Yara Marine Technologies Opens Shop in Poland
Yara Marine Technologies announced it has opened a new shop in Gdańsk, Poland, as the company moves into installation services. The new site will serve turnkey deliveries as part of the company’s green tech expansion, such as shore power and WindWings, as well as onboard repairs and upgrades."When introducing new and unfamiliar technologies to the maritime industry, we experience that we need to be able to supervise and cover some of the installations ourselves, if only to get local installation and commissioning teams on the right track.
Sino-Danish Focus on Energy Efficient Ships
A delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Industry is visiting Denmark as part of the cooperation between the two Administrations. A Danish-Chinese workshop on energy efficient ship design and marine equipment will be held during the three-day visit. The workshop will be attended by the Danish Maritime Authority, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and other Chinese authorities, as well as shipowners, marine equipment manufacturers, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Danish Maritime. Director General Andreas Nordseth from the Danish Maritime Authority said: ”Cooperation between the Danish and Chinese authorities is a strong tool that facilitates the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
Shipyards Expect Painful Correction Period
Just at a time when Europe discovers the vast growth opportunities linked to new technologies for the sustainable use of the oceans and seas, the key maritime sectors face their deepest slump ever. Driven by ill-informed speculation, massive overcapacities have built up in global shipping and shipbuilding. All three main markets for standard ships, containerships, bulk carriers and tankers, are substantially oversupplied. While shrinking cargo volumes cannot fill existing ships, the orders for new ships placed over the recent years trigger a global fleet growth of nearly 50% by 2012. Now buyers and their bankers challenge signed contracts and urging shipyards to accept delays and cancellations or face prolonged order draught.
