system and its command and control equipment, and refurbish the living spaces for the ship’s 285 crewmembers. The work is expected to begin in March 2022 and t...

MetOcean Telematics (MetOcean), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a five-year contract from the Canadian government to supply the Department of Defence (DND) and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) with its search and rescue (SAR) buoy, the Iridium Self Locating Datum Marker Buoy, iSLDMB. The MetOcean iSLDMB was developed 25+ years ago and has been providing Coast Guards and Defence agencies around the world with an easy-to-use and reliable buoy system that augments rescue efforts...

EasyShipping, a well-known international logistics service platform in China is joining forces with TradeLens – the global blockchain digital platform, to provide innovative ocean freight financing solutions for Chinese foreign trade and logistics companies. Cross-border trading is a pillar of the global economy and supply chains are a key component to enable cross-border trading. As the current global supply chain suffers from imbalance, tight resource allocation and low efficiency, most...

Nestled in the North Pacific Ocean and the largest of the Micronesian islands is Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America (USA). There are two main drivers of trade in this island nation in the Pacific Ocean, the US military presence and tourism. The current population of Guam stands at about 170,000 people, with this number expected to increase slightly by 2024, as 5,000 US Marine personnel and their families will be relocated to Guam from Okinawa, Japan. Guam, a ke...

Evergreen Marine has worked with the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation to organise a number of charity activities in recent years, including One-Day Seafarer camps, an ocean painting contest, seafaring careers seminar, donations of books, and sponsorship of field trips. More recently, Evergreen Marine made a donation of 120 computers to Zhongxin, Meihua, and Waishe elementary schools in Taoyuan, and held a donation ceremony at the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation on November 9, 2021, to mark the occasion. Urba...

The Seafarers’ Charity congratulates their trustee, Natalie Shaw on the announcement that she will receive an MBE. This is an exceptionally well-deserved award. Natalie has a wealth of experience in the maritime sector, including in her current role, as Director of Employment Affairs, at the International Chamber of Shipping. She is a powerful advocate for seafarer safety and well-being. They are thankful to have Natalie as a trustee and delighted by the news that her commitment to seafar...

The next stage of Wightlink’s £1.5 million investment in the FastCat foot passenger route terminal, between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head, in the United Kingdom, starts on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. The timetable will stay the same, but there will be changes to the way customers can board the catamarans, in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, for the next three months, because of major structural repairs and maintenance at the terminal. FastCat terminal repair work Customers will...

Tokyo’s renowned classification society, ClassNK has released ‘PrimeShip-PSC Intelligence’, a mobile app to assist the improvement of ship management system and PSC performance, provided free of charge. The application is the mobile version of PSC Intelligence PC version for ship management companies, which was released in 2018. PrimeShip-PSC Intelligence mobile app The PrimeShip-PSC Intelligence mobile application has been developed for seafarers The PrimeShip-PSC Intellig...

Rolls-Royce is focusing on methanol as a fuel for climate-friendly shipping: Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems is currently working on mtu engines for use with methanol. New four-stroke engines The new high-speed four-stroke engines, which are based on proven mtu technologies, are planned to be available to customers as soon as possible for use in commercial ships and yachts. Denise Kurtulus, the Vice President - Global Marine at Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, said “With the new de...

Rolls-Royce has agreed to work with IHI Corporation, to develop and deliver a future fighter engine demonstrator. Rolls-Royce – IHI Corporation The engine demonstrator programme will be a critical step forward, in enabling the two nations – United Kingdom and Japan, to develop their future fighter aircraft requirements, potentially securing hundreds of future jobs in the UK and Japan. Work on the joint engine demonstrator will kick-start in early 2022, with the United Kingdom (UK)...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be a key technology if the world is to meet the goals of the Paris and Glasgow agreements. Although the technologies and the industry are very much still emerging, a possible challenge is connecting capture sources to facilities for use or storage sites, especially where pipelines are not an option. As a result, CO2 transport ship technology will be needed if large quantities are to be safely transported at costs that are commercially viable. Most transport...

Mullion’s core business will always remain protecting people at sea. However, fighting climate change is a subject that is also dear to their hearts. Therefore, they are pleased to announce that their Romanian manufacturing plant, Siorom, has obtained the CO2-Neutral® label. They have reduced the plant’s carbon footprint and they support a forest conservation project. An external auditor, CO2logic, has calculated the corporate carbon footprint related to their Siorom activit...

Market sentiments continue to remain strong across major economies in West and Central Asia, driven primarily by strong demand for consumer products. Despite growing concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, the region has seen varied reactions across the logistics sector, over the last month. A truckers’ strike created supply chain disruptions in Bangladesh, while in India, a dip in fuel prices brought welcome relief for both businesses and consumers alike....