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Incidents : Cargo ship went NUC, blocked canal, damaged leisure boats, Danube
General cargo ship KORMORAN suffered engine failure while proceeding downstream in Danube river, Sulina Canal, en route from Reni Ukraine to Tripoli Lebanon, loaded with 5524 tons of wheat. The ship went out of control and ran onto a bank in the Tulcea area, Romania, contacting three berthed leisure catamarans.…
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Shipping Lines : Maersk makes another move into E-commerce with its first tech acquisition
Today A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) announces the acquisition of HUUB, a Portuguese cloud-based logistics start-up, specialized in technology solutions for B2C warehousing for the fashion industry. This is Maersk´s third acquisition this year within E-commerce Logistics and it comes through our venture activities with Maersk Growth. Copenhagen, Denmark. As…
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Ports : EDP will construct a green hydrogen pilot plant in Pecém Industrial and Port Complex to start production in 2022
On 1st September the Governor of Ceará together with executives from EDP have jointly announced that EDP will invest a total of R$41.9 million in a pilot project for the production of a green hydrogen plant in Pecém Industrial and Port Complex, with a production capacity of 250 Nm3/h of…
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Ports : Surinamese President Santokhi in Rotterdam port
Odd one out in Calandkanaal During the working visit of Surinamese President Santokhi to the Netherlands, the port of Rotterdam was the main topic today. During a tour of the Port of Rotterdam aboard the Spido Princess Amalia, Santokhi spoke with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Allard Castelein, CEO of the…
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Ports : First emission-free inland shipping vessel on energy containers in service
Zero Emission Services (ZES) commences today with the Alphenaar, the first Dutch inland vessel to use interchangeable energy containers for propulsion. The Alphenaar sails between Alphen aan den Rijn and Moerdijk transporting beer for Heineken, ZES’s first end customer. This makes the commissioning of the innovative ZES energy system for…
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Seafarers : Wesfarmers Modern Slavery Statement 2021 focuses on Seafarers’ Human Rights Protections
London. UK. Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has worked with Wesfarmers, one of Australia’s largest listed companies, to improve contractual safeguards within head agreements with shipping carriers. This work was recently reported in the release of the Wesfarmers Modern Slavery Statement for 2021. Wesfarmers has included a case study in…
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Cruising : First cruise ship calls at Greenock since pandemic struck
The giant Anthem Of The Seas is the first of 50 arrivals this year at Greenock Ocean Terminal The first cruise ship to call at Greenock since the Covid crisis effectively closed down the cruise industry was warmly welcomed Thursday morning (Jul 22). The giant 169,000-tonne Anthem of the Seas…
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ICS : issues new anti-COVID guidance for seafarers and shipowners PDF
– On the first day of London International Shipping Week, the International Chamber of Shipping has published new and updated guidance to protect seafarers and shipowners against the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. The free resources include guidance on vaccinations, manning agents, mental health issues, and shore leave. Despite noted…
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Breaking News : Hurtigruten’s New Cruise Ship Named ‘Next to the North Pole’
Hurtigruten Expeditions’ battery-hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen (CruiseMapper) has made history with the northernmost naming ceremony for a passenger ship – at the location where expedition cruising began in 1896. In spectacular surroundings at latitude 78˚ North in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the local community joined the celebrations of one of the…
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News : Evergreen Marine renews its 22-year LTSSP contract with KDI for another decade
Kongsberg Digital (KDI) has announced that its already well-established LTSSP (Long Term System Support Program) contract with the Evergreen Marine Corporation has been renewed for another 10 years.The leading Taiwanese shipping company, one of the largest of its kind in the world, has used KONGSBERG simulators for crew training for…
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