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Hamburg is Part of MSC Feeder Service „Baltic Loop 3“
In late November, shipping company MSC integrated Hamburg port into their feeder service operating between Great Britain and several Baltic Sea ports. Four containerships with capacities between 2,000 and 3,500 TEU will be deployed in the Baltic Loop 3 service that will call at Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Portbury (Bristol), Liverpool,…
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TEN Ltd Announces Long-term Charter Extensions for Aframax Tankers
TEN Ltd (TEN) (NYSE: TNP) on Thursday (Dec02) announced the charter extension for two Aframax tankers for a combined period of 48 months to a major oil company. With these two transactions, the total number of long-term businesses secured over the last three months climb to 10 including ones with…
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Wärtsilä OPTI-DP Engagement Tool supporting the marine industry to configure optimised propulsion arrangements for DP vessels
The technology group Wärtsilä has introduced its latest development based on applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling to enable the accurate and speedy configuration of thrusters and other propulsion systems, to deliver the optimal dynamic positioning solution. The new Wärtsilä OPTI-DP Engagement Tool, which has been verified by DNV Maritime…
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New Maritime Industry Cyber Security Scheme
A new Maritime Cyber Baseline scheme launched by IASME and supported by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) will help shipping operators and vessel owners to improve their cyber security and align with the IMO Maritime Cyber Risk Management guidelines. The scheme is open to vessels of all sizes…
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BIMCO Launches New Contract for Employment of Security Escort Vessels
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has approved a new standard contract for security escort vessels (SEVs). The standard is a balanced contractual framework for SEVs that accompany merchant ships in high threat areas such as the Gulf of Guinea which has recently seen a rise in piracy activity as the dry season…
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Chinese freighter arrested in Canada
Canadian Federal Court issued an arrest warrant on Dec 2, to detain Chinese general cargo ship QIAN KUN, berthed at Happy Valley-Goose Bay, northern Atlantic coast of Canada, since Nov 23. A warrant was filed in Halifax after Miller Shipping, a marine contractor, claimed it wasn’t fully paid for the…
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South African minister visits Port of Rotterdam to discuss hydrogen exports
On November 22nd, Her Excellency, Ms. Naledi Pandor, the South African Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, has visited the port of Rotterdam to discuss the export of hydrogen from South Africa to Rotterdam. Ms. Naledi Pandor had a high-level meeting with Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam…
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Port of Rotterdam Authority embarks on partnerships with three promising maritime companies
Following their selection into the annual PortXL innovation programme, the Port of Rotterdam Authority is starting a concrete exploration into partnerships with three scale-ups. These highly promising companies work in areas ranging from the monitoring and research of water quality to producing smart insights into the technological performance of shipping…
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Maersk Drilling awarded a one-well exploration contract with OMV in Norway
Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract with OMV (Norge) AS, which will employ the low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid to drill a high pressure, high-temperature exploration well in the Oswig prospect in Block 30/5C of the Northern North Sea basin offshore Norway. The contract is expected to commence in…
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CMA CGM/Shell complete first bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam
France’s CMA CGM Group and Shell have performed the first Bio-liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering trial in Rotterdam. The 1,400TEU LNG-powered vessel Containerships Aurora was bunkered by Shell with a nearly 10% blend of low carbon Bio-LNG. The vessel received around 219 tonnes of LNG, 20 tonnes of which were…
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