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Classification Society ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to Marlink’s CyberGuard Threat Detection, the service for detecting cyber security threats and help shipowners protect against attacks on IT and OT networks. In July 2020, to promote the spread and development of innovative technologies, the Society launched Innovation Endorsement as a swift certification service in cooperation with technological front runners to establish appropriate evalua...
Following the announcement on November 30, 2021, concerning the signature of the contracts for FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into a shareholder agreement with its long-standing business partners Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Ownership interest MC and NYK have acquired a respective 25% and 20% ownership interest in the special purpose companies related to the lease and operation of the FPSO Al...
The American people are looking for solutions to supply chain congestion resulting from the impacts of COVID-19. Unfortunately, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, S.3580, which was marked up by the Senate Commerce Committee, addresses none of the root causes of the U.S. landside congestion. Americans continue to import goods at record levels—so much so that the U.S. ports and landside logistics workforce is unable to process all the cargo. Ocean carriers have deployed every vessel and...
Crowley has successfully managed the acquisition of the MV Honor, the first vessel acquisition under its contract, in order to help recapitalise a sealift fleet, with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). With the forthcoming acquisition of the MV Freedom, vehicle carriers are part of the multi-year vessel acquisition and management contract, designed to help recapitalise the U.S. Ready Reserve Force. The acquisitions will enhance the Ready Reserve Force, by increasing ship reliability an...
On March 9, 2022, at a digital ceremony, MAN Energy Solutions and classification society, DNV, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Effective immediately, the Memorandum of Understanding is due to run for a period of three years. Under the terms of the memorandum, the two companies will – by June 30th, 2022 – detail action plans within the fields of decarbonisation, the hydrogen value-chain and digitalisation. MAN Energy Solutions – DNV sign MoU Dr. Uwe Lauber, the Ch...
The Seafarers’ Charity’s UK Maritime Anchor Fund supports working-age UK merchant seafarers. The Fund is open for applications for those impacted by the P&O Ferries redundancies. The Fund will support seafarers through financial help, advice, relationship counselling, and mental health and well-being support and counselling. UK Maritime Anchor Fund The UK Maritime Anchor Fund was created in 2020 with key delivery partner charities to provide an end-to-end package...
Commenting on the decision by P&O Ferries to dismiss 800 seafarers, a spokesperson for Maritime UK said “We are a membership organisation, but when we disagree with the actions of one of our companies, we should say so. We fully appreciate the challenges that some of our maritime businesses have faced, largely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that for some, this has resulted in very difficult decisions having to be made.” The Maritime UK spokesperson’s adds, &ldqu...
Recently, Blue Water was entrusted with transporting two moulds for turbine blades from Aalborg, Denmark to Le Havre, France for one of the pioneers in Wind Energy: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE). In addition to the sea transport, the job included transfer of the cargo from SGRE’s warehouse in Aalborg to the loading quay, loading on board the vessels in Aalborg and discharging in Le Havre. Transporting two moulds The transport of the two blade moulds for Siemens Gamesa B75 &...
Clarksons Port Services (CPS) is advising businesses not to panic if they have outstanding supplementary declarations following the 175 day cut-off and they can still be completed. Supplementary declarations must be made after a business has completed an entry in its records or a simplified frontier declaration. However, if a business is bringing uncontrolled goods into Great Britain, it may be able to declare the goods by entering them in its records without getting authorisation in advance an...
The globally renowned technology company, Wärtsilä (Wärtsilä Corporation) has developed a dedicated fuel supply system for methanol, MethanolPac, as interest grows in the methanol pathway to decarbonisation. Combined with the recently introduced Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine and the company’s well-proven retrofit and system integration capabilities, MethanolPac enables Wärtsilä to deliver methanol-capable fuel and power systems, across a wide range of...
MSC is pleased to be part of the Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) data-sharing initiative, launched at the White House on 15 March 2022. This major project will help to clear supply chain bottlenecks by improving freight information exchange between key stakeholders – leading to the faster delivery time and reduced costs for consumers. A diverse taskforce representing many stakeholders FLOW includes 18 initial participants, with the aim of welcoming more in the futur...
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...
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...
Astrup Fearnley, DNV, and Microsoft are no strangers. Norwegian-based Astrup Fearnley and DNV are global companies with long traditions and well-established values in the maritime industry. The Veracity by DNV cloud platform is built on Microsoft’s cloud computing service Azure. In 2021, DNV received the Sustainability changemaker partner of the year award from Microsoft Norway, based on cases developed over the platform. Bonded by an ambition to help facilitate a more sustainable shippin...
FESCO Transportation Group together with Rusfond Charity Fund is extending the program of assistance to critically ill children of Primorye for the year 2022. For these purposes, the Group will allocate 5 million rubles. The joint program was launched in January 2020 and operates in accordance with the principle of co-financing. FESCO and Rusfond together cover the costs of treating critically ill children living in the Primorsky Territory: the Group undertakes to collect 50% of the r...
Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire LEWA GmbH and its subsidiaries, and Geveke B.V. and its subsidiaries, for a combined enterprise value of MEUR 670 (BSEK 7.15). LEWA GmbH is a globally renowned manufacturer of diaphragm metering pumps, process pumps and complete metering systems. Geveke B.V. distributes compressors and engineers advanced and complex process pump installations. Acquisition of LEWA GmbH LEWA GmbH was founded in 1952 and is based in Germany. The company has around 1200 employees...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...