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China delivers world’s first 100,000-tonne ‘mobile fish farm’
In a world-first, China delivered a 100,000-tonne smart aquaculture vessel on Friday in Qingdao City, east China’s Shandong Province. The ship, named Guoxin-1, is the realization of an innovative mobile fish farming model regarded as a technological breakthrough for China’s deep-sea aquaculture industry. The fish farm vessel is 249.9 meters…
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IMO Secretary-General urges support for FSO Safer plan
IMO Secretary-General urges support for FSO Safer plan IMO Secretary-General urges States to support an UN-coordinated plan to transfer oil from degrading floating storage units off Yemen. International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged further financial support for an UN-coordinated operational plan to address the threat of a…
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FIATA launches paperless FBL solution
FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, has worked on the release of this long-desired document update to ease the work processes of its members, allowing them to become digital freight-forwarders. FIATA is proud to bring its members a pragmatic solution to move from paper documents to paperless FIATA…
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CLECAT urges ENVI committee to make ETS11 fair from all road users
CLECAT calls on Members of the ENVI Committee to support the creation of a separate EU ETS for heating and road transport (ETS II) only if it enables the pursuit of the objectives of the European Green Deal and respects the ‘polluter-pays’ principle. CLECAT is of the opinion that a…
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75 years of Italian Fedespedi celebrated
In his short speech, the president of Clecat spoke of an ongoing “war” between shippers and shipping companies Venice – The National Federation of Shipping Companies (Fedespedi) in Italy celebrated, one year late due to Covid, its 75th anniversary since its foundation on 11 June 1946. At least 150 guests…
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Geoff Hunt is a former President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists
Geoff Hunt is a leading figure in marine art. According to Artist Partners Ltd, he is ‘one of the world’s finest painters of 18th and 19th-century ships. Hunt is perhaps best known in popular perception for his depictions of naval scenes adorning the covers of Patrick O’Brian’s bestselling ‘Aubrey-Maturin novels,…
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Study supports the use of krill meal in farmed shrimp feeds
Researchers at Labomar, the Marine Sciences Institute in Brazil, have published a new study that tests the digestibility of shrimp feed ingredients from a variety of sources. The scientists evaluated the digestibility of crude protein and essential amino acids in ingredients for Pacific whiteleg shrimp diets, including soy protein concentrate,…
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Med Marine Delivers ‘Svitzer Port Said 3’ to Svitzer
Med Marine delivered the first MED-A2885 of the 2 new buildings that Med Marine and leading towage provider Svitzer signed a contract over back in February 2022. Both vessels are Robert Allan Ltd-designed RAstar 2800 tugs with firefighting and escort notations. With the delivery of said vessels, Svitzer will increase…
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ITF : Global shipowner group and seafarers’ unions agree new three-year global minimum wage ‘safety net’ deal
Maritime transport is the only sector with a formally recognized global minimum wage, which has existed for seafarers since 1958. The following is the outcome of global minimum wage negotiations. All figures are in US Dollars. The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) once again convened the latest bipartite round of…
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