Maritime Industry Top News
Containerships Names LNG-Powered Vessels
Containerships’ third and fourth LNG-powered vessels were christened last week at the Wenchong Shipyard, China. The vessels received names M/S Containerships Finn and M/S Containerships Balt…
APM Terminals Starts Direct Rail Connection with Venlo
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II has set up a new rail shuttle to the Cabooter Terminal in Venlo. Under the new schedule, a total of three trains will be loading and…
Wilhelmsen Ships Service Readying for 2020
The 1st of January 2020, the date when the permissible level of sulphur in fuel is lowered from 3.5% down to 0.5%, is fast approaching.To meet demand, in addition to low sulphur distillates…
Panama Canal to Receive 234 Cruise Ships this Season
The Panama Canal announced that it expects to receive approximately 234 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks during the upcoming 2018-2019 cruise season.The first transit was on Oct.
Keppel O&M Bags Stolt-Nielsen Order for Two More LNG Carriers
Keppel Singmarine has signed two additional contracts with Stolt-Nielsen Gas B.V. (Stolt-Nielsen Gas) following the exercise by Stolt-Nielsen Gas of its options…
Cargo Ships Collide Near Corsica Causing Oil Spill
The Ulysse, ro-ro-cargo ship operated by the Tunisian operator CTN, struck the Cyprus-based container ship CLS Virgina near the French Mediterranean island of Corsica early Sunday…
European Shippers Call for Action Against Unfair Trade
European Shipowners and Maritime Technology Industry call for decisive actions against unfair trade practices and in favour of global playing field.The European…
Alfa Laval to Suppy Pumping Systems for China-built FPSO
Swedish company Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel to be built in China.The…
Singapore Conducts Oil Spill Exercise
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) conducted a multi-agency Joint Oil Spill Exercise (JOSE) yesterday (Friday) to test its abilities to respond to oil spills at sea.
Chelsea Logistics Buys Two Vessels
Philippine-based Chelsea Logistics Holdings (CLC), wholly owned subsidiary of Udenna Corporation, added two new ships to the company’s existing fleet of 83 as part…
Belships to Merge with Lighthouse Group
Norway-based bulk ship operator Belships has signed a merger plan with the Lighthouse Companies.Belships ASA has announced a merger between certain subsidiaries…
US Actively Considering Waivers on Iran Oil Sanctions
The United States is "in the midst of an internal process" of considering sanctions waivers for countries that are reducing their imports of Iranian oil, a U.S. government official said on Friday.The Trump administration, which withdrew from a deal over Tehran's nuclear program in May, is reimposing sanctions on Iran's crude oil consumers on Nov.
UK Spurs Autonomous Shipping Development
The autonomous and smart shipping industry is set to receive a boost, after the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Department for Transport (DfT), in collaboration with the National Oceanography Center’s (NOC) Marine Robotics Innovation Center, successfully secured £1 million in a bid to accelerate the U.K. into a world-leading position in this area.The funding, awarded by the U.K. Government’s Department for Business…
New Thruster Solutions Developed for Arctic Shipping
A team of European marine research institutes and companies have developed creative technologies for thruster solutions that are specifically engineered for ships operating in the Arctic.With the new solutions created under the three-year ArTEco project led by Finland's VTT and Wärtsilä, thruster lifetimes can be increased, their maintenance need can be decreased and their reliability improved, particularly in extreme conditions…
SunStone Orders Second Expedition Cruise Ship
U.S. based SunStone Ships has exercised an option to order a second expedition cruise vessel to be built in China and scheduled for delivery in August 2020.The new order comes under a design and equipment contract SunStone signed with Ulstein Design & Solutions AS in 2017 that included options for up to nine X-BOW expedition cruise vessels. Ulstein, whose contract is with the China Merchants Group (CMG)…
INSIGHTS: Thomas S. Chance, Chief Executive Officer, ASV Global
Thomas Chance founded C & C Technologies in his home in 1992. Today C & C is a global oil field surveying and mapping company with more than 550 employees in ten offices worldwide.
ClassNK: New Guidelines for Vehicles Carriers
Classification society ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Vehicles Carrier Structures, specifying the technical requirements specifically related to the structural strength assessments of vehicles carriers by using direct calculation.Vehicles carriers are designed with a minimum number of transverse bulkheads and partial bulkheads in order to increase cargo handling efficiency as well as to permit more vehicles to be loaded on board…
Grieg Star Acquires Star Majesty
Norwegian shipping company Grieg Star has acquired a semi-open hatch vessel on the 25th of September. Her name is Star Majesty.Star Majesty was formerly known as Samos Majesty.
UNCTAD Lists Seven Key Trends Shaping Maritime Transport
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2018 identifies seven key trends that are currently redefining the maritime transport landscape and shaping the sector’s outlook.These trends…
APM Terminals Brazil Uses Augmented Reality to Train Workers
No, using augmented reality to train workers is not a science fiction! The HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) team at APM Terminals Brazil developed an augmented reality (AR) app for employees…
