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Nor-Shipping 2022 will now take place from 4-7 April. After the difficult decision to cancel its scheduled January exhibition and event programme, Your Arena for Ocean Solutions will now gather the global maritime and ocean industries in Oslo and Lillestrøm in the spring. The rescheduled date will allow for freer international travel, less social distancing, and more vibrant networking, knowledge sharing, and business platform. Face-to-face with the future “It gives me great plea...

The Norwegian Shipowners' Association has published updated Guidelines for ESG reporting in the shipping and offshore industries Sustainability is becoming the business itself and is no longer a separate agenda. Companies need to re-think all parts of the business and redefine their strategy and operational processes that support long-term value. The guidelines describe the current legal reporting requirements and do also provide recommendations on relevant standards and indicators so that t...

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) would like to make the following clarifications on a news article published by ETtoday reporting that Yang Ming will submit a proposal to the Board meeting on December, 17th, to construct12 LNG dual-fuel vessels. The said news report is merely assumptions made by ETtoay. Yang Ming would publish its decisions on major capital expenditure at the Market Observation Post System (TWSE MOPS) by law. Vessel resource management is a critical issue of Ya...

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launch of the NEW TIKAL 2, a complementary service to the current NEW TIKAL, offering optimised connections from/to West Coast Central America. NEW TIKAL 2 service With this new loop, CMA CGM becomes a vessel operator on the trade and enhances their allocation to match customers’ strong demand from/to Acajutla and Puerto Quetzal. The service is scheduled to start in January 2022. The NEW TIKAL 2 service’s main features will be the following: F...

Tokyo-based firm, e5 Lab Inc. and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have agreed to provide the design for ‘ROBOSHIP’, a standard hybrid electric propulsion vessel that the two companies are seeking to promote as a vision for the future of ships, for a 499-tonne biomass fuel carrier, which is being built by Honda Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. The widespread adoption of the futuristic ROBOSHIP has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions i...

 FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has welcomed another container ship, FS Ipanema to its fleet, as part of its fleet renewal programme. The vessel will continue to operate on the line between the ports of the United States of America (USA) and Venezuela, under the current contract. FS Ipanema container ship The length of the container ship is 179.7 metres, the width is 27.6 metres, the deadweight is 25,902 tonnes and with the capacity of 1794 TEU. The container ship’s crew consi...

The IMO Assembly has adopted a resolution proclaiming an International Day for Women in Maritime, to be observed on 18th May every year. The Assembly is meeting for its 32nd session from 6-15 December. The observance will celebrate women in the industry and is intended to promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector, raise the profile of women in maritime, strengthen IMO's commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (gender...

One of the key lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, is that there is a need for increased resilience in supply chains. A survey conducted by the Business Continuity Institute showed that of the 526 responders across 64 countries, 34% of organisations reported an increased annual cost of €1 million or above, caused by supply chain disruptions. Ever-changing challenges make it difficult and expensive for customers to have a global setup that is capable of monitoring...

WE Tech Solutions, with headquarter in Vaasa, Finland, is a pioneer to provide energy-efficient solutions for the global shipping industry. The international merchant fleet is the company’s customer base. WE Tech Solutions WE Tech Solutions is a fast growing company that is aiming for a turnover of EUR 40 million in 2021. The company applies permanent magnet shaft generator and frequency converter technology, in order to meet the needs of their customers. The shaft generator system gene...

Maritime UK is launching its national awards programme for 2022, celebrating a sector worth over £46.1bn to the UK economy and supporting over 1 million jobs. Held for the first time in September 2019, the Maritime UK Awards are run by the industry for the benefit of the industry. From a judging panel of internationally recognised maritime leaders to an awards evening at the Glasgow Science Centre, the Maritime UK Awards are a unique and impactful way to showcase individual business, an...

Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) launches a new Blue Health programme to support members of the Falmouth and Penryn communities to connect to the sea, improve their health and well-being and discover the breadth of economic, volunteering and recreational opportunities available in the local marine sector. Blue Health refers to the therapeutic benefits of spending time in or by blue spaces including the sea, rivers, waterfront parks, harbours and marinas. Mobile rock pools Significantly, existi...

Industry body Mersey Maritime is stepping up its role as a voice in the £46bn UK maritime sector with a key appointment. Emma Wilson, who spent four years at Port of Liverpool owner Peel Ports, has joined the Birkenhead-based membership and representative organisation as a Senior Marketing and Events Executive. She joined Peel Ports, one of the UK’s biggest port operators, as a Digital Marketing Apprentice and just three years later was promoted to a Marketing Executive role. During...

The management team is currently working with stakeholders to decide on the optimal way forward, with an announcement on the timing of the next Nor-Shipping expected before the end of this week. Scheduled to take place from 10-13 January, Your Arena for Ocean Solutions normally gathers up to 50,000 international decision-makers in Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway, with around 900 exhibiting companies. Large-scale exhibitions Director Sidsel Norvik says the time has come to make 'a responsib...

The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) – of which DNV is a founding member – unveils a framework designed to empower decision-makers in shipping to holistically assess and compare decarbonisation technologies and low to zero-emission energy carriers. The current phase sets out the areas for assessment and comparison and will be built on in the second phase to identify optimal assessment methodologies. The MTF believes this framework will be particularly beneficial when the industry i...

End-to-end support, from container shipping to logistics, fundraising and maritime expertise, have maximised hospital ships’ life-changing impact for thousands of people. This month MSC Group and Mercy Ships are celebrating a unique ten-year partnership focused on bringing hope and healing in Africa. Mercy Ships is an international charity that uses hospital ships to provide free healthcare services and medical capacity building for poor and underserved communities without easy acces...

​The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has elected the members of its Council for the 2022-2023 biennium. IMO Council members elected The Council is the executive organ of the IMO and is responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work of the organisation. Between sessions of the Assembly, the Council performs the functions of the Assembly, except that of making recommendations to Governments on maritime safety and pollution prevention. The Assembly of the Int...

Volvo Penta and Danfoss' Editron division have established a partnership agreement to take the industry’s electromobility development to the next level. The partnership will help both companies take the next steps in sustainable power solutions to deliver the highest quality future proof technology to customers. This news supports the Volvo Group’s commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative, made in May 2020. This announcement laid out the company’s next steps in adjus...

Blue Water and the Construction division of Danwind Group have entered into a joint venture agreement establishing a new entity Danwind Blue Water that will offer turnkey services covering full scope of logistics, assembly, disassembly and installation of wind turbines. “We are delighted to announce the Danwind Blue Water joint venture partnership that will allow the Original Equipment Manufacturers to accelerate the development of wind farms by offering fully integrated wind turbine depl...

Neste Corporation’s President and CEO Peter Vanacker has given notice of his resignation from the company. He will leave his position at Neste at the latest in June 2022. The search for Vanacker’s successor starts immediately. “I warmly thank Peter for his great work in accelerating Neste’s transformation into a global leader in renewable and circular solutions driven by high climate ambitions. During these past three years, Neste has been able to renew and execute its g...

Wärtsilä Voyage is to equip the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) with Cloud Simulation services. This will make TUM the first African university to adopt cloud-based maritime training services. The contract was signed in November 2021 and the services will be implemented from January 2022 onwards. The Maritime Training Academy at TUM is a maritime education university in East Africa and this modern training technology will greatly help the Kenyan and other African seafarers to be...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) is expanding the geography of transit routes and is launching a regular intermodal container service, FESCO West Gate Bridge, from countries of the Asia-Pacific region to ports of Europe, via Vladivostok and Kaliningrad in Russia. FESCO West Gate Bridge service The new service, FESCO West Gate Bridge, includes marine shipment by regular FESCO lines, from the Asia-Pacific region to the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, part of the FESCO Group), then by a re...

Tokyo-based renowned classification society, ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (‘K’ LINE) and Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd., for their jointly developed design of an ammonia-fuelled PCC. 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, due to its characteristics of being toxic to humans and corrosive against materials. Class...

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has introduced the design of their eight ground-breaking and industry-renowned 16,000 TEU container vessels, powered by carbon-neutral methanol. When designing these, the company’s ambition was to make sure the new vessels could service their customers in a smarter way, while contributing to their carbon-neutral transportation goals. Carbon-neutral transportation Unique to the industry, this design allows a 20% improved energy efficiency per transported con...

Danelec Marine. A/S, the Denmark-based pioneer in maritime hardware and software for data collection and safety, has signed an agreement to acquire KYMA A.S., the Norway-based specialist in digital ship performance monitoring.   The combined company will be the world’s largest maritime data collection solutions provider, with over 10,000 ships using its solutions globally to optimise travel routes and vessel performance, as well as reducing CO2 emissions. Digitalised data col...

As part of the development of the terminal network FESCO Transportation Group ('FESCO') has closed the deal on the purchase of JSC Port Gaydamak located in Vladivostok. After its modernisation in 2024 capacities for grain transhipment using elevators in the amount of more than 400 thousand tons per year will be created. At the same time, the port will continue processing general cargo in import, export and coastal directions. Specialised port infrastructure Expansion of terminal network...

SEACOR Marine and Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) have announced transaction for windfarm support business, Windcat. Windcat is among the globally renowned offshore wind support vessel providers in Europe and owns and operates, directly or through its joint ventures, a fleet of 46 Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) in the European offshore wind sector. Windcat’s Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) Windcat’s CTVs are designed and built under the supervision of their management Windcat’s C...

What is the ocean’s role in the low-carbon future? The World Ocean Council’s (WCO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Paul Holthus discussed the confluence of energy, climate and biodiversity in the oceans, at the 4th edition of the Transition Forum (2021 Transition Forum). Transition Forum The Transition Forum partner event brings together the public and private sectors, in order to speed the global transition to a low-carbon future.

The ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, hosts a major portion of the planet’s biodiversity, provides the world with food, energy, transport, and recreation, as well as playing a vital role in regulating the water and carbon cycles, while producing half the oxygen we breathe. ‘Blue economy’ The global ‘blue economy’ contributes US$ 2.5 trillion a year in economic output (equivalent to world’s seventh-largest by GDP) and is expected to expand at twi...

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is thrilled to partner with the US$ 100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal team, on a webinar for ocean entrepreneurs. Funded by the Musk Foundation, the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Prize is a global US$ 100-million competition, aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity - fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. XPRIZE WOC Webinar on Ocean CO2 Removal The XPRIZE WOC Webinar on Ocean CO2 Removal will brief participants on the US$ 100 mil...

Cape Town’s port is naturally positioned against the beautiful backdrop of Table Mountain and strategically placed along one of the busiest trade routes in the world. This is of significance to South Africa’s economy, apart from two other ports in Durban and Johannesburg. Cape Town also prides itself in being the largest fruit exporter out of South Africa. Fruit exports account for about 50 percent of the country’s agricultural trade valued at over US $1.7 billion dollars...