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Matson announced that it will contribute NZD $375,000 in goods and services toward Tonga disaster relief and has scheduled a special voyage departing Auckland, New Zealand this week with relief goods donated by the company and destined for Tonga. Two additional extra-schedule relief voyages are planned for departure from Auckland during the next three weeks. On Friday, January 21, Matson delivered the first ocean shipment of goods to Tonga since the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-H...

Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, is celebrating the qualification of the Satcom Direct Plane Simple™ Antenna System on the Intelsat FlexExec network. Together, Intelsat’s high throughput satellite network, combined with the Plane Simple Ku-band tail-mounted antenna system, simplifies high-speed data access for more business aviation owners globally through ease of installation, flexible plans, and advanced antenna technology. The verification follows months o...

Artemis Technologies has opened a new facility on Belfast Lough as it prepares to commence testing its transformative new Artemis eFoiler(R) electric propulsion system. The 42,200 square feet facility in Titanic Quarter’s Channel Commercial Park, will house the company’s manufacturing and engineering teams as it brings to market a range of green technologies and vessels including workboats, passenger ferries, leisure craft, as well as Crew Transfer Vessels for the offshore wind sect...

The European Parliament’s lead MEP on the EU ETS proposes amendments to the ETS for maritime that put the impact and efficiency of the EU Green Deal at risk, says World Shipping Council (WSC). The EU ETS intends to impose a technologically neutral greenhouse gas (GHG) price across all elements of industries like shipping, to incentivise the most cost-effective GHG emissions reductions and innovative solutions. Carbon pricing is a key part of driving the adoption of zero-GHG...

Kongsberg Maritime announces that it has just signed a sizeable contract with Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey to deliver 20 high-performance, future-proof US205FP, and US255FP thruster units for installation on new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats. This contract win is particularly significant as one of the tugs, a 60-ton Bollard Pull (BP) vessel, is the first of a game-changing, next-generation design by the renowned towage company Svitzer and the internationally recognized naval architects Rob...

A winner of the UK Port MiFi Christmas Photo Competition has been announced. Julian Wong, a Port Chaplain at Stella Maris, sent a heart-warming photo of a Filipino seafarer on a video call with his children, while on the deck of the Arklow Archer at Ipswich Port. Julian has won £50 in Amazon vouchers, which he’s generously donating to the Filipino seafarer in his winning image, a £250 donation to his chosen charity Stella Marris and a framed photo. Submit and share imag...

With the continued expansion of Stena Line’s operations in the Baltic Sea, on 19 January, 2022, the new ferry - Stena Baltica has made its maiden voyage on the Ventspils‒Nynäshamn route. Henceforth, it will share this route with Stena Scandica, replacing Stena Flavia, which will join Stena Livia on the Liepāja–Travemünde route. Stena Baltica Stena Baltica is identical to the Stena Scandica, which has operated between Ventspils and Nynäshamn since the summer of 2021....

Marcus Jadotte has joined Crowley as senior vice president of government relations, leading the company’s advocacy activities across all its businesses. Jadotte will spearhead the company’s continuing advocacy for laws and regulations that support the domestic maritime industry, while expanding awareness of Crowley’s growing defense and civilian government services among federal, state and local officials. He will be based in Washington, D.C. Jadotte comes to Crowley...

Andrey Severilov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) participated in the panel discussion on possibilities of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which took place within the framework of the Rosatom week at Expo 2020 Dubai, taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Panel discussion on the Northern Sea Route In his speech, Andrey Severilov noted the prospects of the Northern Sea Route In his speech, Andrey Severilov n...

Acronis, a globally renowned company in cyber protection with dual headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and Singapore, will be the Official Cyber Protection Partner of the iconic ​​round-the-world sailing competition, The Ocean Race. The partnership will be supported by Ingram Micro Cloud, a global distributor of innovative technology products and services, as the Official #CyberFit Partner, in line with the Acronis #TeamUp programme. Acronis - Official #CyberFit Partner Jan Jaap Jager,...

High-performance decking manufacturer, Flexiteek International acquires F3 Flexiteek Friesland B.V based in the Netherlands. The agreement, signed on the 14th January 2022, will strengthen Flexiteek International's position as the market leader. The newly acquired company will be known as ‘Flexiteek Superyacht’.  Manufacturing decks for new and refits projects ‘Flexiteek Superyacht’ adds an established fabrication centre using the latest CNC technology to supp...

The globally renowned technology group, Wärtsilä will supply the main and harbour engines for a series of seven new Arctic Shuttle Tanker vessels, which are being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard, in South Korea. The order, which is valued at more than 100 million Euros, was placed with Wärtsilä, in December 2021. Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel engines The vessels will each feature six highly efficient Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel main engines, opera...

Hanseaticsoft and Solitwork announce a strategic partnership. The mission is to jointly improve shipping companies’ ability to provide ship owners and managers with enhanced and automated reporting options, further improving business decision-making. By combining Hanseaticsoft’s cloud-based innovative ‘Cloud Fleet Manager’ with Solitwork’s ‘AFC Maritime Analytics’ both companies combine key strengths to enable improved and automatic decision making for...

Unifeeder’s St. Petersburg Branch employee Svetlana Maydanova participated in the DP World for women initiative #MentorHer, a programme designed to facilitate knowledge transfer with mentors, in order to support, inspire, and motivate women in the workplace, and help build networks that open opportunities. Svetlana Maydanova has been with Unifeeder since 2009 and is based in St. Petersburg. Besides many years of experience in Finance and Administration, she holds a Ph.D. from St. Petersbu...

Globally renowned Tokyo –based classification society, ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an ammonia-fuelled Panamax bulk carrier, developed by Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships (GSC). Ammonia is expected to be used as decarbonised fuel for ships, since it does not emit CO2 when burned. However, taking adequate safety measures are impartial and cannot be ignored, due to this fuel’s characteristics of being toxic to humans and corrosive aga...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has organised the delivery of heavy equipment for construction of NPP Akkuyu, in the Republic of Turkey.   Cargo vessel, Viking with eight sets of accumulators of the system for passive inundation of the core, which are one of the most important elements of the NPP safety system, weighing 83 tonnes each and an upper unit with a reactor vessel lid weighing 104 tonnes has arrived from the port of Rostov-on-Don to cargo terminal, Vostochny, in Russia, in...

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) has announced the signing of a new eight-year charter agreement with a shipping company that is affiliated with Kenon Holdings Ltd. According to the agreement, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will charter three 7,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel container vessels, in order to serve across ZIM’s various global-niche trades for total consideration of approximately US$ 400 million. Charter agreement to construct vessels The vessels will...

Located in the hustle and bustle of the biggest port authority in Estonia, the Port of Tallinn has opened the most modern and multifunctional terminal in the region. Beautifully designed to reduce its negative impact on the environment, the sustainable cruise terminal can operate outside of cruise season, making the capital more accessible whilst reducing its environmental footprint. A striking feature of the terminal designed by Salto Architects is the remarkable use of Kebony, a global pionee...

The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. have successfully completed a demonstration test of the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry, conducted on the Iyonada Sea from Shinmoji, Kitakyushuu City, on January 17. This demonstration was part of MEGURI 2040, a project promoting the development of fully autonomous vessels supported by The Nippo...

Health and safety are key considerations for all maritime organisations, in particular, for those operating in remote locations or where extreme weather conditions may put workforces at greater risk. With COVID-19 here to stay for the foreseeable future, it is vital that shipping organisations consider both the short and long term safeguarding measures, which are required to protect their workers at sea. COVID-19 management plans Establishing safe working conditions and providing onboard exper...

Lamor Corporation announced that the company has increased its efforts to serve customers in Norway, by establishing a Norwegian office, in January 2022. The local Lamor office is located in Straume, Bergen area, located in the west coast of Norway. Lamor Oil Spill Response solutions Lamor Corporation has had for many years a good dialogue and recurring projects with the Norwegian coast guard, Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration), regarding Lamor Oil Spill Response solutions, and many...

MBARI – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, a private non-profit oceanographic research centre based in Moss Landing, California is building a new research vessel at Freire Shipyard in Spain. The R/V David Packard will be a state-of-the-art vessel, 50 metres long and able to accommodate 12 crew and 18 scientists on MBARI’s missions to explore and understand a changing ocean. The basic design of the R/V David Packard was developed by Glosten, with the detailed design develope...

Kongsberg Maritime’s scope of delivery encompasses a combination of systems that will enable the operator to maximise operational windows whilst minimising overall energy consumption. Key to this is the propulsion technology, which for the CSOVs will include new permanent magnet (PM) PMAZ 2600PM azimuth thrusters, PM tunnel thrusters, and a retractable azimuth thruster. The return of investment is greater propulsion efficiency and manoeuvrability with reduced operational noise, lower em...

The return of commercial cargo trains, a multi-million-pound expansion, and soaring exports have left a North East port in ship-shape condition post-COVID. Port of Sunderland welcomed its first cargo freight train in two decades last year, as port chiefs and representatives from DB Cargo and Network Rail welcomed 21 wagons pulled by a Class 60 Engine. The return of intermodal ship-to-rail cargo topped off what was an already stellar year for the municipally-owned port, having seen exports soar...

The government of Benin has awarded a contract to Norwegian technology company, Vissim to deliver a coastal monitoring system designed for improved environmental monitoring and safer passage along Benin’s coastline and ocean area. The ultimate objective is to increase international trade with Benin. The contract is funded by Export Finance Norway. Vissim secures contract from Benin government The contract was signed at a ceremony in Cotonou, Benin, by Minister of Defence, Fortunet Alain...

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is equipping the German-Norwegian submarine project U212 CD with a fully digital sensor suite. The optronics division of HENSOLDT has received a corresponding order worth over 50 million euros from kta naval systems, a consortium of Kongsberg, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systeme, and Atlas Elektronik. Optronic mast and panoramic surveillance system The order comprises six optronic systems, consisting of an OMS 150 optronic mast system, an OMS 300, and an i360°OS...

Green shipping corridors are a shortcut path to achieving zero-emissions shipping. The strategy of focusing green initiatives on a limited number of routes between major port hubs will lower obstacles and costs as the industry transitions to more environmentally friendly shipping. The goal is to create specific trade routes where zero-emission solutions are demonstrated and supported. Green initiatives Targeting certain shipping corridors for environmental efforts allows policymakers to create...

Maritime UK partnered with EngineeringUK, as part of The Tomorrow's Engineers Code, to address the maritime sector’s future workforce skills and shared commitment to increase the number and diversity of young people entering engineering careers. Part of this partnership included Maritime UK, BAE Systems and EngineeringUK taking part in an online conversation, where they talked about the challenges facing the maritime sector and how this is going to impact future workforce skills. The Tom...

Svitzer, a renowned global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller - Maersk, converts its whole fleet of 10 towage tugs in London, United Kingdom, to be powered by carbon neutral marine biofuel. This enables DP World-owned Unifeeder to reduce its emissions and boost its green agenda. Ecotow towage service Replacing marine fuel oil with the carbon neutral biofuel enables Svitzer to offer a new towage service, called Ecotow, which unlocks approximately 90% CO2 reduction in Scope 3 emissions from...

Shipping over 30% of Kenyan imports and 50% of the country’s export volumes, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) plays a key role in partnering with Kenyan businesses, in order to help them grow and expand to other markets. Expands landside offering in Kenya With over 300 employees in both commercial and operational functions, Maersk is also strengthening its organisation in Kenya to expand its landside offering, in order to further address customer needs and pain points, in line with it...