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Regional Container Lines Public Company Limited, a Thai-based container shipping line, has launched a new one-billion-baht “LALIT BHUM” vessel with world-class innovations complying with the international maritime organization (IMO). The company’s Q1 performance has reportedly grown by 8% with half-year revenue expected to reach the target as planned. By the end of 2019, the revenue is expected to reach up to 10% growth despite weaker global demand growth. Positive cargo gro...

WAN HAI LINES (the “Company”) solemnly declares that the Company is a safety-certified and good-quality enterprise (AEO), and is always at the top of container shipping schedule reliability recognized by this industry for long. Also time and again has the company always been recognised for schedule reliability and awarded “Container Shipping Line of The Year India-Far East Trade Lane”. International safety standards, laws and regulations In strict accordance with the r...

Ocean Network Express (ONE) announces details of a new service with direct coverage between Africa, India and the Middle East (AIM). The new product will broaden ONE’s already expansive global coverage by offering direct port calls between West Africa, South Africa and key locations in West Asia. Expansive global coverage The AIM Service, launched through a joint cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd, will commence from October 2019 with 9 ships of nominal 2,800 TEU. The new service will offer...

Global shipment management software solutions provider, CargoSmart, announced the execution of Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) Services Agreements with maritime industry operators CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, COSCO SHIPPING Ports, Hapag-Lloyd, Hutchison Ports, OOCL, Port of Qingdao, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group. Under these agreements, each signatory commits to provide resources to support preparatory work required to establish the GSBN, a not-for-profit joi...

West Coast Marine announces that they are the authorised distributors of Cox Marine diesel outboard engines in India. Cox Marine is a British designer and builder of diesel engines developed for worldwide and multi-market applications. Cox’s first ground-breaking diesel outboard engine, the CXO300, is the highest power density diesel outboard engine ever developed. As a low weight, high power, single fuel engine, the CXO300 delivers the same performance and efficiency as an inboard but wi...

West Coast Marine announces that it is the authorised distributor of Coppercoat anti-fouling products in India. An initial three-year agreement has been ratified following a successful meeting between Coppercoat director Ewan Clark and West Coast Marine director Jitendra Rami at the Seaworks 2019 exhibition and conference in Southampton. A non-ablative combination of copper powder and resin, Coppercoat is both exceptionally hard-wearing and kind to the environment. It will adhere firmly to sur...

To better serve the customers and meet the changing needs of the market, PIL announces improvements to its Southeast Asia to Australia services. Its current Australia-Asia Alliance Service 1 and 2 (AA1 & AA2) will be upgraded to offer more competitive transit times and better port connections. Enhanced AA1 and AA2 services The enhanced AA1 and AA2 services will cover all major ports in Australia with effect from early August. Port rotations are as follows: AA1 Laem Chabang – Si...

The 19th China International Transportation and Logistics Expo (CITLE), the 2019 Global Logistics Technology Conference, and the 2019 Transport Logistic China kicked off at the Hangzhou International Expo Center. Upon invitation, CULines made their debut at the CITLE. During the three-day fair, the booth attracted an endless stream of customers and partners for communication and consultation. CULines’ staff received visitors warmly and professionally by introducing to them the compan...

Pacific International Lines Pvt. Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of 2 new India services – China India Service (CIS) and China Pakistan Service (CPS), with effect from August 2019. These new services will provide enhanced direct service between Central/Southern China and India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka, calling Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi (SAPT & Port Qasim), and Colombo. Rotation of CIS SHANGHAI – NINGBO –SHEKOU – NANSHA – SINGAPORE – PORT KLANG...

CIRCOR has launched the Allweiler SNA™ series of customisable three-screw lube oil pumps for diverse API 676/682 applications. The Allweiler SNA series allows for customised setups in any of 12 ways, a choice of foot or flange mounting schemes, and the ability to adjust inlet and outlet positions at a moment's notice. Plug-and-play solution The Allweiler SNA pump is available in a bare shaft version but also as an aggregate solution “Allweiler SNA is a pump solution that adapts to...

Ocean Network Express (ONE), together with Hapag-Lloyd, joins TradeLens, the blockchain-enabled digital shipping platform jointly developed by A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM, to benefit shippers and drive greater innovation. CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company also recently announced joining TradeLens. ONE is constantly strengthening and expanding its coverage to meet the challenging demands of the crucial Asia market and recognises that expanding digital collaboration is critical to t...

The next important milestone in the development of the Becker LNG PowerPac® is the first operation of two prototype units of the mobile shore power solution from Becker Marine Systems at HHLA’s container terminal Burchardkai in Hamburg. In attendance of guests of the national and international container, ro/ro, and ferry ports and shipping companies as well as representatives of Hamburg authorities, a twenty-four-hour test run of both prototypes will start on 20th June. Clean energy...

The South Korean container liner shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will join THE Alliance as a full member. Through this, the members of THE Alliance have also decided to establish new cooperation with four members and a term until 2030. The actions were agreed upon in Taipei on 19 June 2019. Subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, the new contract between the four lines will start on 1 April 2020. New and modern vessels HMM has ordered twelve 23,000 TEU vessels which will...

Members of THE Alliance, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Hapag-Lloyd, and Yang Ming announced a fourth member, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), a South Korean container liner shipping company to join The Alliance as a full member. Through this, the members of THE Alliance have also decided to establish a new cooperation with four members and a term until 2030. The actions were agreed in Taipei on 19 June 2019. Subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, the new contract between the four lines wil...

In line with the team’s continuous efforts to monitor and analyse maritime and defense trends, the organising committee of DIMDEX, led by Chairman Staff Brigadier (Sea) Abdelbaqi Al Ansari, have attended MASTAsia 2019 (Maritime/Air Systems & Technologies), the only international defense show in Japan, which took place from 17-19 June in Tokyo. Key decision-makers DIMDEX’ Chairman Staff Brigadier (Sea) Abdelbaqi Al Ansari, said commenting on the visit to MASTAsia 2019: “DI...

The HMM vessel ‘Hyundai Dubai’ rescued all 23 crew members of the Norwegian tanker ‘Front Altair’ which encountered an explosion accident in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the ‘Hyundai Dubai’, the three rounds of explosion occurred at 06:40 a.m. and the captain of the ‘Front Altair’ sent the distress signal with urgency to ‘Hyundai Dubai’, which was passing nearby. In response, ‘Hyundai Dubai’ safely rescued all 23 cr...

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce that the 14,000 TEU containership ONE CYGNUS, was successfully delivered at Japan Marine United Corporation’s shipyard at Kure, Hiroshima. This is ONE’s third delivery this year after the M/V ONE APUS on 13 June 2019 and is the last delivery in the series of 7 newly built 14,000 magenta containerships. It is equipped with outstanding safety and environmentally-friendly capabilities such as structural arrest technology and highly eff...

DIMDEX 2016, the fifth Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference, held under the patronage of His Highness, The Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, officially launched at a press conference held at IDEF, the International Defence Industry Fair in Turkey. DIMDEX 2016, the fifth Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference, held under the patronage of His Highness, The Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, officially launched at a press conference held at...

As Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler solutions celebrate 100 years in the marine industry, they are also leading the way in today’s era of change. With the 2020 sulphur cap rapidly approaching, Alfa Laval is delivering multi-fuel Aalborg boiler solutions and helping customers prepare existing boiler systems for tomorrow’s fuel scenarios. A century ago, when the first marine boiler left the Aalborg Shipyard in Aalborg, Denmark, no regulations were governing the fuel content of vessel emissio...

Global eTrade Services (GeTS), a global trade platform company and a subsidiary of CrimsonLogic (a provider of digital solutions, products, and services) announced the addition of Pacific International Lines (PIL) – the world’s top 10th containership operator on CALISTA™, an interoperable, neutral and trusted platform that enables supply chain orchestration across the world. Benefits of intermodal connectivity PIL will leverage the innovative supply chain orchestration platfo...

Wrist Ship Supply is pleased to announce that Mr. Niels Christian Snog will take the position of Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Global Sales at Wrist. Experience Niels Snog comes from a position as CEO of Garrets International, a business unit within Wrist, dedicated to budgets and delivering provisions and stores. Niels has led SeaStar since 2009 and Garrets since 2016, and from the 1st of June, he will take up the role of VP and CCO for Global Sales, running the Key Account...

Oslo-based Xeneta, the ocean freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, has revealed a jump in long-term contracted rates for containership operators during May, as 2018 rates expire and new contracts push the index upwards. Global rates Global rates leaped by 11.5% across the month, with US rates for imports climbing by close to 20%" According to the latest XSI® Public Indices report, based on crowd-sourced data covering over 160,000 port-to-port pairings, with 110 million...

In recent years, Blue Water’s Aarhus office has seen a heavy increase in freight to Greenland - especially the Blue Air Pack product has become very popular. Naturally, this places demands on our competences and knowledge of the Greenland market in general. “We have an extremely competent Greenland team in Aarhus. Everyone possesses wide experience within this field, and one of the team members has extensive knowledge of the country from his previous employment with Blue Water Green...

HMM (CEO Jae-hoon Bae) announced the launch of its new Corporate Identity (CI) to reflect its vision and ambition to take a leap forward to a bright future. The new CI features the pride of Korea’s national flagship carrier as well as an intuitive grasp of the shipping business. The blue HMM letter embodies the shape of the front of a large ship crossing the ocean, and the red line on top represents the rising sun on the horizon where the ship is sailing. Making fresh resolution ...

On April 19, 2018, a ceremony for the delivery of three semi-rigid vessels with cabin (SRC) to the Regional Command of the Azores Maritime Police (CRPM of the Azores) was held in the city of Ponta Delgada on the island of S. Miguel, chaired by the Secretary State of National Defense and Maritime Affairs, Dr. Marcos Perestrello. Semi-rigid vessels with cabin (SRC) This construction project resulted from the need to equip the CRPM of the Azores with three fast SRC vessels This construction proj...

Within ten years, the Becker Mewis Duct has become a globally successful product. Demand for the energy-saving device is rising again, as the new IMO environmental guidelines come into force next year. Accordingly, there will be great interest at the Nor-Shipping 2019 trade fair, which is taking place in Oslo, Norway, from 4th June to 7th June 2019. Becker Marine Systems will also be presenting other maneuvering systems and energy-saving solutions for ships. Becker Mewis Duct reduces CO2 emiss...

In order to anticipate violations or dangerous incidents in the shipping and logistics industry in the country, especially those related to the contents of cargo/containers. The Directorate of Marine and Coastal Guard Units (Dit. KPLP) - the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with the Australia Maritime Safety Authority (AMSAT International - Australia) held the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code training, from March 25 to March 29, 2019 in Surabaya. Represe...

John-Kaare Aune has been appointed the new Managing Director, Ship Management for the Wallem Group.  He is expected to take up his position with effect from 1 July 2019. John-Kaare Aune John joins Wallem from the Cayman Registry.  Most recently he was Regional Director, Safety and Compliance, overseeing the global commercial services and business development in addition to the Registration section in the Asia-Pacific region. Previously John had also been a Principal Surveyor wit...

RCL is pleased to advise that it will take over vessel operation from ONE on its RTY service. RTY currently operates between Thai Sugar Terminal (TST) / Singapore / Yangon (MIP) / Yangon (MITT) / Port Klang (North) / Singapore / TST on a 21 day, 3 vessel rotation. RCL already operates 2 of those vessels. Maiden voyage The maiden voyage will commence with the Yantra Bhum 1024W/E ETA TST 11 May 2019 With RCL replacing ONE's own vessel, RCL will operate all 3 vessels on the service using 3 x 1...

Jae-hoon Bae, President & CEO of HMM, starts to accelerate the pace of overseas on-site management following his visit to the sites in Korea. Mr. Bae departed for London, UK on April 22 to strengthen business relationships with not only major customers in Europe but global top-rated carriers, and return to Korea on April 26. Mr. Bae plans to visit the European headquarter of HMM, located in London, to encourage its employees and make sales strategies based on the character of each region a...