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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on Nigerians in diaspora to consider investing in the country’s maritime sector, describing it as the next big thing packed with assets to fuel the growth of the economy of Nigeria. Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, the Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), made the call during the closing ceremony of the Global African Diaspora Symposium, themed, ‘Building stronger co...

Rodman will start the construction of a new 26 m length passenger catamaran, model Rodman 80. With the option for a second twin vessel, Rodman is delighted that the Canary Islands shipping company, one of the most important in the country, has entrusted the professional vessels. Over the last few years, Rodman has successfully designed, built and delivered different types of catamarans, not only for passengers, but also for other uses, such as hydrographic and research or offshore support catam...

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ flagship Bolette and sister-ship Borealis have made inaugural connections to shore power in calls to Bergen and San Francisco this month. Borealis became the first of Fred. Olsen’s fleet to utilise shore power, by connecting during a transit call to San Francisco as part of the ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ cruise on 17th April 2023. Bolette and Borealis make first connections to shore power Bolette will connect again when she returns to Berge...

U-Boat Worx is delighted to announce the appointment as the exclusive international partner for the sale of the U-Boat Worx Nautilus submarine to Moravia Yachting The U-Boat Worx Nautilus is the world’s first superyacht submarine. This incredible hybrid-electrical sub offers deep-sea exploration to a depth of 150 m. U-Boat Worx Nautilus submarine In an innovative feat of engineering, the sun deck is retracted before the Nautilus dives Designed to deliver the superyacht lifestyle above...

The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has commenced a 10- Day programme to understudy the implementation of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act - also known as the Cabotage Law in Nigeria, under a collaborative arrangement with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The Director General (DG) of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, while addressing the Ghanaian delegation, expressed delight at the opportunity to share knowledge on Cabotage implementation, noting that it will not o...

Mackay is pleased to announce a featured article, entitled: ‘Mackay Marine South Africa: Dynamic Mackay Positions for a Steady Course of Growth’. Globally renowned seller and installer of communication and navigation equipment for seafaring vessels, Mackay Communications, dba Mackay Marine, has acquired South Africa’s Dynamic Marine Systems (DMS) and is integrating the company to bolster its service portfolio. Mackay Marine South Africa The acquisition of DMS has been very f...

VideoRay, a rapidly growing underwater technology company, announced a $16.1 million order for Mission Specialist Defender underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and related components for the U.S. Navy's Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR) programme.  This brings the U.S. Navy's total procurement of Mission Specialist Defender vehicles and accessories to $49 million since they entered into a Production-Other Transaction Agreement (P-OTA) with VideoRay. EOD units With t...

Crowley will launch an end-to-end, integrated ocean and rail service between Mexico and the U.S. Midwest region and into Canada. Featuring Crowley’s new Mexico-U.S. ocean route in the Gulf, the service will leverage the highly efficient inland rail network of Canadian National Railway Company and its U.S. rail subsidiaries (CN). The companies’ combined network provides broad reach across the Midwest and into Canada to increase solutions for global customers in North American markets...

For the second time, a delegation of pioneering Latvian transport and logistics companies recently visited Hamburg and Lübeck. German-Latvian Port Days in Lübeck were opened by Eglis Levits, President of Latvia. Cultivating partnerships Partnerships need to be cultivated regularly in order to develop intensive contacts and relationships. To this end, a delegation of pioneering Latvian transport and logistics companies, led by Uldis Reimenis, Deputy Undersecretary of the Latvian Mini...

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) delivered the traditional “socarrat” commemorating the arrival of the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway to the Port of Valencia. The head of Marketing and Cruises of the PAV, Francesca Antonelli, presented the gift to those responsible for the ship, which has docked for the first time in the Valencian precinct from Malaga. Exploring the city of Valencia The Norwegian Breakaway has arrived with 3,596 passengers on board, with reservations to get...

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and its appointed consultant, DNV Maritime Advisory (DNV) supported by Surbana Jurong (SJ) and the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) at the Singapore Polytechnic (SP), have completed an ammonia bunkering safety study that was commissioned in January 2022.  The risks identified for conducting pilots in the Port of Singapore were found to be low or mitigable, thus paving the way for a pilot project to take place at three identified sites....

The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) has launched a Maritime Workforce Transformation Guidebook, which offers a practical approach for companies in the maritime sector to embark on job redesign to better attract talent to the industry. The Guidebook is distilled from key findings and actionable recommendations of a job redesign pilot conducted in 2022 by SMF, in partnership with Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL). The pilot, which focused on the roles of a T...

Oceania Cruises, the world’s renowned culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, has welcomed its newest ship – Vista. Delivered at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Genoa, Italy, Oceania Cruises’ initial Allura Class ship features several firsts in the realms of dining, accommodation and guest experience. This 67,000-tonne, 791-foot-long ship is one of the most anticipated new ships to join the global cruise fleet in 2023. Delivery of new ship - Vista The 1,200-guest Vist...

Tokyo – based classification society, ClassNK has released its new white paper – ‘Towards MASS social implementation’. Regarding the development of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS), various efforts gaining momentum worldwide, including the Nippon Foundation MEGURI 2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program. The push for international rule establishment has been further intensified as the IMO MSC has agreed on a work plan to set forth mandatory requirements effective fro...

ABB has won a large order from Sembcorp Marine Ltd, a global provider of innovative engineering solutions to the offshore, marine and energy industries with headquarters in Singapore, to deliver the complete electrical system automation for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility for Brazilian oil and gas producer Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. The P-82 FPSO will be one of the largest vessels to be deployed...

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has stated that inter-agency collaboration is critical to sustaining the efforts to curb criminal activities in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). The Director General of NIMASA made this assertion when he played host to the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP); Major General (rtd) Barry Ndiomu, at the headquarters of the Agency in Lagos, Nige...

The new qualitative study from the Global Maritime Forum and the All Aboard Alliance contains a wide spectrum of perspectives from women seafarers who address the challenges they experience at sea, from ill-fitting safety gear to slower career progression, and harassment. 15 key pain points From the anonymous interviews, the All Aboard Alliance has identified 15 key pain points which fall into four broad categories: Difficult for women to succeed professionally at sea. Challenging social r...

They are pleased to announce that Heinen & Hopman, working in close cooperation with their subsidiary Teknotherm Marine AS in Norway, have been awarded another major contract for the design and supply of HVAC systems for the BorWin 6 offshore grid connection project, which will span 190 km off the coast of Germany. This HVDC (High-Voltage Direct Current) platform will have a capacity of 980 MW and will be managed by electricity transmission system operator TenneT. This type will be the last...

Maran Dry Management Inc. (MDM), the dry bulk shipping arm of the Angelicoussis Group, recently took delivery of two Newcastlemax bulk carriers, Ubuntu Unity on February 28th and Ubuntu Community on April 18th both from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Ship Building Co., Ltd. (SWS). The two DNV-classed vessels are the first LNG-fueled bulk carriers to join the MDM fleet. Energy efficiency The 190,000-dwt vessels, registered with the Greek flag, are the first dual-fueled bulk carriers in the Greek market a...

Peel Ports has developed a partnership programme and secured long-term agreements with a number of pioneering consultants to support vital projects across its operations. A range of companies have been selected for the expertise and will support the delivery of the port operator’s capital investment programme for up to eight years. Programme partners The programme partners include: Ramboll, Jacobs, Turner & Townsend, Currie & Brown UK, HaskoningDHV, Pell Frischmann, Tetra Tech,...

DNV has joined a working group on methanol bunkering, managed by the Standards Development Organisation at Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC-SDO), the classification society announced at Singapore Maritime Week. The multi-stakeholder working group will develop a Technical Reference (TR) for methanol bunkering for Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub. Technical Reference (TR) The SCIC, appointed as the Standards Development Organisation by Enterprise Singapore, formed the...

HGK Shipping GmbH and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a long-term cooperation agreement to promote sustainable concepts for inland waterway services leading to and from seaports on 20 April 2023. The document primarily focuses on the energy revolution and logistics for hydrogen, as well as reducing CO2 emissions by using innovative drive concepts and digitalisation. These topics are crucially important to ensure reliable and sustainable supplies for industry. The agreement ensures that...

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), in collaboration with the World Maritime University (WMU), lead by the WMU – Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute team based in Malmö Sweden, conducted a Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Workshop in Saint Lucia from April 3-5, 2023. The workshop provided decision makers in OECS Member States with an overview of the theoretical concepts and practical approaches of coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in the region. The programme was de...

Tokyo-based classification society, ClassNK has released ‘Guidelines for Shipboard CO2 Capture and Storage Systems’. The guidelines include provisions for indicating the class notation for vessels equipped with CO2 capture and storage systems or designed as ‘ready’ for their installation. In addition to fuel transition, interest in capturing CO2 from ships’ exhaust gas is growing as a way to reduce GHG emissions, and the development of onboard systems for capturing...

The Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator that covers crew change developments in the first quarter of 2023 suggests that the situation remains stable. The number of seafarers vaccinated is at 96.3%, a slight increase of 0.7 percentage points from the previous quarter. Likewise, the number of seafarers onboard vessels beyond the expiry of their contract is down by 0.5 percentage points, now at 2.2%. The number of seafarers onboard vessels for more than 11 months remains at 0.2%. Crew chang...

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a global cruise company that operates Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises launched its revamped climate action strategy along with short- and near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) targets to support the Company’s ambitious pursuit of net zero by 2050. These actions underscore the Company’s robust commitment to decarbonisation as part of its global sustainability program, Sail & Sustain. Key components Key componen...

Spire Global, Inc, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has been selected by Enqlare, a digital SaaS platform for bulk freighters, to provide automatic identification system (AIS) vessel tracking data and vessel characteristics information. Enqlare will integrate the data and information, which is delivered via API, into its platform to provide its end customers with visibility into a vessel’s voyage from end to end. Integrating Spire’s AIS data will...

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has delivered this morning the traditional socarrat – which replaces the metope – commemorating the arrival at the Port of Valencia of the cruise ship - MSC Seashore, one of the most advanced ships in environmental technologies. The Head of Marketing and Cruises of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Francesca Antonelli, presented the socarrat to the Captain of the MSC Seashore vessel, Giuseppe Galano. The General Manager of MSC Cruises in Spai...

Singapore-headquartered Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions BV as the designer of a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore wind. With an increasing lack of heavy lift installation vessels, these new FFIVs are needed to fill the gap. The vessels will enable Cyan to support the offshore wind industry in meeting its global ambitions. “With their strong track record in heavy lift vessel design and a good understanding of...

ClassNK has released ‘Guidelines for Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems for Ships (Edition 2.0)’, which specify requirements for ensuring the safety of ships equipped with wind-assisted propulsion systems based on the latest insights obtained from the involvement in actual installation projects. As a solution for responding to the EEXI regulations and CII rating, and fuel costs reduction, the implementation of wind-assisted propulsion systems is progressing. When such systems are inst...