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SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding held a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the new ship - ‘SITC Singapore’. Mr. Xue Mingyuan, Executive Director of SITC International, President of SITC Shipping Group, Mr. Xiao Senyuan, Vice President of SITC Shipping Group, Mr. Ren Letian, Chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, Mr. Wan Jian, President of Jiangsu Maritime Vocational and Technical College, Ritong International Logistics East Asia Mr. Xing Fangliang, the head...

Cammell Laird has secured a new contract with one of the UK’s largest ferry operators for the annual maintenance and dry docking of five large vessels in its fleet. CalMac Ferries has awarded Cammell Laird a four-year contract with the option to extend it for two further one-year periods. The contract spans the MV Clansman, MV Loch Seaforth, MV Lord of The Isles, MV Finlaggan and MV Hebrides – all of which provide an essential lifeline service from the Inner and Outer Hebrides to th...

Each year, Cammell Laird employees and members of its supply chain take part in a huge fundraising effort to support the local community at Christmas time. Working together, Cammell Laird employees and supply chain raised a grand total of £4,000 for families and elderly people in need through competitions, raffle, Christmas Jumper days, and supplier donations. The money raised was shared across several initiatives, all of which provided much-needed support for local Merseyside charities,...

Neste and Avfuel Corporation announce a strategic partnership to create an efficient, continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States. Neste will provide Avfuel with SAF in volumes able to meet the growing demands of Avfuel’s customers, including fixed base operators (FBOs), airports, flight departments, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and commercial operators. Avfuel will be a branded SAF distributor for Neste, and will sell it under the brand name Nest...

One of diize’s key objectives of 2021, more sharply defined: this quarter, is to complete the top 500 sea ports globally within their Always on Board coverage. To do this, diize will need to inspect all the port call documents from the local port authorities, map them into their application and test the output. diize includes all Italian ports in their coverage With Always on Board, captains are able to process the port call administration up to 7.5 times faster Last week, their team c...

Furnipart and Blue Water have just extended and expanded their cooperation covering transport from the Far East to the company’s domicile in Hinnerup, Denmark. The new agreement entails that Furnipart’s transport will change from sea freight to rail transport in the future. Rail transport Rail transport brings several advantages to Furnipart. The duration of the transport of 15,000 kilometres will be shortened by approx. 14 days, and this means that their design handles and knobs...

Wan Hai Lines will expand further on its already extensive intra-Asia network by launching a new weekly service between East China – Taiwan and Ho Chi Minh(CV7). The service will be operated by two container vessels with a capacity of 650 TEU. Rotation service Port rotation of the service is as follows: Shanghai－Kaohsiung－Ho Chi Minh－Shanghai The first voyage is scheduled from Shanghai on Jan 12th, 2021. The CV7 service which connects Shanghai - Kaohsiung and Ho Chi Minh directl...

MetOcean Telematics (MetOcean), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to supply the United States Coast Guard (USCG) with its world-renowned search and rescue buoy, the Iridium Self Locating Datum Marker Buoy, also known as the iSLDMB. MetOcean Telematics has supported and supplied Coast Guards (CG) around the globe with a cost-effective and reliable search and rescue (SAR) buoy for over two decades. The United States Coast Guard a core-use...

Satcom Direct (SD) has successfully activated 500 terminals for aerospace customers subscribing to Inmarsat’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Global Xpress network. This achievement positions SD as the pioneering service provider of Inmarsat’s ultra-high-speed data service to private and government aviation users worldwide. With the 500th activation, SD is managing service delivery to a combination of international business, government and military aircraft, all of which are op...

The fourth edition of the industry cyber risk management guidelines, Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships is now available and lays the foundation for further improvements and refinement of companies’ cyber security risk assessments. The version 4 of the cyber security guidelines is published at a time when ship owners and ship managers are faced with a requirement to implement cyber risk management in their safety management systems (SMS) by the time of their first Document of Comp...

To further reinforce its regional development strategy, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (herein-after referred to as Yang Ming) sets up a new subsidiary with NAXCO Group in France, named Yang Ming (France) S.A.S. (herein-after referred to as Yang Ming (France)), which officially began operating on 1st January 2021. The subsidiary aims at assisting Yang Ming to develop the local market and integrate regional resources. Weekly service routes Yang Ming will establish a presence in the Fre...

CULINES is celebrating the successful maiden voyage of its new South China-Vietnam service (SV2). The SV2 is the fourth liner route operated by them in Vietnam, as well as another important step to strengthen presence in the Vietnamese market, and connect the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the China-Vietnam supply chains. Port Rotation of SV2 Haiphong (3/3) – Nansha (6/6) – Shekou (7/7) – Haiphong (3/3)

Freight forwarding is one of the most crucial components of the global supply chain. A good global forwarding company adds extraordinary value not only in moving goods for their clients; they facilitate bottom line revenue through cost savings throughout the business. Global freight is the product of the global freight industry. This is the movement across the globe of materials and goods to facilitate trade; a key component of every business that uses or sells physical products. Global Freigh...

ArkEdge Space Inc. is developing a 6U CubeSat, in collaboration with the Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory (ISSL) of The University of Tokyo, as part of the 6U microsatellite short-term demonstration project '6U Fast Validation CubeSat' of the National Space Organisation (NSPO) of Taiwan. After making a proposal for the satellite's development, manufacturing, launch, and initial operations, ArkEdge Space was selected as a collaborative research partner by the NSPO. Satellite launch and inse...

Moving freight can be a stressful time for any mining or resources operation – especially when it comes to major projects involving the transportation of capital equipment worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Therefore, it’s not only important to partner with a professional freight forwarder it’s essential that both parties collaborate and communicate to achieve the goal of moving freight on time and on budget and free of injury and damage to freight, property a...

Neste successfully processed 400 tons of liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Finland this fall, an amount corresponding to the annual amount of plastic waste generated by 20,000 average European citizens. This was the first time Neste processed liquefied waste plastic at an industrial scale. During the run, packaging and mixed waste plastics were upgraded into high-quality recycled feedstock for petrochemical industry uses, e.g. for the production of new plastics. The processing run mar...

Blue Water acquires J. Lauritzen’s Eftf’s thermo activities – which mainly include road transport and rail solutions of food products between Italy, Benelux and Scandinavia - with effect from 1 January. The southbound traffics are primarily seafood and meat products and the northbound are fruit and vegetables to the Scandinavian consumers. “We are pleased to take over a business that fits well into the existing strategy for our reefer activities. Our position will be str...

On December 19, 2020, SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding held a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the new ship, ‘SITC Penang.’ Mr. Yang Xianxiang, Vice Chairman and CEO of SITC International, together with his wife, Mr. Lu Jing, President of Shanghai Maritime University, Ms. Cao Hongfen, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Maritime University School of Commerce, Mr. Xiao Yingjie, Dean of Shanghai Maritime University School of Merchant Marine, and Chairman...

DNV GL, the classification society, and HHI Group, the shipyard, have teamed up to embark on the development of future-proof tanker designs. In a recent "Green Tankers towards 2050" industry webinar, attended by more than 250 participants from shipping companies around the world, DNV GL and HHI Group presented the results of new joint research and explained how eco-friendly maritime solutions can help shipowners and managers to cope with stricter environmental regulations now and in the future....

A.P. Moller - Maersk has announced the signing of a logistics agreement with Novo Nordisk, effective from 2021. The three-year agreement on cold chain logistics covers transportation, including ocean services and inland logistics. Maersk - Novo Nordisk partnership We are proud to be chosen as one of Novo Nordisk´s main logistic companies" Vincent Clerc, the Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Ocean and Logistics, at A.P. Moller – Maersk, said &ldquo...

Blue Water’s Aid & Development team has assisted with bringing in humanitarian aid cargo, such as plastic sheeting, cleaning and hygiene kits and medicine to thousands of victims in Central America suffering from the flooding after category four and five hurricanes Eta and Iota. Houses, roads, schools and hospitals in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Belize were devastated during the record-breaking stormy season, and seven million people were affected by the two hurricanes within t...

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to use the latter’s IoS-OP to share data received from all NYK-operated vessels equipped with SIMS, expanding the total to about 200 NYK vessels. SIMS-equipped vessels Up until now, NYK had used ShipDC’s IoS-OP to share shipping data from some vessels equipped with SIMS, but the new agreement expands the data-sharing to all SIMS-equipped vessels within the NYK fleet. This agreement will dramati...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group’s intermediate holding company controlling the Group’s shipbuilding units, won orders to build six new ships worth KRW 1 trillion in total.   KSOE announced on December 16 that it recently signed contracts with shipping companies based in Europe, Bermuda, and Asia to construct four 174,000m³ LNG carriers and two 318,000-ton very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs). Enhancing operation...

The Satcom Direct Data Centre, the global mobile solutions provider, has achieved International Standard Organisation (ISO) 27001:2013 certification for its state-of-the-art data centre. The 10,000 square-foot facility, located at the SD Melbourne, Florida world headquarters, was assessed by BARR Advisory P.A. a cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider, specialising in cybersecurity and compliance for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies and awarded the certificate in early Decem...

FESCO Transportation Group has added a new port of call in Wenzhou (Zhejiang province, China) on the route of its container shipping line FESCO China Express-2 «Eastern Arrow». The line will be functioning on the route Vladivostok – Shanghai – Ningbo – Wenzhou – Vladivostok starting from November 2020. Transit time from Wenzhou to Vladivostok will be 2,5 days. On 26 November 2020 FESCO vessel will enter the port of call for the first time. Port of Wenzhou...

Satcom Global is delighted to share that the highly anticipated Iridium GMDSS service is live. Iridium announced the historic service launch during an online press conference and Q and A session, featuring a host of industry figures. As an official launch partner, Satcom Global is both excited and honoured to be one of the first satellite communications providers to take this new global safety service to the maritime community. GMDSS service Iridium has given seafarers a real-time emergency r...

From 11th January 2021, ferry company - Stena Line together with the multimodal service provider - CFL multimodal and the ports in Rostock and Trelleborg will offer a new intermodal rail and ferry connection from Bettembourg in Luxembourg via their ferry route from Rostock to Trelleborg in Sweden. The combination of sea and rail is a cost-effective and sustainable transport solution that offers great capacity and flexibility as well as a CO2 reduction of 1.75 tons per unit compared to road tran...

FESCO Transportation Group arranged the first shipment of refrigerated containers with perishable goods from Russia to Mongolia through the Naushki border crossing. Containers with food, cosmetics, and other goods were sent as part of a refrigerated train powered by a diesel-generator container from the Selyatino station (the Moscow region) to the Ulan Bator station (Mongolia) on 5 December. Transit time on the route is 20 days. The main advantage of this transportation type is fully contactle...

As Ocean Infinity embarks on its journey towards a carbon-neutral future and anticipates the arrival of its uncrewed Armada fleet of vessels, it bids farewell to some of its original fleets. The Pacific Constructor has been part of Ocean Infinity’s story since the beginning and has been instrumental in many of its most ambitious and exciting projects. Locating Stellar Daisy Stellar Daisy sank on 31 March 2017, transporting iron ore from Brazil to China. Tragically, 22 of the 24 crew wer...

Satcom Direct (SD), the aviation solutions provider, has added a new Canadian state-of-the-art production campus to its global footprint in Ottawa, Ontario. The decision to develop the purpose-built engineering and production facility was driven by the industry shift towards the digitisation of aviation and the need to innovate hardware that provides robust connectivity to support communications and the practical applications of multi-faceted data generated by aircraft. SD currently provides bu...