Skills - Case studies
The challenge for the customer was to reduce vendor created errors in the invoice process, minimise the amount of manual updates required by the broker and eliminate the impact of potential delays in clearances, due to manual errors. The challenge Reduce vendor created errors in the invoice process, Minimise the amount of manual updates required by the broker, and Eliminate the impact of potential delays in clearances, due to manual errors. The customer is a long-term Maersk customer, i...
Pakistan is a thriving agricultural state wherein agriculture sector contributes more than a quarter of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Among the large exports from agricultural produce, the exports of citrus fruits alone generate multi-million US dollar revenues in a year for Pakistan. Exports of perishable goods, such as fruits, vegetables, pharmaceuticals, fresh produce among others requires high levels of expertise during its transportation in refrigerated containers (Reef...
To offset the scarcity of reefer containers in South Africa, ahead of the upcoming citrus season and to support the nation’s agricultural sector, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), the world’s renowned integrated container logistics company, has brought 1,800 empty refrigerated 40-foot containers from the Middle East, as additional stock to serve customers. Refrigerated containers delivery There is additional supply to come and this will complement the refrigerated containers tha...
Seeking logistical efficiency has been a hallmark of some of the most successful brands. They continuously search for solutions that bring the biggest impact through the smallest amount of investment. These solutions can be as broad as launching a new product line to something as focused as shifting to a new mode of logistics. Their customer, one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, chose long-term efficiency over short-term fixes. Intercontinental rail solution The customer...
A footwear company that was using a ‘direct-to-customer’ delivery model, changed its model into a combination of ‘direct’ and ‘consolidated’ shipments, making savings over USD 200,000 annually. This case study applies to a specific low volume country and not the entire globe. How Maersk helped Maersk analysed the containers that were being shipped directly into the final delivery distribution centre and discovered an opportunity. It then designed a new solut...
A.P. Moller – Maersk’s (Maersk) customer is a leading home improvement retailer in the U.S. The US retailer currently have a staff of more than 340,000 and operate over 2,000 stores in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, eight Canadian provinces and Mexico. Their goal was to reduce supply chain costs and facilitate growth in their import volumes. The roadblock to this was a high ratio (17.4%) of 20-foot light box utilisation. The current situation led to higher supply chain...
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...
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...
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...
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,...