News
-
(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…
Read More -
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…
Read More -
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…
Read More -
The first of two new ships for Amoretti Armatori launched in Turkey
Both 4,500 Tpl chemical tankers are scheduled for delivery this year from the Icdas shipyard The Amoretti Armatori Group of Parma launched today in Turkey, at the Icdas shipyard, the new construction renamed Lord Lupo, a tanker for the transport of chemical products. Godmother of the ceremony was Marialaura Dell’Abate,…
Read More -
Seafarers win commitment to mandatory internet access in international law
Seafarers’ groups have won the right to mandatory social connectivity for crews –including internet access – in updates to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), but are disappointed that shipowners and governments may seek to charge for it. The MLC is an international treaty designed to protect seafarers’ rights and…
Read More -
Report : Loss drivers in the shipping industry- larger vessels
The problems with bigger ships… Large vessels continue to drive ever-higher exposures, with fires, container and carrier losses, hazardous cargo, costlier salvage operations, and issues with a port of refuge leading to oversized losses and general average becoming more frequent. While the number of serious shipping accidents worldwide has declined…
Read More -
Ship Insurance Claims to Rising as the Black Sea Remains High-Risk Area
Global insurers are expected to receive multiple marine insurance claims from ships damaged or lost as the conflict in Ukraine spills over into sea lanes, insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty says. Two seafarers have been killed and six merchant vessels hit by projectiles – sinking two of them –…
Read More -
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and NYK Line Obtain Approval in Principle (AiP) from Classification Society ClassNK
A merger of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s advanced gas handling technologies with NYK Line’s wealth of knowledge in ship operations Commitment to developing various technologies for the launch of large LCO2 carriers, for which demand is expected to increase in the future Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group,…
Read More -
The increasing complexity of maritime security in the Red Sea
Egypt wants assistance in ensuring security but also seeks to maintain independence and limit the role of non-littoral states. The Gulf Cooperation Council states are investing in expanding their naval capabilities Suez Canal and Bab Al-Mandab Strait are two of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints. Freedom of navigation remains…
Read More -
ClassNK approves designs for LNG-fueled bulk carriers from K Line
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) jointly developed two conceptual designs for LNG-fueled and battery-powered energy-saving bulk carriers and obtained Approvals in Principle (AIP) from Japan’s ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). “K” LINE developed a conceptual design for a 200,000-ton class Capesize bulk carrier in collaboration with Namura…
Read More