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Following the successful completion of preparations to equip it for service the Global Mercy, the brand new hospital ship built by Mercy Ships, visited the Port of Rotterdam prior to setting sail for Africa, where it will provide healthcare assistance to those most in need. Representatives from MSC Cargo, MSC Cruises and the MSC Foundation took part in a series of events, including a flag raising ceremony and a tour of the completed vessel in all its glory, seeing first-hand how this am...

MSC is delighted to be attending and speaking at this year’s Fruit Logistica 2022. Taking place from 5 - 7 April 2022 this trade fair event includes presentations, panel discussions and live Q&A sessions with leading experts from across the world.   MSC looks forward to welcoming people to the booth: B04, in Hall 25, daily from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm, and on Thursday, 7 April, from 09.00 am to 04:00 pm. Experts on stage  The experts will be presenting in the Logisti...

ClassNK granted the Approval in Principle (AiP) for the world’s first concept design of the methane oxidation catalyst system jointly developed by Hitachi Zosen Corporation (Hitachi Zosen), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. (YPT). Risk assessment and other measures A concept of the methane oxidation catalyst system was designed by Hitachi Zosen and YPT as part of a project which was adopted by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Deve...

Waves Group is pleased to announce it has secured the Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) contract for the construction of the second phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project – Dogger Bank B. Dogger Bank is a 3.6GW Wind Farm project being built in three 1.2GW phases A, B and C. This is the second win of the three project phases as Waves Group is currently providing MWS services for Dogger Bank A. When fully complete, the entire wind farm will be capable of powering 6 million UK homes, helpin...

The Chairman House Committee on the Nigerian Navy Honorable Yusuf Gagdi has commended the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, for its commitment to transparency in its execution of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure also known as the Deep Blue Project. This commendation was made today when the Agency’s Management appeared before the House Committee on Navy currently investigating the Deep Blue Contract...

MetOcean Telematics is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at Fish Canada Workboat Canada 2022 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, from March 25-26, 2022. They are looking forward to connecting with partners and attendees in the industry, and showcasing their latest MetOcean systems and Iridium products. Attendees for the event can visit the MetOcean Telematics team at booth 639. Fish Canada Workboat Canada (FCWC) Fish Canada Workboat Canada (FCWC) is the country’s largest c...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila Tuesday announces that the 9th Assembly embarked on the Amendment of the NIMASA Act 2007 and the Cabotage Act 2003 due to the need to improve the regulatory instruments in the Nigerian maritime sector to meet the need of current realities. Honourable Gbajabiamila stated this while declaring open the two-day public hearing by the House Committee on Maritime Safety Education and Administration on the Merchant Shipping Act, Repe...

Local New Zealand businesses are set to reap the benefits of a partnership between Babcock and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) which will conduct maintenance and upgrade works on two decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Inshore Patrol Vessels before they are sold to the Republic of Ireland. Babcock and NZDF will regenerate and modify the ships – ex HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki – to operational seaworthiness standards, supported by Babcock’s extensive supply chai...

On 28 July 2021, the world’s largest container vessel - Ever Ace, set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard. Owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation, Ever Ace has two Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers with a shared water cleaning system (WCS). This consolidated solution provides maximum reliability with a minimal footprint. Ever Ace is the first of 12 vessels planned for Evergreen’s record-breaking A Class, which comprises container vessels of nearly 24,000 TEU capacity. Power...

The brand-new research project will be carried out by the Seafarers International Research Centre at Cardiff University and will focus on women working on cargo ships. It aims to explore their welfare needs and the extent to which these are currently met. “We recognise that seafaring is a male-dominated industry and that creates an assumption that the welfare needs of women seafarers may be similar to those of men. However, with this new research project, we want to explore that assumptio...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has completed investment into Marindows Inc., a Tokyo-based firm, aiming to utilise the revolution in information technology to build an integrated digital platform for the marine industry. Amid the current energy revolution, this partnership will accelerate efforts to achieve a carbon neutral world in areas from electrification and autonomous operation to the marine industry, create new value by merging the p...

HMM announced that Kyung-bae Kim has been nominated for the new HMM CEO. HMM selected Kyung-bae Kim, the former Hyundai Glovis CEO, as the final candidate for the next HMM CEO. It came after the examination of multiple candidates was conducted by the CEO recommendation committee on 9 February. During the nominating process, a range of competencies, including leadership skills, global capability, and expertise, have been comprehensively considered to find the most suitable candidate. Playing si...

Performance Team – A Maersk Company continues to integrate end-to-end cold chains with the announcement of a new cold storage facility in Houston designed to serve imports and exports. “As we continue to expand our network in North America, providing customer-centered solutions this new facility will provide best-in-class cold chain services by integrating our services, technologies and optimising cold chain logistics efficiencies,” said Jason Walker, Executive Vice President...

James Fisher, a global provider of innovative marine solutions and specialised engineering services, has signed a charter agreement with Go Marine Group for the exclusive use of the multi-purpose service vessel, Go Electra, adding much needed security for customers, amid cost and supply chain crunches in the industry. The agreement will see the boat used, throughout the remainder of 2022, by James Fisher’s marine group brands, James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) and James Fisher Subte...

Babcock’s LGE (Liquid Gas Equipment) business and Cavendish Nuclear are celebrating two award wins at this year’s Maritime UK Awards. Kat Tanner won Electrical Design Apprentice for Cavendish Nuclear in the Apprentice of the Year category, while Babcock scooped the accolade for Innovation. The prestigious awards ceremony took place at the Glasgow Science Centre on Thursday 10 March. With the UK Government having launched its first long-term strategy for the sector, Maritime 2050, th...

The fourth publication by Maritime UK’s Board of Trade sets out how the United Kingdom (UK) can deliver the trade benefits of the National Shipbuilding Strategy refresh. This paper puts forward the Board of Trade’s thoughts on: Global trends and the importance of the maritime industry to trade. UK strengths and opportunities within the maritime sector. How trade and investment solutions can address challenges in the global maritime sector. Board of Trade publication UK Secr...

The technology group, Wärtsilä (Wärtsilä Corporation) has secured a new agreement for its exhaust gas cleaning systems to be installed on two newbuild 218m roll-on/roll-off passenger vessels (RoPax) at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China. V-SOx hybrid scrubber systems The contract, which was signed in February 2022, will see Wärtsilä fit and commission two 25-megawatt V-SOx hybrid scrubber systems, which can run in both open and closed loop configurati...

Crowley has joined forces with Insurtech MGA, Loadsure to help accelerate the development of proprietary smart technology serving the global cargo and freight insurance market by investing in the $11 million Series A funding round. Crowley’s involvement aligns with the company’s strategic growth strategy to innovate the value chain and create visibility and efficiency for partners and customers who are demanding more accessible and agile paths to reduce risk. Cargo insurance innova...

Maritime UK has welcomed today's National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) as a “major turning point” for the industry, helping put the sector on track to be the world's most competitive maritime nation by 2050. Announced by the Prime Minister in Merseyside, the NSS contains plans to boost the competitiveness and productivity of UK shipbuilding, which the Prime Minister has identified as one of his major policy priorities. This includes more than £200m funding for green maritime...

Pioneering Classification Society ClassNK has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PowerX, Inc. (PowerX) for a collaboration on the development of the Power Transfer Vessel (Power ARK).PowerX is carrying out a project of the first model of the Power ARK series, which is designed for transferring renewable energy in Japanʼs coastal waters, and this project is in the design and development stage towards a demonstration experiment and full-scale operation in 2025. safety management...

The 2022 Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference (TPM22) was recently held in Long Beach, USA. CULINES was honored to attend as a Gold Partner with companies along the supply chain in the trans-Pacific region. CULINES exchanged with customers and partners on the latest industrial trends and introduced its shipping logistics solutions. This is the debut of CULINES at TPM and also the first time to participate in such an international shipping conference. The conference At the conference, the CO-CEO...

The technology group, Wärtsilä (Wärtsilä Corporation) will supply main and auxiliary engines, fuel storage tanks, gas handling equipment and electrical systems for a new RoRo vessel being built for Australian-operator, SeaRoad Shipping. The orders with Wärtsilä Corporation were placed in Q1 2022. The 210 metre-long vessel is under construction at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard in Germany. The vessel will operate primarily on LNG fuel. Wä...

Danfoss Power Solutions’ Editron division will power the U.K.’s first high-speed passenger ferries, with the first vessel joining Uber Boat by Thames Clippers’ fleet in autumn 2022. The two 40-metre-long vessels will be built by Wight Shipyard Co on the Isle of Wight. The two new hybrid vessels, each capable of transporting up to 230 passengers, will help London achieve its ambitious target of becoming a zero-carbon city by 2030. Mayor Sadiq Khan has made tackling air pollutio...

Nor-Shipping has seized on International Women’s Day to sign up to the new, 40 by 30 initiative from WISTA Norway. This focuses on increasing female participation in maritime, with a goal of boosting the number of women in leading industry management positions in Norway from today’s level of 15% to 40% by 2030. Nor-Shipping – WISTA partnership Nor-Shipping - Your Arena for Ocean Solutions, has partnered with WISTA for over a decade, highlighting campaigns and hosting the Wave...

During the spring of 2020, Blue Water and SpaceInvader entered a climate partnership, and the journey towards more sustainable road transport began. If possible, the aim was also to contribute to minimising the effect of other challenges such as shortage of capacity and drivers, as well as high freight rates. The two partners have now signed a three-year cooperative agreement. According to the two players, future solutions must be developed in solid climate partnerships where innovation and cou...

Golden Ocean Group Limited, the owner of large size dry bulk vessels, announces the sale of three of its oldest Panamax vessels, Golden Empress, Golden Enterprise, and Golden Endeavour, delivered in 2010 and 2011, as part of the Company’s ongoing strategy to ensure that it operates a modern, fuel-efficient fleet with a reduced emissions profile. The combined sales price of the three vessels is $52.0 million, and the Company expects to record a gain from the sales of approximately $9.6 mil...

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. announces the launch of ZIM Ecommerce Baltimore Express (ZXB), a new and speedy e-commerce service, in March 2022. ZXB will operate on the following route: Yantian – Cai Mep - Baltimore – New York – Boston – Yantian. The service will commence with a bi-weekly frequency and build up to weekly within a few months. The exact schedule and vessels lineup will be published in the coming days. Customer service offering ZXB will be operate...

Waves Group are pleased to have provided Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services for the construction of the Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm project – their third offshore wind contract win in Vietnam. The project nearshore construction is now complete and will be commissioned in the first quarter of the year. Their scope of work included the installation of foundations, WTGs, array cables, and nearshore marine works. The project was managed by the Singapore office with the support of th...

Maritime UK is calling upon the sector to #BreaktheBias and commit to gender equality in 2022 and beyond. This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) theme – ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ recognises the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all. Breaking the gender bias Maritime UK plans to spotlight all the wo...

MetOcean Telematics is pleased to announce they will be exhibiting at Security & Policing in Farnborough, UK from March 15-17, 2022. The official UK Government global security event, Security & Policing returns as a live event for its 40th anniversary at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. They are looking forward to meeting the partners and clients in the industry and showcasing the latest Security products and technologies. Visit the MetOcean Telematics tea...