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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...

Hong Kong-based TS Lines (TSL) has ordered two 'Bangkokmax' containerships of 1,900 teu at the CSSC-controlled Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard, China, for a price of USD 22.8 M per unit, with options for a further two ships. The first two ships are planned for delivery in Q3 and Q4 2022. The four ships are aimed at TSL own services in East Asia. Newbuilding pipe line These gearless vessels will be wide beam units of a Loa of 172 m for a breadth of 27.50 m and will be fitted with SOx scrubbers for...

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...

In response to the growing demand for services in the northeastern part of South America, Blue Water Shipping opened a Caribbean office in Georgetown, Guyana recently. In addition to having over 1,700 employees in a network of 60+ offices, BWS has more than 45 years of experience under their belt, making them a reliable and trustworthy logistics provider. Along with the official opening, Blue Water has appointed Guyana native - Richard DeNobrega to lead operations. He holds over a decade of exp...

MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its Chinese licence, CMP, has won a series of new, small-bore, four-stroke orders within the significant, Chinese, inland-and-coastal segment. The orders are for MAN 21/31, 27/38 and 23/30H types and stem in great part from the Chinese government establishing new, impending, emission protocols for the segment with its GB15097 regulation – commonly known as C1 and C2. Medium-speed engines Accordingly, to gain orders for three of our small-bore, med...

In July 2019, the first cargo left the Russian Far East on A.P. Moller - Maersk’s AE19 service, a unique combination of a short-sea and intercontinental rail product, which connects several origins in Asia with ports in Northern Europe.   In September 2020, just over a year later, and thanks to increased customer interest, the combined ocean-rail product becomes a permanent weekly service. The AE19 service complements Maersk’s regular Asia-Europe product offering based on conv...

TS Lines has taken delivery of the TS SHANGHAI, the first of four 1,096teu ships that the carrier will receive from the Kyokuyo Shipyard of Japan. Hong Kong-based TS Lines has ordered two ships of the type in December 2017 and then committed to another two sister ships six months later.  While TS SHANGHAI and the next ship of the type do not feature scrubbers, the carrier’s units three and four, due in April and July 2020, are to be equipped with exhaust gas cleaning devices. Kyokuy...

Golden Ocean Group Limited announced that Mr. Per Heiberg, Chief Financial Officer of Golden Ocean Management AS, has submitted his notice of resignation. Mr. Heiberg has held this position since April 2016 and has worked for the company in various capacities since July 2005. New CFO appointed Prior to joining Avance Gas AS in 2014, Peder was First Vice President at Nordea Bank Norge ASA The Company also announced that Peder Simonsen has been appointed as the new CFO of Golden Ocean Manageme...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO, Group) announces the appointment of Arkadiy Korosteljov as the President of the Group on 4 September 2020. Maxim Sakharov, who held this position, is now holding the position of the First Deputy President of FESCO. The decision was made on 3 September 2020 by the Board of Directors of FESCO (the parent company of the Group). Successful debt restructuring Leyla Mammad Zada, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of FESCO, said “The global economic crisis...

NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and ENEOS Corporation (i.e., ‘the Companies’) are pleased to announce that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved the Companies’ participation in a demonstration project for the commercialisation of high-power Fuel Cell (FC) vessels. The project, which will begin in September 2020, is Japan's first effort to...

Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly (a Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture) have signed contracts with the Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to equip two new vessels with autonomous technology, and to manage their operations at sea. With Norwegian companies delivering around 60% of the investment, this is a major milestone for the growth of sustainable maritime operations in Norway. The fully electric ships will replace 2 million kilometers of truck transport, saving 5,000 tonnes of CO2 every year...

SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (Yangzijiang Shipbuilding) have signed a contract for six newbuildings of 1800 TEU and an option agreement for six vessels. Yang Shaopeng, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SITC International, Ren Yuanlin, the Honourary Chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and other leaders attended the signing ceremony. Yang Xianxiang, the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SITC International, and Ren Letian, the Chairma...

Blue Water Shipping has been contracted to move blade racks from the quayside to the rear area in the port of Esbjerg. By means of a port crane rented from Port of Esbjerg, the racks were loaded on Blue Water’s SPMT (self-propelled modular transporter) for transportation to warehouse. Onboard installation vessels The blade rack consisting of a tip and root-end support are approx. 30 metres long and weigh 90 tons each. They had been used onboard installation vessels in connection to the...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) is expanding its network of domestic routes for regular container services and launching FESCO Ural Amur Shuttle - a new train from Ekaterinburg to Khabarovsk. Regular container train FESCO launches a regular container train from Ekaterinburg to KhabarovskTrains will depart once a week from Koltsovo station. Transit time to the destination – FESCO Stroyopttorg terminal at Krasnaya Rechka station – is seven days. The service will be used to transpo...

Wan Hai Lines Ltd. is pleased to announce its plan to strengthen its intra-Asia service network through a new weekly service from South China to Indonesia & Malaysia as of 14th November 2020, marketed as KCS2. The new service rotation shall cover Hong Kong – Nansha – Shekou – Surabaya – Semarang – Jakarta – Port Kelang – Hong Kong and deploys 3 of 1,800 TEU vessels. The maiden sailing is scheduled from Hong Kong port on 14th November 2020. Mor...

On the morning of August 12, 2020, SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding held a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the new ship - ‘SITC Nansha.’ Mr. Xue Mingyuan, Executive Director of SITC International, President of SITC Shipping Group, Mr. Du Chengzhong, Deputy General Manager of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, Mr. Deng Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd., Mr. Chen Junyi, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Nansha Dev...

Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is pleased to share the MACN’s 2019 Impact report. The report describes the exciting results of the collective action programmes and the engagement in the membership on tools and best practice sharing. The report also includes a summary of the direction that the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) will take in the coming years, with the new 2025 strategy.   MACN’s 2025 strategy John Sypnowich, the Chair of the Steering Committe...

MySky, the only AI-powered spend management platform designed for the private aviation industry, and Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, announced a strategic alliance enabling seamless access to real-time data for private aviation. Subscribers to MySky and SD will greatly benefit from an all-encompassing approach to aircraft management that combines operational and financial information into a single source of data, the SD Pro® platform. MySky and Satcom Direct p...

ClassNK has granted an Approval in Principle (AIP) based on its “Guidelines for Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems for Ships” and related regulations to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and AIRSEAS SAS for their automated kite system “Seawing”. Performance and safety The “Seawing” system collects and analyses meteorological and oceanic data in real-time According to an announcement by “K” Line and Airseas, “Seawing” i...

Høglund is a well-established provider of advanced marine technology to the shipping industry, specializing in integrated automation and energy solutions. By collaborating with the independent data platform provider, Veracity; Høglund’s ship performance monitoring software will be given access to Veracity’s significant maritime platform capabilities. It will provide Høglund with access to extensive domain knowledge in terms of data requirements, data qualit...

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) moved six Konecranes rubber tyred gantry cranes (Е-RTG) between Global Ports terminals. As part of the contract, FESCO performed a full range of works on the transportation of cranes from JSC Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in the port of Ust-Luga to the terminal of JSC First Container Terminal (FCT) in the port of St. Petersburg.  Oversized heavy equipment The cranes were transported in the assembled condition using tug and barge system. A total of...

MAN Energy Solutions successful ME-GI (-Gas Injection) engine has set a new industrial standard for two-stroke propulsion engines aboard among others LNG carriers, container vessels, car carriers, and bulk carriers. The ME-GI engine provides ship-owners and operators with a peerless solution within environmentally friendly and high-efficiency, two-stroke technology, without the greenhouse emissions such as methane slip that are characteristic of competing engines. Multi-fuel combustion With t...

A Greek ferry operator made the decision to replace the 30-year old engines onboard one of its vessels, with two new MaK 8M32C diesel main propulsion engines. The welding preparations and rigging were handled by the shipyard personnel, but the owner sought Goltens’ expertise for proper installation of the engines on the foundations. This included precision alignment of the engines to the gear boxes and chocking of the engines in place. MaK 8M32C diesel main propulsion engines Goltens pr...

HMM announced that the company has signed sales and purchase agreement with CMA CGM for the sale of its 50% stake, minus one share, in the Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras), a container terminal in the south of Spain. 50% stake sale of TTI Algeciras Shares of TTI Algeciras are owned by HMM and HT Algeciras, which is a special purpose company that is wholly controlled by HMM. HMM directly owns a stake of 50% minus one share, with the remaining 50% stake plus one share held...

Ferry company Stena Line will start a new freight focused connection between Latvia, Sweden and Germany by adding a port-call in Karlskrona on the existing ferry route between Liepaja and Travemünde. Ferry company Stena Line offer seven routes in the Baltic Sea for freight and passenger transportation. As an additional service to freight customers a port-call in Karlskrona on the existing route between Liepaja and Travemünde will be added starting August 13. This will enable more effe...

Unifeeder announces that starting August 22nd, 2020, it will increase capacity on its weekly service between Benelux and Portugal. To serve all customer segments, Unifeeder deploys new vessels that are suitable for carrying all types of containers, from deep-sea cargo to tank containers and European 45’ pallet-wide containers. Rotterdam being the leading European hub port allows consolidation Intra-European cargo flows on a single vessel and distribution to key ports in Portugal. The ser...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) is building an electric-powered ship using its own technologies, as it ramps up the efforts to establish early dominance in the market for eco-friendly vessels.   Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), a subsidiary of KSOE, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Ulsan ICT Promotion Agency (UIPA) to build a smart ship with an electric propulsion system featuring the convergence of various information and communication technologies...

July 11, 2020, is the 16th China Navigation Day. The ‘2020 China Navigation Day Forum’ with the theme of ‘Joining Hands to Maintain International Logistics Flow’ was held in Shanghai. Mr. Liu Xiaoming, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Tang Zhiping, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, Mr. Li Tianbi, Safety Director of the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Huang Rong, Deputy Secretary-General of Shanghai Municipal People's Government and other...