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Dutch and German cargo ships collision in Lower Weser, both damaged
General cargo ships WALTER HAMMANN and DAGNA collided at around 0010 UTC on May 15 in Lower Weser upstream from Nordenham, Germany Dutch freighter DAGNA was sailing upstream, to Brake, while German coaster was sailing downstream, from Bremen. Both ships reportedly suffered serious damages and are in need of repairs…
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Marcor Stevedoring B.V. to operate dry bulk terminal at Steinweg Hartel Terminal
Marcor intends to extend its floating terminal in Rotterdam with the development of a dry bulk terminal at the Steinweg Hartel Terminal on Maasvlakte The terminal is currently run as a breakbulk terminal by C. Steinweg – Handelsveem B.V. (Steinweg), Marcor’s parent company. After the redevelopment and construction of the…
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Maersk to open integrated cold chain facility in New Zealand
The 45,000 sqm facility will provide storage for 21,000 pallets of frozen or refrigerated products upon completion. New Zealand – Maersk continues to integrate end-to-end cold chains with the announcement of a new 45,000 sqm cold chain facility in the Waikato District, the fourth largest region in New Zealand. By…
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Voting for Groenewind – Offshore Renewables Award
NB72 Groenewind is one of the 3 proud nominees of the Annual Offshore Support Journal Awards 2022 in the Offshore Renewables Award 2022 segment. As an excited builder of this beautiful lady for DEME, we are proud to be part of the first DP2, twin-hulled SOV in the world and…
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Scandlines installs Norsepower rotor sail on its second hybrid ferry
Scandlines turns down diesel engines, turns up wind power, and reduces CO2 emissions once again With the aim of becoming emission-free by 2040, Scandlines is setting itself higher targets than the Paris Agreement. The next step is the installation of a Norsepower Rotor Sail on the Scandlines hybrid ferry, M/V…
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Egypt is awash in plastic : An estimated 2.8m tonnes of plastic waste (Report PDF )
Egypt is awash in plastic. So are its river and coastal waters, including those of the Nile, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. Of an estimated 2.8m tonnes of plastic waste leaked into the Mediterranean each year, Egypt is by far the largest source, accounting for 43% of the…
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Visualising the chemical crisis: the pathways, the cost, and the potential solution
About 80% of marine chemical pollution begins on land. In this series of infographics based on The Invisible Wave, we look at the pathways of chemical pollution, the cost of dead zones, the possible solution and drivers of change in the chemical industry, and the potential of a net-zero future…
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(Anac) : Deciding to dismiss the pantouflage case concerning Luigi Merlo and the MSC Group
Dietrofront of the National Anti-Corruption Authority: no sanction for the hiring of the former president of the port of Genoa by the MSC group With a resolution that has just been issued, the National Anti-Corruption Authority (Anac) has decided to dismiss the pantouflage case concerning Luigi Merlo and the MSC…
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Activists block vessel carrying Russian cargo from docking in UK
The vessel was said to be carrying 33,000 tonnes of Russian diesel valued at around £30m. Activists of the global campaigning network Greenpeace have prevented a Greek-flagged tanker with Russian diesel from entering Navigator Terminals’ Thames site in Essex, UK. The environmental group said that the vessel, named Andromeda, was…
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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs will equip one of its vessels with three bound4blue’s suction sails
bound4blue will install three eSAIL® systems in 2023 on a vessel owned and operated by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). Louis Dreyfus Armateurs pays particular attention to protecting the environment. This concern translates into a dynamic innovation policy. LDA’s engineering, projects, and innovation teams have established close relationships with bound4blue, a…
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