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Jotron, a renowned manufacturer with over 50 years of industry experience delivering safety products is pleased to announce the acquisition of Skipper Electronics AS. Skipper was established in 1984 and is a brand within the maritime market. As part of this strategic alliance, to integrate yet preserve the widely recognised brand, Skipper Electronics AS will be renamed Jotron Skipper AS. Providing innovative solutions Merete Berdal, CEO of Jotron AS, expresses her excitement about the acquis...
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, and a worldwide renowned company in global, mobile satellite communications, has published its Decarbonisation Toolkit, which outlines a practical blueprint for decarbonisation in the maritime industry. Compiled by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius, the report uses real life examples to set out a framework across three domains of energy transition: ‘Operation’, ‘Ship’ and ‘Human Element’. Decarbonisatio...
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Japanese shipbuilder and technology developer Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a partnership on ammonia-fuelled vessels. The project will see WinGD applying its X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines to a range of vessel designs, with Mitsubishi both designing the vessels and completing the fuel chain with its ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS). Ammonia in marine engines Manabu Kawakado, Head of Marine...
The official opening of Nor-Shipping 2023 took place with a high-profile event at Oslo City Hall, a special bell-ringing ceremony at the Oslo stock exchange, a UN Global Compact high-level meeting, and a range of other partner and networking activities. Nor-Shipping’s main exhibition, gathering almost 1000 international exhibitors and tens of thousands of delegates, kicks off in Lillestrøm on June 6, 2023, with organisers believing this will be 'the biggest and best Nor-Shipping we...
Regional cluster organisation, Mersey Maritime is delighted to announce Google Partner, Ancoris, as this year’s headline sponsor of the Mersey Maritime Exchange 2023. This major thought leadership conference is set to be the biggest and most high profile yet, taking place on Thursday 22nd June 2023, in The Tung Auditorium, a brand new, state-of-the-art facility which is part of the University of Liverpool. Companies in attendance will hear about specific maritime opportunities to get invo...
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, announces its new Fleet Reach coastal LTE service for maritime connectivity, which brings uninterrupted high-speed broadband to merchant, offshore, energy and fishing customers – even when they are sailing near the coast or are docked in-port. Traditionally, coastlines and ports are congested connectivity hotspots. With a high number of people and vessels accessing networks at the same time, connections are not always reliable. This is a regular heada...
Norway’s Telenor Maritime is at the forefront when it comes to global maritime communications and has successfully pioneered a new way of providing digitalisation as a service on board vessels. Chief Executive Officer Lars Erik Lunøe and Chief Technology Innovation Officer Knut Fjellheim reveal more about this exciting development ahead of a special demonstration at Nor-Shipping 2023. Unified Hosting Service™ "This is a completely new way of thinking to anything you have se...
Reflecting the growing use of controlled atmosphere (CA) technologies to maintain quality of fruits and vegetables over extended shipping times, Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully transported its first shipments of avocados from Kenya to Brunei using Carrier Transicold’s innovative EverFRESH® atmosphere control system. Carrier Transicold is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneer in intelligent climate and energy solution. “The EverFRESH Active CA techno...
NSSLGlobal, the independent global satcom and IT solutions provider, and authorised Starlink LEO service partner, has announced the launch of its FUSIONIPLEO solution developed to meet the specialised needs of the maritime industry. Hybrid networks are the future of maritime connectivity and fusing NSSLGlobal’s world-class VSAT network with Starlink’s LEO constellation means that FUSIONIPLEO will help resolve challenges facing maritime customers, combining high availability bus...
Nor-Shipping has announced that John F. Kerry, the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, will deliver a closing address at the Ocean Leadership Conference, taking place on Tuesday, 6 June, 2023. Sustainability John F. Kerry, a former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential Candidate, will share the stage with other key global figures, including Dr. Andrew Forrest, the Founder and Executive Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Econ...
The Goltens Worldwide group of companies is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Sandeep Seth as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Sandeep is a home-grown success story, having joined Goltens in 2002 and occupied positions of increasing responsibility since then. He will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. New capabilities and business lines Sandeep’s new title and authority demonstrates the full extent of his responsibilities across the Goltens organ...
Accelleron announced its upcoming acquisition of OMT, a pioneering manufacturer of fuel injection systems for marine engines. The acquisition is expected to be completed within the next few weeks. Founded in 1930 and based in Turin, Italy, OMT serves engine builders with high-precision fuel injection equipment with a focus on marine propulsion. It has about 250 employees, mainly based at its Italian headquarters. It achieved revenues of approximately EUR 52 million in 2022, of which the majorit...
The fourth edition of the ‘’Mapping of Zero-Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects’’– launched at a Getting to Zero Coalition Workshop in Paris attended by Eric Banel, Director General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture at the French Ministry of the Sea and others – has identified increased activity among industry to innovate and find collaborative solutions to decarbonise shipping by 2050. Three main assets “To achieve zero emissions...
The Ports of Sines and the Algarve Authority (APS) is part of a European project (ADMIRAL) that aims at transforming the way companies manage their supply chains and logistics. Based on the Logistic Single Window (JUL), and the involvement of terminal operators, logistics platforms, multimodal logistics operators and authorities, APS leads the development of the pilot program ‘Portugal-Spain’, which aims at establishing a multimodal corridor, digital and green, between Sines and Mad...
On May 26, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Labor of Belgium, visited the port, logistics and industrial complex of Sines, accompanied by a delegation of entrepreneurs, from areas such as energy transition and environmental sustainability. The Belgian delegation was received by António Costa e Silva, the Minister for Economy Maritime Affairs and by the Port of Sines’ Board of Directors, accompanied by senior representatives of aicep Global...
The World Port Climate Action Program (WPCAP) will be extended with a new focus on shore power, new fuels and green shipping corridors. This was agreed by the CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) and leaders of 12 leading ports at a meeting in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the occasion of the first five years of the program. WPCAP members praised the program for its important contribution to the adoption of sustainability standards in the shipping industry. World Port Climate Action Program (WPCAP) &...
Mackay Communications, Inc., dba Mackay Marine, has expanded its worldwide marine electronics Sales & Service presence into the United Kingdom (UK), with its acquisition of Kilo Marine Electronics, Ltd., Kilo, now certified as Mackay Marine U.K., Ltd., is based in London, with service stations throughout the UK. Nick Pope, the Managing Director (MD) of Mackay Marine Europe, stated “Shipping customers have long encouraged Mackay to provide comprehensive Comm & Nav products and serv...
Oceania Cruises, the world’s renowned culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, is proud to announce that Chef Alexis Quaretti, Senior Culinary Director has been inducted into the prestigious echelons of the Maîtres Cuisiniers de France. Chef Alexis Quaretti joins Oceania Cruises’ Vice President of Culinary - Eric Barale, who served as Quaretti’s godfather into the programme. As such, Oceania Cruises is the only major cruise line to boast two Master Chefs of France....
The Board of Directors of OXE Marine AB (OXE Marine / the ‘Company’) has resolved to appoint Paul Frick as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effectively from Monday, 29th May, 2023, following the resignation of Anders Berg, who will stay on for a smooth transition period. Jonas Wikström, Chairman of the Board, OXE Marine, said “We are very pleased with the appointment of Paul Frick as the new CEO of OXE Marine. In his role as CFO, he has done a fantastic job in managi...
Peel Ports Group is investing £28 million in a new facility at the Port of Liverpool, in its biggest single investment in warehousing this year. Construction of the 240,000-square-foot warehouse at the pioneering port operator’s Alexandra Dock is to begin in the coming days. The new facility, referred to as Alexandra Dock Multi-User Warehouse (MUW), will be the length of up to five football pitches (400 metres) and used for the handling and storage of cargo at the port.&nb...
This zero-emission ship from Future Proof Shipping (FPS) is 110 metres long and will sail for Nike several times a week between the port of Rotterdam and BCTN’s inland terminal in Meerhout, Belgium. This is expected to result in annual greenhouse gas emission savings of 2,000 tonnes of CO2. Inland and coastal shipping Future Proof Shipping (FPS) aims to build and operate a fleet of more than 10 zero-emission inland Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers was there...
Further to the Company’s announcement of 23 February 2023, SAE are delighted to announce that Uskmouth Energy Storage Limited, a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, on 23 May 2023, gave formal notice of their exercise of the option to take a lease of land at the Group’s Uskmouth site for one of the UK’s largest BESS projects (230MW/460MWh). SAE continues to make excellent progress on its business objectives and pioneer projects and this is another major mil...
Mersey Maritime has announced changes to its senior leadership, with Maritime UK, the umbrella organisation for the UK’s maritime sector, appointing Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Chris Shirling-Rooke will move over from Mersey Maritime to Maritime UK in the early summer and Maritime UK thanks Mersey Maritime for helping to facilitate a seamless transfer. Maritime UK appoints new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chris is currently serving as the CEO of M...
The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has collaborated in a scenario of the MARSEC-23 maritime security exercise, organised by the Navy. The training consisted of training against a supposed terrorist threat and subsequent action on a ship with illegal immigrants. PAV hosts MARSEC-23 exercise The resources that participated in this exercise were the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) through the Port Police, the Valencia Maritime Captaincy, the Civil Guard, the Red Cross, the Health Department o...
Maritime UK, the umbrella organisation for the UK’s maritime sector, has appointed Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will move over from Mersey Maritime to Maritime UK in the early summer and Maritime UK thanks Mersey Maritime for helping to facilitate a seamless transfer. Chris Shirling-Rooke is currently CEO of Mersey Maritime, a maritime regional cluster organisation based in the Liverpool City Region. In this role, he has championed the importance o...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has completed delivery of an ammonia fuel supply system for large, low-speed two stroke marine engines, to Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG), a manufacturer of marine engines based in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. J-ENG is currently conducting tests of ammonia fuel under various conditions utilising an experimental, large-scale, low-speed two stroke marine engine, located at the MHI Research & Innovation C...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd., a Tokyo-based joint venture for ship design and sales between Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Japan Marine United Corporation have started joint study for the development of an ocean-going liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier. Nihon Shipyard is pursuing this project with the aim of completing construction of the vessel from 2027 onwards. Demand for LCO2 carriers to grow in the future Demand for...
Nor-Shipping has released the tickets for what it believes will be its ‘biggest ever’ event week. Taking place in Oslo and Lillestrøm 6-9 June, organisers say 22,000m2 of exhibition space is almost sold-out, a range of conferences will offer ‘something for everyone’ and a host of social, networking and knowledge sharing activities is now being finalised. Stand-out events include the first ever Nor-Shipping Offshore Wind and Offshore Aquaculture Conferences, along...
Nor-Shipping has confirmed that the Fourth International Ship Autonomy and Sustainability Summit will take place as part of Nor-Shipping 2023 on 8 June. The day-long summit, which focuses on the very latest technological, business and regulatory developments, will be held at Nor-Shipping’s newly refurbished Studio NOVA in Lillestrøm. Organised in cooperation with NFAS (Norwegian Forum for Autonomous Ships) and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Transport (DG MO...
As the supplier of marine coatings, Jotun partners with a broad range of stakeholders working to decarbonise shipping. But is the industry moving fast enough? Jotun’s President and CEO Morten Fon shares his views on how leadership, innovation and collaboration can accelerate the transition to a low carbon future. From his corner office on the seventh floor of Jotun’s Headquarters and R&D Centre, Morten Fon, Jotun’s President and CEO, has stunning views of the marine traffi...