"K" LINE Orders 50 AIRSEAS Automated Kites
After 2 years of close technical and business cooperation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, LTD. (“K” LINE) announces a 20-year agreement with AIRSEAS to install and service one ship with Seawing, an automated kite based on parafoil technology used to tow commercial ship and reduce CO2 by 20% through wind propulsion. Once the first Seawing is successfully delivered, “K”LINE will contemplate to order up to 50 additional Seawing.“Seawing represents a breakthrough for our industry and for the environment.
ESG Delivers Z-Drive Tug to McAllister
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has announced the delivery of the Escort/Rescue Z-Drive Tug Ava M. McAllister for McAllister Towing, Inc. on May 31, 2019. This Escort/Rescue Z-Drive Tug design is provided by Jensen Maritime Consultants and is issued a USCG Sub-M Certificate of Inspection (COI). The vessel arrived at Eastern in 2018.The Ava M. McAllister (ESG Hull #222) is from the same 100’ Z-drive tug design provided by Jensen Maritime Consultants of Seattle…
SAFETY: Distractions Can Sink Careers
Familiarity can and does breed contempt. You don’t need anything else added to that heavy burden.We live and work in a frenetic environment replete with a wide range of both human and technological distractions. When those two elements came together on the bridge of a towboat traveling downriver to pick up a load of empty barges, the result was career-changing for the vessel’s first mate, who was on the wheel.
Most Victims Found in Hungary Collision, Search Goes On
Bodies of all but nine of the 28 victims of a deadly boat crash in the Hungarian capital have been recovered in an intensive search up and down the Danube involving units on water…
Vessel Strikes Statfjord A, Staff Evacuated
Oil workers have been evacuated from the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea after it was struck by a platform supply vessel (PSV), Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor said on Friday.The platform was not producing when it was struck by the support vessel Sjøborg during loading operations at 1:55 a.m., and there were no injuries to the 276 people on the platform, Equinor said.The Statfjord A platform has been shut since the end of May for maintenance expected to last through July…
Buss Forms French Offshore JV with IDEA
German-based Buss Offshore Solutions and French industrial logistics firm IDEA have formed a joint venture to target the French offshore wind market.The JV follows…
Hydroniq Coolers Wins Aas Mek Contract
Norwegian shipyard Aas Mekaniske Verksted has awarded Hydroniq Coolers a contract to deliver its hull-integrated seawater cooling system to a vessel the shipbuilder…
US Oil Output Heads for More Records in 2019
U.S. total oil production, which is already off to an amazing start in 2019, is on track to set another record for this year.New records are expected both when…
Crew and Owners of 293 Vessels Honored
ABS, the global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the marine and offshore industries, said that it has continued its long-standing backing…
COA Launches Telematics Standard
The Container Owners Association (COA) is providing an open standard (at the application layer level) to permit interoperability of telematics device data from shipping…
Ban on HFO in Iceland Waters Hailed
The Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes Iceland’s plan to ban the use of fuel oils with more than 0.1% sulphur content from use as shipping fuel from its waters.The proposal…
Chinese J-Lay Design Gets LR AiP
Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute has been granted approval in principle (AiP) by Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a J-lay heavy lift vessel concept…
Hyundai Partners with LR on Digital Solutions
Classification society Lloyd's Register and Hyundai Global Service (HGS) have announced a new collaboration that will deliver added value to the shipping industry through digital solutions…
LR Approves HHI's VLCC 'Eco-Tanker' Design
Lloyd's Register (LR), international provider of classification, compliance and consultancy services to the marine industry, has presented Hyundai Heavy Industries…
GasLog Withdraws from Golar 'Cool Pool'
The owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers GasLog and spin-off GasLog Partners are withdrawing their LNG carriers from their pooling joint venture…
CMA CGM Group Cut Emission by 17%
Since 2015, CO2 emissions per container transported per kilometer have been reduced by 17%, said CMA CGM Group, the shipping and logistics giant."The Group has achieved…
TEN Net Income Up 200%
Greece-based Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) reported positive results in the first quarter of 2019 with a net income of $11.2 million, showing an improvement of 200% YoY…
Africa’s Blue Economy in Focus
A wide-ranging discussion during the "Africa@Nor-Shipping" event in Oslo, Norway (5 June) explored a host of topics related to unlocking the full potential of Africa’s…
DNV GL Updates Shaft Alignment Design Rules
Classification society DNV GL DNV GL informed that it will update its shaft alignment design rules to differentiate between Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants…
SHI receives AiP from LR for LNG-fuelled VLCC
The maritime classification society Lloyd's Register (LR) has presented SHI with approval in principle (AiP) for an LNG-fuelled Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) equipped with a 6…
