Surveillance & Maritime News for March 2023

Under the state contract with the Radioactive Waste Management Enterprise (RosRAO Federal State Unitary Enterprise, is a part of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom), FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) performed the transportation of nine multisectional blocks of nuclear-powered submarines and a tanker from Kamchatka Territory to the decommissioning site in Primorye Territory. Logistics services FESCO provided the full range of logistics services to the client, including transportation and...

RCL is pleased to announce that it will add Dongguan in Guangdong province to its existing RSK rotation. The maiden call at Dongguan (Dongguan Container Terminals 7,8) will commence with the “Ratha Bhum ” from the 16 Nov 19 onwards. With this change, the new proforma for the RSK will be: Faster connectivity According to an RCL spokesperson “Dongguan will be the first direct call between Guangdong province and Cambodia. Our customers in the Pearl River Delta area have encou...

The 2017-retrofitted ‘Wes Amelie’, a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, operated by Unifeeder, will become the first vessel in the world to run on Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG), generated by wind energy. MAN Energy Services, Wessels Marine, Unifeeder and Nauticor are cooperating on the SNG project, which will see ‘Wes Amelie’ use liquefied SNG, produced from renewable electrical energy, as a drop-in fuel. Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) as marine fuel To demonstrate that SNG c...

On September 21st, 2019, the world’s first container ship retrofitted with a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) engine, “Wes Amelie”, received LNG through a SIMOPS (simultaneous operations) ship-to-ship bunker operation from the world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel “Kairos”. LNG ship-to-ship operation The operation took place at the Vuosaari Harbour container terminal in the Port of Helsinki, Finland. The transfer of LNG between the two vessels marks an import...

Wan Hai is a member of the Getting to Zero Coalition, a Global Maritime Forum initiative to accelerate the decarburisation of the shipping industry. Decarburisation efforts “After being involved as an industry partner in the Global Maritime Forum for the last few years, Wan Hai Lines fully supports the collaborative efforts that are needed to achieve the substantive to fulfill the ambitious targets set forth by the IMO for 2050," says Randy Chen, Vice Chairman. "Having debated the timel...

TSL is pleased to announce the launch of the Shanghai 1(SH1) Service that will provide weekly connections between Vietnam and China. SH1 service will provide an alternative service for shippers who need to move cargo from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong, Ningbo and Shanghai. The new SH1 service will commence sailing from Ho Chi Minh City on the 5th of October with the following port rotation: Ho Chi Minh City – Hong Kong – Ningbo – Shanghai

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...

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...

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...

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...

In the current situation, where normal air freight is closing down or getting minimised, air charter options have become more and more relevant and useful. On road transport, BWS experience some delays and other difficulties, as border crossings are closing down or imposing travel restriction. This includes the risk of truck drivers ending in quarantine if they have to deliver goods in restricted areas. Cargo control At the moment it is still possible for planes to use most airports as long a...