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Furnipart and Blue Water have just extended and expanded their cooperation covering transport from the Far East to the company’s domicile in Hinnerup, Denmark. The new agreement entails that Furnipart’s transport will change from sea freight to rail transport in the future. Rail transport Rail transport brings several advantages to Furnipart. The duration of the transport of 15,000 kilometres will be shortened by approx. 14 days, and this means that their design handles and knobs...

The fourth edition of the industry cyber risk management guidelines, Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships is now available and lays the foundation for further improvements and refinement of companies’ cyber security risk assessments. The version 4 of the cyber security guidelines is published at a time when ship owners and ship managers are faced with a requirement to implement cyber risk management in their safety management systems (SMS) by the time of their first Document of Comp...

To further reinforce its regional development strategy, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (herein-after referred to as Yang Ming) sets up a new subsidiary with NAXCO Group in France, named Yang Ming (France) S.A.S. (herein-after referred to as Yang Ming (France)), which officially began operating on 1st January 2021. The subsidiary aims at assisting Yang Ming to develop the local market and integrate regional resources. Weekly service routes Yang Ming will establish a presence in the Fre...

CULINES is celebrating the successful maiden voyage of its new South China-Vietnam service (SV2). The SV2 is the fourth liner route operated by them in Vietnam, as well as another important step to strengthen presence in the Vietnamese market, and connect the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the China-Vietnam supply chains. Port Rotation of SV2 Haiphong (3/3) – Nansha (6/6) – Shekou (7/7) – Haiphong (3/3)

Freight forwarding is one of the most crucial components of the global supply chain. A good global forwarding company adds extraordinary value not only in moving goods for their clients; they facilitate bottom line revenue through cost savings throughout the business. Global freight is the product of the global freight industry. This is the movement across the globe of materials and goods to facilitate trade; a key component of every business that uses or sells physical products. Global Freigh...

Moving freight can be a stressful time for any mining or resources operation – especially when it comes to major projects involving the transportation of capital equipment worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Therefore, it’s not only important to partner with a professional freight forwarder it’s essential that both parties collaborate and communicate to achieve the goal of moving freight on time and on budget and free of injury and damage to freight, property a...

Blue Water acquires J. Lauritzen’s Eftf’s thermo activities – which mainly include road transport and rail solutions of food products between Italy, Benelux and Scandinavia - with effect from 1 January. The southbound traffics are primarily seafood and meat products and the northbound are fruit and vegetables to the Scandinavian consumers. “We are pleased to take over a business that fits well into the existing strategy for our reefer activities. Our position will be str...

The Global Shippers Association (GSA), recently invited Maersk leaders to discuss Logistics & Solutions with their members via a virtual session. The GSA is a Fort Myers, Florida-based consortium of major corporations who combine their freight volumes to negotiate international transportation services with the world’s leading carriers. Best account managers Mark Chadwick, President of the GSA, opened the session by setting the context. “Maersk has been a key partner for...

Blue Water’s Aid & Development team has assisted with bringing in humanitarian aid cargo, such as plastic sheeting, cleaning and hygiene kits and medicine to thousands of victims in Central America suffering from the flooding after category four and five hurricanes Eta and Iota. Houses, roads, schools and hospitals in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Belize were devastated during the record-breaking stormy season, and seven million people were affected by the two hurricanes within t...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group’s intermediate holding company controlling the Group’s shipbuilding units, won orders to build six new ships worth KRW 1 trillion in total.   KSOE announced on December 16 that it recently signed contracts with shipping companies based in Europe, Bermuda, and Asia to construct four 174,000m³ LNG carriers and two 318,000-ton very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs). Enhancing operation...

Kongsberg Maritime announced that it has been selected to supply a large electric winch package for a pelagic trawler/purse seiner, currently being built for the Danish company - Astrid Fiskeri A/S at Karstensens Skibsvaerft A/S in Denmark. The contract includes delivery and commissioning of a set of powerful fishery and auxiliary winches, together with a large Variable Speed Drive package and the latest version of KONGSBERG’s control and monitoring system. Electric multidrive technology...

FESCO Transportation Group has added a new port of call in Wenzhou (Zhejiang province, China) on the route of its container shipping line FESCO China Express-2 «Eastern Arrow». The line will be functioning on the route Vladivostok – Shanghai – Ningbo – Wenzhou – Vladivostok starting from November 2020. Transit time from Wenzhou to Vladivostok will be 2,5 days. On 26 November 2020 FESCO vessel will enter the port of call for the first time. Port of Wenzhou...

From 11th January 2021, ferry company - Stena Line together with the multimodal service provider - CFL multimodal and the ports in Rostock and Trelleborg will offer a new intermodal rail and ferry connection from Bettembourg in Luxembourg via their ferry route from Rostock to Trelleborg in Sweden. The combination of sea and rail is a cost-effective and sustainable transport solution that offers great capacity and flexibility as well as a CO2 reduction of 1.75 tons per unit compared to road tran...

FESCO Transportation Group arranged the first shipment of refrigerated containers with perishable goods from Russia to Mongolia through the Naushki border crossing. Containers with food, cosmetics, and other goods were sent as part of a refrigerated train powered by a diesel-generator container from the Selyatino station (the Moscow region) to the Ulan Bator station (Mongolia) on 5 December. Transit time on the route is 20 days. The main advantage of this transportation type is fully contactle...

Three regular port visits results in over 6 hours of administration, 2,000+ fields to be completed divided into 13 documents and 23 tabs. When asking a captain about one of his biggest frustration on board? Usually, they will mention the port call administration. diize offers solution to simplify port call administration diize will illustrate the administrative burden that captains struggle with during every port call In this post, diize will illustrate the administrative burden that captain...

In this fast-changing world, visibility and control are critical to capture the full benefit of business opportunities. Great products and a strong brand build the foundations for better growth. Still, an unbroken supply chain at all levels, from suppliers to sales, is essential in achieving it. Identifying the challenges for Tokmanni Tokmanni Group has been on top of its game for several years now. The Finnish discount chain deals in the quick movement of its retail cargo. However, the compan...

During spring and early summer, all planned cruises in Sweden were cancelled - just like everywhere else. The German-based luxury cruise line, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises reached out to them in the middle of the summer as they planned to deploy ships and call at Swedish ports. Unlike their neighbouring countries, Sweden allowed cruise calls and guests going ashore, if the national and local protocols were complied with.  Busiest cruise destinations After the first few bookings, the sales incre...

Nava started out as an agriculture company that cleverly combined Italy’s Mediterranean climate, biodiversity and its favourable agronomic conditions, to grow high-quality grapes. In 2001, their passion to share Italy’s premium produce with the world, led them to become the prominent trader that they are today. And why not, as Italy is strategically located with access to major world markets. Nava’s initial years were spent successfully trading their much-loved grapes, with ma...

FESCO Transportation Group (‘FESCO’ and the ‘Group’) has delivered over 40,000 tonnes of various cargos to ports of the Chukotka Autonomous Area, in the Russian Federation, during the navigation period of 2020. Within the northern delivery programme, FESCO’s bulk carriers - ‘FESCO Pioneer’ and ‘Ussuri’ made six voyages on the route of Vladivostok-Anadyr-Egvekinot-Vladivostok (linear service ‘FESCO Anadyr Direct Line’ (FADL)) and...

Blue Water Singapore was contracted by one of its reliable clients to transport two large gas engines and appertaining equipment from Bergen Engines in Norway to Singapore. Engine transportation After intermediate storage, the two gas engines and five containers were loaded onboard The first part of the job included the transport of the two gas engines weighing 152 tons each from the manufacturer in Hordvikneset to Bergen in Norway. In August, a special crane barge was hired for the transship...

The United Nations’ High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy has launched a new ocean action agenda. 14 world leaders have united behind this plan, which was launched on December 2, 2020. KONGSBERG has actively contributed through the panel’s advisory network, which brings a wider stakeholder voice to the Ocean Panel, representing relevant sectors to the ocean economy. United Nations’ High Level Panel Geir Håøy, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Pres...

MetOcean is excited to announce that it has been named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top Employers for 2020! This is a very special award to be honored and recognised as one of the top places to work in Atlantic Canada.   MetOcean strives to create a world-class working environment that enables extraordinary opportunities for success among all of its employees as it works to develop and manufacture state-of-the-art data acquisition and end-to-end telematics solutions. Company's growth in...

Wan Hai Lines Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of the China – East India Service V - ‘CI5 Service’ on 13th December, 2020. This new service will help to expand Wan Hai Lines’ network in North China and East India. China – East India Service V - ‘CI5 Service’ This service will be operated by six vessels with nominal capacity of 4,250 TEU. CI5 maiden voyage will commence from Qingdao port on 13th December, 2020, and it will be a 42-day fixed round t...

On November 28, 2020, ‘SITC Global Shipping Logistics Center’ was inaugurated in Qingdao. Wang Qingxian, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Qingdao Municipal Party Committee. Sun Yonghong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Working Committee of the West Coast New Area, and Secretary of the Working Committee of the Qingdao Free Trade Zone, Zhao Shiyu, Deputy Secretary of the...

The Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (FSG) has announced that it has received its first order, since the new start under the direction of Tennor Holding. IVP Ship Invest orders a RoRo ferry for completion in April 2022. At the same time, the customer also places an option for a second vessel. The order has a total volume of 140 million Euros. FSG to deliver RoRo ferry This order is an important building block for the future of the Flensburg shipyard" IVP Ship Invest is a c...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) delivered equipment from Russia to Bangladesh, including a reactor vessel for the first power unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, which is now under construction. To implement the project, FESCO experts developed an individual scheme of transportation of the oversized heavy equipment: a 347-ton reactor pressure vessel, a steam generator (334 tons), a pressure compensator (191 tons), and a polar crane (80 tons). Reactor pressure vessel FESCO has extensiv...

Danelec Marine (Danelec) and Veracity by DNV (Veracity) have signed a pilot agreement to enable new maritime use-cases; combining the strengths of DanelecConnect’s onboard data capture capabilities and Veracity’s eco-system and platform architecture. Danelec is a manufacturer to the maritime industry of Voyage Data Recorders, Electronic Chart Display, Information Systems, and ship-2-shore data solutions. By running their data over Veracity’s independent data platform, using Ve...

The German Maritime industry is undergoing a period of rapid transformation. Digitalisation and decarbonisation are the grand challenges of the current time, and they require increased collaboration between all industry stakeholders. To address the current challenges and to help the German Maritime industry transition to a greener and more efficient future, DNV GL, the classification society, has appointed Rasmus Stute as Area Germany Business Development Manager. Understanding the complex shi...

Kongsberg Maritime is pleased to announce that it will be supplying a portfolio of SIMRAD sonar equipment for a new 75 metres Pelagic trawler, currently in build at Karstensen’s Shipyard in Skagen, Denmark. Commissioned in partnership by Scottish fishing companies - Northbay Fishing Co. Ltd and Wiseman Fishing Co. Ltd, the new vessel – to be called Artemis – will be based in Banff, Scotland. Artemis, Pelagic trawler Pelagic trawlers target fish in the mid- and surface water,...

VSTEP and the well-established Inland Shipping School – Maritieme Academie Harlingen (MAH) have been collaborating over the past few weeks to ensure that the NAUTIS Inland Simulators at MAH and Nova College are up to date with the latest CESNI (2019) requirements. One of the most renowned inland navigation training schools in Europe – Maritime Academie Harlingen (MAH), which uses NAUTIS Inland Simulators to offer a wide range of inland maritime courses to hundreds of trainees each y...