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On February 6, 2023, two large earthquakes 200 kilometres east of Mersin International Port (MIP; B/Stable/--) caused severe damage and fatalities in southeastern Turkiye and northern Syria. Even though the port halted operations after the second earthquake, S&P Global Ratings understands from MIP that it has found no evidence of damage to the port's infrastructure, grounds, or equipment.  According to the company, operations are scheduled to resume today. They expect to know more in t...

P&O Maritime Logistics, a globally renowned provider of critical logistics and marine solutions, will use its versatile Multi Carrying Vessel (MCV) fleet to transport off-site manufactured pre-finished volumetric hotel villas to the Sheybarah Island Resort on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coast. P&O Maritime Logistics has signed a new contract with global heavy lifting and transport specialist - Mammoet to transport the unique hotel villas, all the way from Hamriyah to the Sheybarah Isla...

Xeneta has taken the first step in a campaign to identify the carrier industry’s best and worst environmental performers across the world’s 13 major shipping trades. With the help of the Carbon Emissions Index (CEI), a unique tool from Xeneta and Marine Benchmark, carriers have been assessed on the main Far East to South America East Coast container corridor. The analysis makes uncomfortable reading for industry giant - Evergreen. Proof of performance In an age of ever-greater env...

The decarbonisation of international shipping is a priority for IMO and by mid-2023, the organisation aims to have in place a revised and strengthened Strategy on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. Low- and zero-carbon ship technology assessment A new IMO project aims to provide an assessment of the state of availability and readiness of low- and zero-carbon ship technology and marine fuels, in order to help inform Member States as they work towards the revision of the IMO GHG Strategy...

Following the successful landing and take-off of the indigenous LCA Navy and MiG-29K on India's first Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (IAC-1); Venkatesh Kandlikar, Defense Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: "The move marks the official start of the aircraft carrier's fighter jet aviation trials, as well as a significant step towards India developing its own deck-based fighters. It is also a defining moment for India, as it has only one aircraft...

Crowley has appointed Clay Heil as Vice President of Global Government Relations, where he will lead the company’s full spectrum of government advocacy across all of the company’s business interests and activities. Based in Washington, D.C., USA, Clay Heil will spearhead Crowley’s engagement with federal, state and local government partners and elected officials on policy and regulatory matters that support the company’s strategic growth.  New VP of Global Governm...

Crowley has reached a Right of First Refusal agreement to potentially lease and develop an offshore wind terminal during Feb 8, 2023, Wednesday’s Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) Board Meeting, which took place in Cut Off, Louisiana, USA. The more than 40-acre site, encompassing over 2,200 linear feet of prime waterfront property, is expected to become the home of a purpose-driven offshore wind facility in the coming years. Crowley to lease and develop offshore wind facility in L...

It is not very often that a product released is capable to make a complicated task really easy and improve safety at the same time. MariTeam has introduced the OSW smartFit clamp shells – the ultimate solution for hassle-free hose coupling integration. With just three simple steps, users can securely and efficiently join their hoses and couplings, without the need for any additional tools or equipment, except for an Allen key. OSW smartFit binding system With its sleek design and user-f...

The COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) yard has announced that it will retrofit the main engines aboard two LPG carriers from the fleet of Tianjin Southwest Maritime Ltd., the Chinese liquefied-gas carrier operator. In doing so, it is exercising the option in a contract signed with MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, in October 2022 to similarly retrofit two LPG carriers to dual-fuel operation. MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP units installed MAN PrimeServ will join...

A provider of maritime safety training and experts in alternative fuels, Stream Marine Training Group (SMG), is delighted to be welcomed as a Gold Sponsor of London International Shipping Week 2023 (LISW23). SMG SMG has experienced considerable growth over the past few years and, as it prepares to enter its second decade of business in 2024, is helping lead the industry to meet maritime’s decarbonisation goals with the launch of its alternative fuels consultancy service Stream Marine Tec...

OceanWise’s Dr Mike Osborne, recently delivered a short course as part of the latest Geospatial Marine Analysis and Cartography (GEOMAC) course held at the UK Hydrographic Office in Taunton. The course, ‘Data Governance and Marine SDI’, underlines the importance of data governance in increasing efficiencies and reducing risk when creating and maintaining traditional and e-navigational products and services. The GEOMAC is a Nippon Foundation funded initiative under the Internat...

A total of 7 distressed workers have been saved by the prompt response of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), following a distress call to the Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR. The call, which came in at about 11.30 pm on February 2, 2023, from the Safety Officer on MT ALIMA vessel reported that while cleaning the tanks of the vessel by a private cleaning company, 8 of the cleaners developed complications due to insufficient oxygen available in the tank to sus...

European Union - EU grants the Ship-aH2oy project EUR 15 million in funds to equip an offshore wind vessel with a sustainable and scalable solution for power and heat generation. With 17 partners from 7 European countries, the project aims to introduce high-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology for marine use. In combination with efficient heat integration, this will result in a scalable, safe, and sustainable power and heat generation s...

Pacific International Lines (PIL) is pleased to introduce a new weekly direct service connecting the key ports of Thailand, Philippines and Singapore. The new service, known as Thailand Philippines Straits Service (TPS), will commence on 15 February 2023 from Manila, Philippines. It will be served by a consortium of vessels with an average capacity of 750 TEUs, jointly deployed by Pacific International Lines (PIL) and Iris Lines, Inc. PIL’s new Thailand Philippines Straits Service (T...

Guests aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ fleet made more than 4,400 wildlife sightings with the help of marine wildlife charity - ORCA in 2022. It came as part of ORCA’s Cruise Conservationist programme, hosted aboard the Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ fleet. The most frequent wildlife spotted was the common dolphin, sighted 296 times - with the total number of individual dolphins spotted being 1,996. Other sightings included humpback whales, orca, a blue whale and even the deepest...

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the NC LEVANT new service setup aimed at providing their customers with improved reliability and better service. New features of NC LEVANT will be the following: Better coverage of the region thanks to CMA CGM’s new investment in Egypt in Alexandria’s Trans Misr Terminal (TMT), now ready to accept the service. First vessel calling Alexandria TMT will be m/v "EF OLIVIA" voy. 0NVDBS1MA, calling Southampton on February 10th and Alexandria TMT on March...

Crowley Engineering Services (CES) has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recognising the business group’s capabilities. Widely considered as the worldwide standard for quality management systems and practices, the ISO 9001:2015 certification, audited by Platinum Registration, reinforces Crowley Engineering Services’ process and management system as efficient, repeatable and robust. Achieving the ISO certification Ach...

Maritime UK is to deliver a nationwide ‘roadshow’ to inspire girls to consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers in the maritime sector. Maritime UK has been awarded £100,000 in grant funding from the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver a Maritime Roadshow for Girls throughout 2023. The roadshow will aim to encourage Key Stage 3 girls to choose STEM subjects and to give the students greater awar...

Global freight forwarding is a $300B industry that facilitates the movement of cargo from one place to another through a series manual process. Solving the complex challenges facing freight forwarders and helping them to do more business faster, freight rate management platform Freightify is announcing a $12M Series A funding round to save 70% of the time spent on manual tasks while halving the operational costs to do business for them. The round was led by Sequoia Capital India & Sequoia C...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, Japan, has recently completed a conceptual study for an ammonia bunkering vessel capable of supplying ammonia fuel to ships. This study involved joint investigations with INPEX CORPORATION, which boasts abundant achievements and experience in the energy supply chain, in order to respond to increasing demands for ammonia-fuelled ships. Ammonia – future use as a stable source of clean en...

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. announced that its ZXB service will undergo a significant restructuring, with a new and improved rotation. Starting in late February, the ZXB weekly rotation will be: Jakarta – Laem Chabang– Cai Mep – Haiphong – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Panama Canal – Kingston – Baltimore – Norfolk – New York – Boston – Suez Canal – Jakarta Upgraded ZXB service The upgraded ZXB, ...

Ports of Stockholm are one of the world’s largest passenger ports and one of Sweden’s largest freight ports. Despite a declining economy, goods volumes have remained high and the number of passengers increased significantly compared to the previous year. This shows Ports of Stockholm to be a central node for sustainable goods and passenger transport and that Stockholm remains a very attractive destination. The important transport of goods via Ports of Stockholm’s ports has wor...

MPC Container Ships ASA (‘MPCC’ or the ‘Company’) will participate in Capital Link’s Corporate Presentations webinar series on January 31, 2023, at 17:00 CET / 11:00 AM ET. MPC Container Ships ASA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Constantin Baack and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Moritz Fuhrmann will go through a brief a presentation on the Company and the current container shipping market, followed by a Q & A (Questions & Answers) session. Presen...

The Liverpool City Region’s maritime industry played host to a senior member of the ministerial team in the Department for Transport, Baroness Vere, during a visit to the area on Friday, 27 January 2023. Mersey Maritime welcomed the Minister to their Maritime Knowledge Hub in Birkenhead where she was briefed on their leading role in the rollout of a national initiative, the Regional Cluster Development Programme, which is focused on growing the industry around the coastal communities of t...

A total of €200 million for all companies operating in the maritime industry in mainland France and the French overseas territories. Applicants can submit their projects on the dedicated platform as of January 30. Call for projects financed and coordinated by the CMA CGM Fund for Energies to support innovative solutions, in collaboration with public actors. Decarbonisation of the French shipping industry The CMA CGM Group has launched a call for projects targeted at startups and bus...

Rodman Polyships has signed a contract with the Marine Research Centre of the University of Vigo for the building of a new state-of-the-art oceanographic vessel with plug-in hybrid propulsion. The new Rodman 58, with a length of 19.5 metres and a beam of 5.4 metres, will strengthen Vigo’s position and Galicia’s in general, in coastal oceanographic research, enabling them to deal with some of the most critical social challenges related to climate and environmental change with greater...

Vanos S.A. is honoured to actively participate in broadening their Seafarers’ knowledge with regards to Safety & Security in Shipping. The company, for the second consecutive year, proudly supported the ‘Go Maritime Event’, which was organised by Isalos.net and that took place on Friday, January 20th 2023, at the Merchant Marine Academy of Macedonia. Useful guidance for the new generation of seafarers More specifically, their Executives - Mr. Constantinos Sagris –...

Last year, maritime shipping bunkered significantly more fuel in Rotterdam, Netherlands, approximately 10.8 million compared to 10.2 million up to 2021. With that, demand for fuel oil, gas oil, methanol and LNG was 6.3 percent higher in 2022, in comparison to 2021. Biofuel-blended bunkers Notable was the increase in demand for biofuel-blended bunkers. Demand rose from 301,000 tonnes to 790,000 tonnes. For the first time, some sea-going vessels bunkered methanol, but from the summer of 2023, se...

Tokyo-based Classification Society, ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a large ammonia fuelled 210,000 DWT bulk carrier, which has been jointly developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and MITSUI & CO., LTD (MITSUI). Ammonia is expected to be used as a ship fuel for decarbonisation, since it does not emit CO2 when combusted. Meanwhile, adequate safety measures are imperative, as it has been pointed out that ammonia is toxic to humans and corrosive to materials. Class...

In the report, eight of the world’s pioneering marine insurers have gathered and published client data to track their hull and machinery insurance portfolio’s climate impact. The goal is to support the industry’s green transition. “This level of transparency is a major milestone on our journey to decarbonise the maritime industry,” says Patrizia Kern, Chair of the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance initiative and Marine Strategy Advisor – CEO...