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The Joint Working Group (JWG) comprising the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the Ministry of Transport, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Ports Authority, Marine Police Interpol, the oil industry (represented by OCIMF), and shipping industry (represented by ICS, BIMCO, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, and the Nigerian Shipowners’ Association) was established in May 2020, in order to facilitate coordination between government and industry and align efforts to deter and respond to i...

#SpotlightOnShipping sees Maritime CEO in conversation with industry pioneers to tackle decarbonisation agenda. A new video series bringing together pioneers from across the shipping industry to tackle some of the most pressing challenges confronting shipping's decarbonisation efforts has been launched by DNV GL - Maritime. 'Spotlight on Shipping' sees Maritime CEO, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, in conversation with industry pioneers to hear their insights about how their organisations are workin...

At a recent online webinar, the Open Simulation Platform (OSP) joint industry project (JIP) announced the results of its two-year project run and the intention to transition into an open source community. The project, which attracted some twenty partners, including founding participants DNV GL, Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine (now Kongsberg Maritime CM), SINTEF, and NTNU, was focused on the co-simulation of maritime equipment, systems, and ships, to enable cross-organisational collaboration. Sma...

Currently under construction at Weihai and expected to be delivered for deployment in the Baltic Sea by 2023, the ships will each have the capacity for 1,212 passengers and are specified with a focus on sustainable technologies and green operation. Worth in excess of EUR 12 million, the contract will see the system fitted to Finnlines’ flagship Superstar RoPax vessels. The ships will be built to the highest Swedish/Finnish ice-class (1A Super), with a twin shaft line propulsion system pow...

Blue Water Shipping has just won the Airfreight Solution of the Year award at the international Heavy Lift Awards 2020. Blue Water took home the trophy, awarded within the project cargo category, for its involvement in the delivery of the world’s first Siemens SGT-A45 turbine. The panel of judges found Blue Water’s transport of the turbine - which is the world’s strongest mobile gas turbine – to be the most technically complex project handled last year within this catego...

The newly established agreement means that in the future Blue Water will be handling CUBIC’s sea and air freight as well as a courier – primarily from CUBIC’s headquarters in Brønderslev, Denmark to worldwide destinations. Furthermore, the agreement covers global transport from the company’s branches in Poland and China. Customised transport solutions “We chose Blue Water as our transport partner due to their wide range of transport products. We have...

T.S. Lines LTD., KMTC (Korea Marine Transport Co., Ltd.) and X-Press Feeders will launch in late October 2020, a weekly service connecting China, the Straits, Western India and Pakistan. The China - Western India - Pakistan Loop will return to East Asia via a way port call at Colombo, Sri Lanka. China - Western India - Pakistan Loop T.S. Lines and X-Press Feeders will market the new offer as ‘China India West Coast X-Press’ (CWX), while KMTC will market it as ‘AIS4’. Th...

HMM announced that its entire twelve 24,000 TEU containerships have been filled with cargoes on their first voyage. On 30 September 2019 HMM St. Petersburg, the last of the 24K-class series, departed for Europe from the Port of Yantian, China with 19,529 TEUs loaded on board. Maiden voyage Consequently, all 24,000 TEU ships delivered by HMM have made their maiden voyage with a full load of cargoes, starting with HMM Algeciras which carried a total of 19,621 TEUs last May. In particular, HMM A...

Singapore-based PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd (PaccShip) has chosen to extend its supply relationship with Satcom Global Ltd, renewing its contract for Aura VSAT for an additional 3-year period. Satcom Global has supported over 50 PaccShip-managed vessels with seamless Ku-band connectivity since 2017, with an additional 5 vessels due to join the Aura network later this year. Vessels’ operational requirements The team delivers a reliable communications connectivity that consistently meets o...

Singapore-based PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd (PaccShip) has chosen to extend its supply relationship with Satcom Global Ltd, renewing its contract for Aura VSAT for an additional 3-year period. Satcom Global has supported over 50 PaccShip managed vessels with seamless Ku-band connectivity since 2017, with an additional 5 vessels due to join the Aura network later this year. Authority Comments Aura provides PaccShip with the quality connectivity required for the crew and business requirements Mr...

MetOcean Telematics (MetOcean), is pleased to announce the availability of the NEW Iridium Edge® Pro (Edge Pro). Now available for purchase from MetOcean. The Iridium Edge Pro is a standalone smart Iridium satellite communication device. The device offers solution providers with a more simplistic and timely way to integrate real-time Iridium satellite communications into their applications. Through the use of Java applications, the Edge Pro collects, and processes data based...

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has confirmed the award of contracts for the next phase of the Payara development project located in the Stabroek block in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct, install and then lease and operate the Prosperity FPSO for a period of up to two years, after which the FPSO ownership and operation will transfer to EEPGL. The award follows th...

Ocean Infinity, the next-generation sub-sea technology, and data company announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). NOAA is an agency within the United States Department of Commerce whose dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers, and other decision-makers...

Ocean Infinity, the next-generation sub-sea technology, and data company announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). NOAA is an agency within the United States Department of Commerce whose dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers, and other decision-makers...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) delivered equipment, including four steam generators of 358 tons each, from the Rostov region to the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey. To implement this project, FESCO’s experts developed individual transportation schemes. Steam generators, which are recognised as oversized and heavy equipment, were delivered from the manufacturer – the branch of JSC AEM-technologies Atommash in Volgodonsk – by purpose-built vehicles to...

NAUTIS Maritime Simulator users will soon receive an update to 3.6, the latest version of the simulator software. This update comes with new features, fixes, and refinements that aim to make training sessions smoother and more immersive, thus contributing to an increased amount of value that trainees can get out of the virtual simulation.  Keeping up high-standards With visual and behavioural realism, NAUTIS users are ensured they are practicing true-to-life situations The develop...

Yang Shaopeng, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SITC International, attended the opening ceremony of Hainan SITC Shipping Co., Ltd. in Haikou.  Haikou Comprehensive Bonded Zone Management Committee, Hainan Provincial Department of Communications, Hainan Maritime Safety Administration, Hainan Provincial Port and Shipping Administration, Haikou Customs, Haikou Investment Promotion Bureau, China Classification Society Hainan Branch, some directors of the Chinese Entrepreneurs Club, and m...

Kongsberg Maritime is pleased to announce the sale of four HUGIN AUV systems to the Indian Defence Public Sector shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), located in Kolkata, India. This sale has been conducted in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime India, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime. HiPAP 502 acoustic positioning and communication systems The purchase, which also includes HiPAP 502 high-accuracy acoustic positioning and communication systems to suppo...

Launched in 2017, Marintec Innovation is dedicated to covering important topics in the global maritime industry, and to let the ‘sparks of inspiration’ fly to create new ideas. Following ‘Cruise Shipbuilding’ in 2017, ‘International Marine Intelligent Energy Efficiency Technology’ in 2018, and ‘Marintec Interiors’ in 2019, this year’s theme is ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution at Sea.’ A one-day conference which will be taking pl...

HMM unveiled its land-based ‘Fleet Control Centre’ located at the HMM R&D facilities in Busan, South Korea. This centre has been newly designed to effectively monitor and control the operation of HMM’s modern fleet including twelve 24,000 TEU and eight 16,000 TEU container vessels.    HMM has completed the delivery of its twelve 24,000 TEU containerships in September 2020, while eight 16,000 TEU vessels will be included in its fleet in the second quarter of 2021....

Based in Ålesund, Sølvtrans is one of the world’s largest wellboat shipping companies for the transportation and processing of live salmon. There are 19 wellboats in its fleet, seven of which have been designed by KM. Of these, three are now under construction by Myklebust Verft, with its 135-strong permanent workforce. Design and features The new wellboat, with a loading capacity of 4,000m3, is a KONGSBERG NVC 389 live fish carrier vessel design. It will sport a host of...

“The grand challenge of our time is finding a pathway towards decarbonisation,” said Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime, adding “Reducing GHG emissions is rapidly becoming the defining decision-making factor for the future of the shipping industry. The pressure to act decisively is mounting. Perfect is the enemy of good, and so we mustn’t wait for an ideal solution to arrive and risk making no progress at all." He continues, "Using a wide ran...

Jan De Nul Group recently announced that its trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Alexander von Humboldt, had completed 2,000 hours of operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is powered by 2 × MAN 12V32/40 and 1 × MAN 7L32/40 main engines. Jan De Nul Group reports that this major milestone represents the longest continuous use of 100% sustainable marine biofuel in the maritime industry and states that the achievement further reinforces the...

FESCO Transportation Group is launching FESCO Arctic Line – a new maritime container service, which will connect the ports of Provideniya and Pevek in the Chukotka Autonomous Area with the ports of China and the USA. Direct mixed railway The service will operate on the following routes: Qingdao (China) - Taicang (China) - Provideniya - Pevek, and Everett (USA) - Provideniya - Pevek. Calls to the port of Vladivostok and Vostochny will be also possible. The transportation will be carried o...

More than 4 thousand TEU in total will be transported under the contract valid until the end of September 2021. FESCO’s experience and competencies allow it to carry out intermodal cargo transportation, delivering by container trains from the Monchegorsk station (Murmansk region) to the port of St. Petersburg and water transportation to the destination ports in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Requiring special clearance The range of transported goods is extensive and includes nic...

Wan Hai Lines Ltd. held a ship naming ceremony for WAN HAI 321, WAN HAI 322 and WAN HAI 323 at JAPAN MARINE UNITED CORPORATION KURE SHIPYARD. Mrs. & Mr. Susowake, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsui Chemicals Corporation, Mrs. & Mr. Hayashi, Senior Manager of Overseas Transport Dept. Global Network Division of Toshiba Logistics Corp, Mrs. & Mr. Ni, Managing Director of America Chung Nam Japan K.K. officially named the ships, respectively, during the ceremony. 8 container vessels o...

FESCO Transportation Group has launched a regular intermodal container service for seafood delivery from the Russian Far East to Jilin province in China. The service includes seafood delivery in refrigerated containers by the regular services of FESCO from Kamchatka, Magadan, and Sakhalin to Vladivostok, as well as by motor transport from enterprises in the Primorye Territory. Then the cargo is handled at the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, part of the FESCO Group) and sent to the Hunchunn...

Ocean Network Express (ONE) announces a new service connecting Japan and China to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The new Japan - China - Vietnam (JCV) service has been developed to further enhance ONE’s Inter Asia Network. It will be the first direct service from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh and will increase the frequency of sailings between Japanese ports and Vietnam. The first sailing will commence from Tokyo on the 15th of October 2020. New JCV service Japan-China – Vietnam (JCV) rota...

For a long, rail transport has been considered a fine alternative to sea and air freight. Over the past year, Blue Water has experienced an increase in demand for the transport of cargo from China. Many clients have discovered the benefits of choosing rail transport solutions since the reopening of China. The solution provides considerable cost savings compared to air freight, and with a reduced transit time of roughly 30 days compared to sea freight, it is a valuable alternative to many c...

Iver Christian Olerud has been appointed the new Executive Vice President for Strategy and Business Development in Kongsberg Gruppen ASA. Mr Olerud takes over from Harald Aarø, who was recently appointed head of the company's space division. He has a Master of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration from NHH Norwegian School of Economics and many years experience of in finance, M&A activities, and business development in international listed companies. Olerud's w...