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After a period of restrictions due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of many exhibitions, JRC | Alphatron Marine is once again proud to present her products, innovations, and solutions at SMM, one of the world’s largest exhibitions. At the 30th edition of this exhibition they will show a total package with professional deepsea and inland equipment, demonstrate their new modular consoles and introduce the new AlphaRiverPilot MFS. Motion control system At SMM they will present their latest...
The Head of Business Intelligence of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Manuel García, participates in the Seminar ‘International Friendship Cities on Marine Economy and Port Cooperation’. China accounts for 15% of Valenciaport’s total container traffic. Over the last 10 years, Valenciaport has handled five million import and export containers (TEUs) with the Asian country. China is Valenciaport’s main trading partner and represents 15% of the total container t...
London Medway, part of the Peel Ports Group, has reported a substantial increase in trade on its unaccompanied freight service between the UK and France in recent weeks amid ongoing Dover delays. The cross-channel service, which is run by DFDS, has witnessed a 34 percent increase in units in the last fortnight as congestion issues continue to plague South East ports. The rise in demand for the service, between Sheerness and Calais, has seen individual vessels recently carrying more than 200 uni...
Global service provider - Goltens Worldwide has been appointed by UK-based maritime technology specialist - Emsys Maritime Ltd as an authorised sales, installation, commissioning, and after-sales service partner for its Emsys-iS Marine Emissions Monitor and Emsys-PM Smoke Density Monitor products. The agreement applies globally except for the country of South Korea. Robust CEMS solution Roy Strand, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Goltens, said “In order to satisfy increasing in...
To implement the company's environmental protection policy and carbon reduction goals, Evergreen Marine Corp. has completed a systematic inspection and calculation of greenhouse gas emission inventories for its business operations, including its global operating fleet, office buildings, and container terminals in Taiwan. The methodology and results of the survey were recently certified by BSI (British Standards Institution) in compliance with ISO14064-1:2018 and the GHG Protocol in late July....
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) will add one more new 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM Throne’. The vessel is chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The naming ceremony of the YM Throne took place at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard. Yang Ming’s attendees joined the ceremony remotely at their Taipei office. Mr. Hsieh-Lung Yeh, Director-General of the Maritime and Port Bureau, MOTC was invited to officially name the ship, and...
Artemis Technologies states its commitment to increasing diversity in the maritime sector with landmark signing of the UK’s Women in Maritime pledge. The significant milestone comes as the world pioneer maritime design and applied technologies company welcomes new female engineer as the 70th employee of its Belfast workforce. Gintare Vaiciuvenaite, a former student of the University of Edinburgh, joins Artemis as a Graduate Embedded Software Engineer and will work on the further developme...
Pacific International Lines (PIL) is proud to once again contribute to Singapore’s National Day celebrations, by sponsoring a total of 102 containers, comprising 91 20-foot GP containers and 11 20-foot refrigerated containers for the 2022 National Day Parade (NDP), which will be held on Aug 9, 2022. Mr. S.S. Teo, the Executive Chairman at Pacific International Lines (PIL), said “PIL is privileged to join in the celebrations of Singapore’s National Day on 9 August 2022. Thi...
Neptune Energy has announced the award of a £10 million three-year vessel services contract to Sentinel Marine, in order to provide offshore support for its operated Cygnus gas field in the UK southern North Sea. The contract, awarded following a competitive tendering process, will see Sentinel Marine continue to deploy its Multi Role, Emergency Response & Rescue (MRERR) vessel, Cygnus Sentinel, on the gas field. The vessel will also support an upcoming drilling campaign on the Cygnus...
Eco Wave Power announced that the energy conversion unit, formerly deployed in Gibraltar, is officially on its way to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, set to arrive in September 2022. This will be the first U.S. location for Eco Wave Power’s technology, which is already deployed in Israel and plans further deployments in Spain, Portugal, and other locations, completing the Company’s 327.7 MW project pipeline. Eco Wave Power entered a collaboration agreement with AltaSea earlier a...
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will return to Dover in August, offering a selection of late summer cruises to destinations including Norway, France, Spain, and the Adriatic. Flagship Bolette will sail from Dover in August, September,, and October, offering the chance to take in the vistas and volcanoes of the Azores and Madeira, sail into the heart of the Norwegian fjords,, and explore three Scandinavian cities on a six-night break. Scenic sailing The eight-night ‘Scenic Isles and Lochs of Sc...
Becker Marine Systems is perfectly positioned to present itself at SMM 2018, the international trade fair for the maritime industry. With its versatile high-performance rudders and efficient energy-saving products such as the Becker Mewis Duct, the Hamburg-based company is managing to convince more and more customers of its innovative products. Additionally, with innovative product developments such as the Becker LNG PowerPac, Becker Marine Systems is continuing to down the path of a more susta...
This morning, the Advisory Committee for the Port of Sagunto, which includes the Sagunto City Council, the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), and the Valencian Regional Government, met, chaired by the Mayor of Sagunto, Darío Moreno. At the meeting, the bases were agreed upon for defining the competition of ideas for the port-city interaction project in the northern area of the Port of Sagunto, with the intention of launching the tender in September. Specifically, the uses and spatial scop...
A joint venture between Kier Group and Royal BAM Group NV will now refurbish Devonport’s 10 Dock, the first part of a £2bn overhaul of facilities at the UK’s largest dockyard. Babcock International Group Plc, which operates the yard, appointed Kier BAM Joint Venture (KBJV) after previously announcing a series of major infrastructure projects at Devonport. Major infrastructure projects During the next 10 years, new facilities will be developed at the site to meet the evolving...
For 15 days, the Port of Valencia has welcomed a group of students from Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic from the ‘Train For Trade’ programme, organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), who are being trained in port management by experts from Valenciaport and the Valencia port community. The closing ceremony of this course was attended by the president of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Aurelio Martínez; the...
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim on Friday (22 July) welcomed the signing of an agreement between, the Russian Federation, Türkiye, Ukraine, and the United Nations to establish a humanitarian maritime corridor to allow ships to export critical cargoes of grain and foodstuffs from Ukraine. The agreement was signed in Istanbul, Türkiye after several weeks of talks. IMO participated as part of the UN delegation. Much-needed grain Mr. Lim attended the signing ceremony in Istanbul. "I am...
The president of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Aurelio Martínez, took part in an informative breakfast organised by ASECAM. Martínez indicated that “We are working on a new Strategic Plan for the Sagunto area which will involve the participation of the port community.” He assures that “We have to think about the future needs of the port and begin to study a new expansion of the Port of Sagunto.” The president of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV),...
Ingeteam has started manufacturing the first units of its new INGECON H2 C-lyzer converter in Sesma (Navarre), for the Green H2 sector. The first orders for the green hydrogen converters will be installed in Belgium, California (in the United States of America - USA) and Bizkaia (Spain). INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters Ingeteam’s INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters are responsible for supplying direct current Ingeteam’s INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters are responsible for supplying direct c...
ClassNK will add the function for SEEMP Part III development to its ClassNK MRV Portal on 2 August 2022. With the start of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating in 2023, it is required for ships of 5,000GT and above engaged in the international voyage to develop a ship operational carbon intensity plan (SEEMP Part III) with the IMO designating format, which should include CII calculation methodology, required CII values over the next three years, an implementation plan for achieving the r...
On 13th July 2022, the Chairman & CEO of CULINES Mr. Raymond Chen visited Saigon Newport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as SNP) with team members of Network Planning & Cooperation, Trade, and Operation. President - Mr. Thuan and Vice President - Mr. Quy of SNP, along with Department Directors welcomed CULINES and held a meeting. During the meeting, the two parties exchanged ideas on deepening cooperation in areas such as shipping and value-added logistics services. Both will as al...
SCH’s (Southampton Cargo Handling Plc) sister company - Cruise and Passenger Services Ltd (CPS) has expanded its cruise parking operations in Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK), with the acquisition of a new secure compound for passenger vehicles. The site located adjacent to Liverpool Cruise Terminal (LCT) can accommodate over 100 cars and will enhance the service provided by LCT for passengers who are boarding cruise ships in the port of Liverpool. Cruise and Passenger Services Ltd (CPS)...
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) has welcomed its newest 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM Tutorial’. The vessel is chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. YM Tutorial was named at a ceremony held at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard on June 17th, 2022, and has entered into Yang Ming’s transpacific West Coast route PS6 on July 15th, 2022. YM Tutorial vessel To further strengthen Yang Ming’s mid-to-long-term operational ef...
DESMI has installed, approximately, 700 OptiSave™ systems which altogether have generated accumulated CO2 reductions corresponding to 1-million-tonnes CO2. This equals what a 16,000-hectare Rain Forest consumes a year. DESMI's Energy Saving Solution, named OptiSave™, offers simple power management for energy efficiency compliance. When installing a pump, the normal procedure is to have it run at full speed; however, with the OptiSave™ system installed, the pump will save fuel...
Unifeeder is delighted to announce that they have signed a three-year deal with technology company - ZeroNorth, as part of their green agenda strategy. The deal will see Unifeeder implement the full suite of services included in ZeroNorth’s platform, as well as ClearLynx’s bunker solution, as part of the company’s ambitious decarbonisation efforts and green agenda strategy. Unifeeder – ZeroNorth partnership The partnership with ZeroNorth will give the Unifeeder f...
NLV PHAROS, one of the two Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) ships which service and maintain the lighthouses and other marine Aids to Navigation in Scotland and the Isle of Man will be berthed alongside the Victoria Pier, Douglas Harbour in July 2022. The vessel - NLV PHAROS will be holding open days on Saturday - 23 July, 2022 and Sunday - 24 July, 2022, from 2 pm to 4 pm, when the public will get a chance to have a tour of the ship and find out about the work of the Northern Lighthouse Board....
The USA (United States of America) is already a top exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), but the current global energy landscape is requiring a huge effort from the industry community, in order to build additional infrastructure in record time. Natural gas is methane and the liquefaction process is used for transportation on long distances, such as between continents, where pipelines solutions are not viable. The volume of the LNG is 1/600th of its volume as gas. Building modular floating...
HMM announces that it has acquired ISO 45001, internationally-recognized certification in the field of safety and health management, from the Korean Register (KR). ISO 45001 is the first international standard for safety and health management systems, established in 2018 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). HMM has demonstrated its comprehensive efforts and organisational capabilities by preventing risk factors and industrial accidents in the workplace. ...
International Maritime Organization (IMO) representatives at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal (from June 27 to July 1, 2022) have highlighted the IMO’s ongoing commitment to preserving the world’s ocean and combating climate change. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim emphasized shipping’s truly international nature. He said, “The ocean truly sustains us all, and the maritime sector connects us all. A greener, resilient maritime sector is essenti...
Hanseaticsoft, part of Lloyd's Register’s Maritime Performance Services division, a global provider of ship management software and Kaiko Systems, a renowned provider of a user-friendly data collection and analysis tool, have announced that they will be integrating their systems to ease technical management and increase collaboration between vessels and staff on shore. Hanseaticsoft offers a cloud-based management system for shipping and ship management companies, Cloud Fleet Manager (CFM...
Tokyo-based Classification Society - ClassNK has released the latest ‘ClassNK Technical Journal’, which has been published for contributing to the development of the maritime industry, through the outcome of R&D (Research & Development) and technical activities. ClassNK Technical Journal The latest issue ‘ClassNK Technical Journal No.5 2022 (I)’ focuses on ‘Zero-Emission Ships’, including efforts of the planning and design of next-generation greener...