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From electronics to eels, from medicine to men’s fashion retail, Maersk transports everything. Grey containers stacked neatly atop each other, huge container vessels crossing the vast oceans, and the seven-pointed white star. All these come to mind when one thinks of global container shipping company Maersk. This is Maersk’s legacy, a legacy that is nearly 100 years old. Over the last four years, though, the company has taken a strategic decision to change course. Forward-looking a...

HMM is pleased to announce that HMM Nuri, the first of eight 16,000 TEU-class newbuild containerships, starts its first voyage from the port of Busan in Korea. HMM’s 16,000 TEU container vessels have been built at the Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and are scheduled to be delivered from this March throughout the second quarter of 2021. HMM Nuri’s deployment HMM Nuri will be deployed on the Far East Europe 4(FE4) route under THE Alliance’s product plan HMM...

Global safety solutions - Survitec has unveiled a new face covering with protective features designed to reduce the spread of viral and bacterial infection, helping maritime workers more confidently follow social distancing rules. Developed in cooperation with oil majors and asset owners, Survitec Protect 360 is a hydrophilic snood-type face covering that incorporates Polygiene ViralOff®, a self-cleaning textile treatment technology proven to reduce 99% of known viruses from adhering to mat...

Following the successful maiden voyage of the South China Thailand weekend service (SCT) on March 7, CULines plans to launch the weekday service SCT2 on April 6, 2021. Port Rotation of SCT: Hong Kong – Nansha – Shekou - Laem Chabang –Bangkok – Laem Chabang – Hong Kong Port Rotation of SCT2: Hong Kong – Nansha – Shekou – Bangkok – Lam Chabang - Hong Kong Features: South China Bangkok direct service, two sailings per week. Dedicated...

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) held a naming ceremony for its 2,800 TEU class full container vessel, YM Constancy, at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard on March 19th. The ceremony was officiated jointly by Yang Ming Chairman Cheng Cheng-Mount and CSBC Corporation Chairman Cheng Wen-Lon. Mrs. Ho Shu-Ping, Director General of the Department of Navigation and Aviation, Ministry of Transportation and Communications was invited to officially name the ship during the ceremony and wished t...

MAN Energy Solutions has demonstrated its latest low-speed, dual-fuel engine – a MAN B&W ME-GA type designed for LNG/fuel-oil running – at a ceremony live-streamed from its Copenhagen Research Centre. The new engine is an Otto-cycle variant of the company’s successful ME-GI engine. As its pre-mixed combustion results in low NOx emissions, the ME-GA engine is inherently Tier II and Tier III compliant in gas-operation mode. To fully utilise its dual-fuel potential in Tier II...

The ship, which is being constructed for US energy company Dominion Energy, is expected to be delivered by the end of 2023 and will be among the largest of its kind. The new WTIV will be able to transport and install several sets of next-generation wind turbines and their foundations. It will be the first vessel of this type to be built according to the requirements for renewable offshore energy production defined in the United States’ Jones Act. Best possible operation Kongsberg Ma...

Hapag-Lloyd and NileDutch have signed a sale and purchase agreement where Hapag-Lloyd acquires all shares of the Dutch container shipping company Nile Dutch Investments B.V. (NileDutch). With over 40 years of expertise, NileDutch is one of the providers of container services from and to West Africa. The company is present in 85 locations across the world and has 16 own offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Singapore, China, Angola, Congo and Cameroon. Important strategic growth With 10...

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has incorporated in Hong Kong after securing the requisite regulatory approvals across multiple jurisdictions and has officially started its operations to help accelerate the Digital Transformation of the Shipping industry. GSBN has been established on a not-for-profit basis to enable stakeholders involved in global trade to increase delivery reliability, streamline operations, and embrace digital transformation. Its shareholders are comprised of major g...

Survitec has announced that it has signed an intent to purchase Hansen Protection AS, a renowned European provider of specialist survival suits and protective equipment. Ron Krisanda, the Executive Chairman at Survitec Group, commented: ‘’Hansen Protection has a reputation for consistently delivering excellent products and services. The coming together of our two businesses, through a combination of our people, products, technology and wide-reaching footprint, will bring added value...

The Seafarers’ Charity has announced the appointment of two additional Trustees to the Charity’s General Council. Nusrat Ghani, Member of Parliament, and Rear Admiral Iain Lower MA, AFNI, were selected following an open recruitment process and join the Charity at an important time. The Seafarers’ Charity recently rebranded from ‘Seafarers UK’ and is beginning the implementation of a new results-driven strategy and focusing on significantly increasing fundraising re...

Launched in 2018, Edda Wind owns and operates service vessels, which support the maintenance work conducted, during the commissioning and operation of offshore wind parks. “The Wilhelmsen group’s strategy is very clear, which is to further expand into renewables, by working together with partners and leveraging our expertise and assets. So, finding an opportunity like this, to work with Østensjø and invest in Edda Wind, a growing company, rapidly expanding its fleet wi...

Golden Ocean Group Limited Ltd announces that Marius Hermansen has resigned as a Director of the Company. Mr. Hermansen has served as a Director since September 2019. The Board would like to thank Mr. Hermansen for his contribution and wishes him well in his future pursuits. Larsen’s experience The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. Bjørn Tore Larsen will replace Mr. Hermansen. Mr. Larsen is currently the Chairman of the OSM Maritime Group, a world-leading ship management comp...

Building further on their reputation for increased lifejacket safety and pushing the boundaries in search of excellence for its customers, Survitec brand, Crewsaver, is pleased to announce the launch of EXOLOK. EXOLOK is a new cylinder locking system that provides increased security for gas cylinders attached to lifejackets – helping to ensure your lifejacket protection is well and truly locked in. EXOLOK EXOLOK will be fitted to all Crewsaver lifejackets going forwards. It can addition...

Neste announced in March 2020 an intention to increase its renewable products production capacity in Europe according to the company strategy. The company has now concluded a thorough study phase concerning the two possible locations, Porvoo, Finland, and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Neste has existing sites in both locations. While there are many positive drivers for both sites, the difference between the costs is significant in favour of Rotterdam. Raw material sourcing opportunities &ldqu...

Blue Water has completed two challenging shipments for a new build project for a good client. The scope included road transport from the factory to the port of shipment in Spain, sea freight to China, and road transport to the Chinese shipyard. The 24 units weighing 42 tonnes each and measuring more than 14 metres in length were safely transported, and the BWS team ensured compliance with the COVID-19 restrictions in the ports in Spain and China as well as during the entire transport process....

To ensure that Blue Water has the best employees in the industry, it has chosen to strengthen the focus on employee development by expanding the internal "Learning and Development" function. Daniel Frausing Borch This means, among other things, that BWS has employed Daniel Frausing Borch as responsible for the further development of its in-house academy. Daniel comes from a similar position at BBOXX which is a UK solar energy company with offices around the world. Strengthen programme qualit...

Over the past three years, Blue Water has completed several projects in Norway in connection with the establishment of the wind farm Fosen Vind. This is the largest onshore wind turbine project in Europe with a total of 278 wind turbines delivered by Blue Water. Component transportation Blue Water’s skilled team has managed the progress of events and coordination Blue Water was responsible for the transportation of wind turbine components from Spain, Germany, and Esbjerg in Denmark to...

NAUTIS Simulators will take the maritime training suite a step further in 2021 by introducing autodidactic tools to aid in maritime training. Maritime training methodologies have been evolving radically over the past couple of years and the reliance on autodidactic or self-training techniques has gained substantial admiration. Hence, the NAUTIS team at VSTEP is currently busy collaborating with Smart-Ship, a Delft based start-up that specialises in Haptic Feedback technology, to integrate hapti...

A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S, Fleet Management Limited, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Sumitomo Corporation and Yara International ASA are pleased to announce that the parties have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly conduct a feasibility study with the aim to be one of the pioneers in establishing a comprehensive and competitive supply chain for the provision of green ammonia ship-to-ship bunkering at the Port of Singapore, t...

The Swedish ferry company has increased the number of female managers it employs by an impressive 42% in only 5 years and has the ambitious target of ensuring they account for 30% of all management by the end of next year. Only a meagre 2% of the 1.2 million seafarers globally are women, so ferry company Stena Line is already doing a lot to challenge and change that. By working hard to tackle the gender gap, the company has increased the number of female managers to one out of every five it emp...

Neste has opened a new office in Melbourne, Australia. The office hosts Neste’s team focused on sourcing renewable raw materials, such as used cooking oil and waste animal fats, directly from suppliers in the Australian and New Zealand markets.   “We established our renewable raw material sourcing operations in Australia at the end of 2019, to be closer to our local partners and stakeholders,” said Stewart Waters, General Manager of Neste Australia. Neste’s ne...

Survitec will be attending the Security & Policing Virtual Exhibition, UK on 9 – 11 March 2021. The show is organised by the UK Home Office for command, control and operational equipment used by security agencies and features the latest products and services in law enforcement equipment. Height safety characteristics Survitec will feature some of their Maritime Operations Capabilities, including the XTP 290N lightweight duty lifejacket, which can be tailored to suit each individual...

On 1 February 2020 Stena Line opened a new ferry route between Halmstad and Grenaa. After a challenging first year with COVID-19 Stena Line concludes it was the right decision. Freight volumes increased by 15 %, exceeded expectations on the new route. About a year ago, on 1 February 2020, Stena Line celebrated the opening of the new ferry route between Halmstad in Sweden and Grenaa in Denmark with inaugural celebrations on both sides, with thousands of people visiting. The geographical positio...

2020 was an unstable year for Blue Water’s Aerospace Logistics. The team assists the Aviation industry with all kinds of logistics needs including aircraft-on-ground (AOG) logistics, aircraft engine transportation, helicopter transports, airside logistics, customs solutions, warehouse logistics and tailored transport solutions in general - by road, rail, courier and air. Like many other activities, Aerospace Logistics was affected by the global lockdown of the Aviation industry. Due to a...

For many years, they have seen a huge global development in the Renewable Energy segment in general, and not least in the Wind sector. The development involves the political mandate and the geographic scattering, but certainly also technologically and volume-wise. "We think it is marvellous to be part of an industry where the sky is the limit. The demand on the suppliers is continuously changing - and the market is constantly opening up new opportunities. The biggest challenge is how to keep up...

The Energy & Projects division in Brest has provided logistics support to the shipment of a cooling prototype unit from mainland France to the isle of La Désirade in the French Caribbean. This prototype ‘Cryosolar’ was designed by the French renewable energy developer - VALOREM and aims to provide and store cooling power to isolated communities using solar power. Regular container lines The prototype’s most notable characteristic is that it consists of a 40’...

Ocean Infinity and MMT are excited to announce an acquisition that brings together MMT’s deep expertise and established track record as a distinguished marine survey and data analytics provider and Ocean Infinity’s best-in-class robotic technology and operational expertise. Expanded geographical footprint The combined force will maximise the potential of Ocean Infinity’s fleet of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and the soon to be launched Armada fleet of uncrewed, low-...

Satcom Global is delighted to announce another extension to its Aura VSAT maritime communications network, with the addition of two new satellite beams; Astra 4a Nordic and SES-12 IOR. The Astra 4a Nordic Ku-band beam was introduced to the Satcom Global Aura network in December 2020, to support customers operating in European waters. With carriers optimised for the performance of smaller Ku-band terminals, Astra 4a Nordic is not only improving the performance of 60-80cm terminals in the area di...

From October 2020 to late January 2021, Blue Water completed three project shipments of equipment from Italy to Northern China for a good client.    The total weight of the cargo consisting of 142 units was 895 tonnes, the heaviest units weighing 162 tonnes each. The equipment was to be installed on board an FPSO vessel (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) at a shipyard in China. Project The project was executed with the local manufacturer in Italy, the client in China, and...