Efficiency - Case studies

The retail industry is undergoing enormous change. The customers have evolved. They are demanding and selective. In these times, the retailers must review their existing supply chain setups and devise faster ways of reaching the markets. Maersk’s customer, an iconic American retail brand, with over 500 stores across the US foresaw the possible implications of outdated processes and reached out to Maersk for a solution. The challenge The private labels’ supply chains were c...

Maersk's customer, a major US retailer, has been growing exponentially in Central America in the last few years. But the supply chain management they had in place could not support the sharp growth. This made it extremely challenging for them to meet their market demands. Initially, their imported cargo arrived from Asia to two main destinations - Costa Rica and Guatemala. From there the cargo would then be distributed to other countries in Central America. While this plan was suitable for th...

A multi-channel specialty lifestyle retailer was growing into one of the largest e-commerce retailers in the US. They had more than 50% of total revenue streaming through their online channels. As operations scaled up, the company needed to scale up its warehousing and distribution as well. The Challenge This growing American lifestyle goods company was facing challenges in its current supply chain setup. Their vendor-load consolidation was sub-optimal, the service levels were unsatisf...

Maersk's customer is a major US retailer with hundreds of stores across the country. They supplied their goods across these stores from 15 distribution centres (DC) located in various points.  They were purchasing merchandise from a major apparel manufacturer that imported its goods from Asia. These goods arrived through different gateways to the country and were then brought together, using a multi-modal transport system, to a DC in Jonesville, North Carolina. From there, the goods woul...

Being one of the world’s leading bottled water companies, the customer has over 95 production sites in 34 countries, employing more than 20,000 employees worldwide. They own several unique brands across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The Challenge The customer was experiencing high shipping costs and quality issues caused by heavy cargo weights and underutilised containers. Only 55-60% of the container space was fully utilised because cargo loaded at the origin was reaching maximum we...

Being one of the world’s leading bottled water companies, the customer has over 95 production sites in 34 countries, employing more than 20,000 employees worldwide. They own several unique brands across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The Challenge The customer was experiencing high shipping costs and quality issues caused by heavy cargo weights and underutilised containers. Only 55-60% of the container space was fully utilised because cargo loaded at the origin was reaching maximum we...

Maersk, a global integrated container logistics company, has recently started an end-to-end cold chain logistics solution for its customers exporting grapes from Nashik and Sangli to North Europe. With this new offering, Maersk is enabling the exporters from the region to supply high-quality Indian grapes to a global market and helping fetch higher returns for the farmer community in and around the Nashik district. Leveraging its variety of services throughout the supply chain, Maersk is improv...

Maersk, a global integrated container logistics company, has recently started an end-to-end cold chain logistics solution for its customers exporting grapes from Nashik and Sangli to North Europe. With this new offering, Maersk is enabling the exporters from the region to supply high-quality Indian grapes to a global market and helping fetch higher returns for the farmer community in and around the Nashik district. Leveraging its variety of services throughout the supply chain, Maersk is improv...

Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 3 has become one of the first non-Chinese ballast water treatment solutions to be type approved by the China Classification Society. With the Chinese type approval in hand, PureBallast 3 systems can now be installed on vessels that carry the Chinese flag. PureBallast 3 gets type approval certificate Alfa Laval has long had a strong position in the Chinese new-building market" The type approval certificate for PureBallast 3 was issued by the China Classification...

One of the largest fashion and design groups in the world, H&M Group, has chosen Maersk ECO Delivery to reduce the company’s carbon footprint in transportation. The initiative uses sustainable biofuel to power selected Maersk-vessels and helps H&M to make progress towards its ambitious sustainability goals. H&M Group pushes for sustainability With more than 5,000 stores worldwide and an extensive online presence, H&M Group is in a unique position to make a substantial dif...

One of the largest fashion and design groups in the world, H&M Group, has chosen Maersk ECO Delivery to reduce the company’s carbon footprint in transportation. The initiative uses sustainable biofuel to power selected Maersk-vessels and helps H&M to make progress towards its ambitious sustainability goals. H&M Group pushes for sustainability With more than 5,000 stores worldwide and an extensive online presence, H&M Group is in a unique position to make a substantial dif...

Hong Kong-based shipping company, T.S. Lines LTD. has announced that they have taken charge of the TS YOKOHAMA, second of four 1,096 teu ships that Kyokuyo Shipyard of Japan (Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation) built for this carrier. New vessels based on ‘Kyokuyo 1100′ design T.S. Lines had placed the order for the first two ships in December 2017 T.S. Lines had placed the order for the first two ships in December 2017 and the carrier, six months later, returned to Kyokuyo, to place t...

The 2017-retrofitted ‘Wes Amelie’, a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, operated by Unifeeder, will become the first vessel in the world to run on Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG), generated by wind energy. MAN Energy Services, Wessels Marine, Unifeeder and Nauticor are cooperating on the SNG project, which will see ‘Wes Amelie’ use liquefied SNG, produced from renewable electrical energy, as a drop-in fuel. Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) as marine fuel To demonstrate that SNG c...

Oslo-based Bulkship Management AS has chosen Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for compliance in ballast water treatment. The company has signed a comprehensive fleet agreement that includes 30 PureBallast 3 Compact Flex systems, as well as commissioning and training. Bulkship Management AS The company has now signed a fleet agreement with Alfa Laval in ballast water treatment Bulkship Management AS is a fast-growing ship management company, which is focused on technical management and crewing. The co...

ISL Star, a bulk carrier managed by Wallem Group, together with the U.S. Coast Guard successfully retrieved a crew of eight Indonesian fishermen adrift for over a week after their boat lost power in the middle of the western Pacific. The Hallelujar, a 60ft Indonesian-flagged fishing vessel of wooden construction, had been adrift for 10 days when on August 14th the AMVER vessel ISL Star received a message from the U.S. Coast Guard that the crew on board was seeking immediate assistance. By the t...

Eneco have ordered a 12 MW High Voltage Electrode Boiler from PARAT Halvorsen. The requirement is for a hot water boiler with 23 kV voltage, 6 barg operating pressure and 110°C operating temperature. The Electrode boiler will be installed in Eneco’s district heating facility in Ypenburg, and will replace a Gas-Fired boiler to reduce emissions and now give the option to do grid regulation. PARAT Electrode boiler PARAT will supply and produce the boiler with control panel, skid with c...

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce that the 14,000 TEU containership ONE CYGNUS, was successfully delivered at Japan Marine United Corporation’s shipyard at Kure, Hiroshima. This is ONE’s third delivery this year after the M/V ONE APUS on 13 June 2019 and is the last delivery in the series of 7 newly built 14,000 magenta containerships. It is equipped with outstanding safety and environmentally-friendly capabilities such as structural arrest technology and highly eff...

On April 19, 2018, a ceremony for the delivery of three semi-rigid vessels with cabin (SRC) to the Regional Command of the Azores Maritime Police (CRPM of the Azores) was held in the city of Ponta Delgada on the island of S. Miguel, chaired by the Secretary State of National Defense and Maritime Affairs, Dr. Marcos Perestrello. Semi-rigid vessels with cabin (SRC) This construction project resulted from the need to equip the CRPM of the Azores with three fast SRC vessels This construction proj...

PARAT Halvorsen will install a complete new PARAT MSH Smoke Tube Boiler with Rotary Cup burner to burn Fish Oil, on Factory Trawler Northern Jaeger. For this Retrofit delivery to American Seafoods, PARAT will install an 8 ts/h MSH Smoke Tube Boiler with a Rotary cup burner designed for MDO / non-heated fish oil. The existing exhaust gas boilers will be integrated into the new Control system designed by PARAT.

Pacific International Lines (“PIL”) has used an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM Blockchain Platform in a successful real-time pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China for the Lunar New Year celebrations. The trial produced a reduction in the administrative process of transferring the title deed from 5-7 days to just one second Reduces administration With the use of IBM Blockchain-powered e-BL, the trial has produced a significant reduction in the ad...

Wallem Ship Agency (Wallem Group) was appointed to handle the recent call of the full-rigged Polish tall ship, the S.V. Dar Młodzieży to Hong Kong. The tall ship arrived in Hong Kong on October 26, 2018 and was berthed at China Merchants Wharf, until October 29, 2018. This stop in Hong Kong marked an official one on the ship’s round the world journey, which will see it visit 21 ports in 18 countries. Cost effective dockage Managing Director for Wallem Ship Agency, Dickson Chin said &ldq...

Hamburg is taking a further step toward improving air quality at its port. Innovative technology developed right here in the city is set to enable large and very large container ships to switch off their auxiliary diesel supplies, during lay time and instead draw the power they need for on-board operations, from a new kind of mobile generator. Becker Marine Systems, Hapag-Lloyd AG and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) have been testing the new technology, as part of a joint pilot project,...

The US office of Becker Marine Systems is proud to announce the order for a retrofit of yet another set of Becker Flap Rudders placed by the Canal Barge Company, Inc. Founded in 1933, Canal Barge Company is a family-owned, independent marine transportation company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. 140-foot vessel Chosen for retrofit is the 140-foot vessel Eugenie P. Jones, built-in 1975 by the Dravo Corporation. She is a sister vessel of the Susan L. Stall has been successfully running...

HMM has announced that it is beginning its cooperation with Singapore-based carrier, Austral Asia Line (AAL), for Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) service. As per this cooperation, HMM & AAL will start joint service for 4 MPVs in HMM’s operation, as well as newly added 2 AAL A-Class vessels. Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) service HMM, one of Korea’s major operators of MPVs, will be deploying six vessels in the Asia - Middle East region HMM, one of Korea’s major operators of MPVs,...