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Breaking News : Svitzer Names Jonasson Managing Director for Scandinavia & Germany cluster
Maersk’s towage arm Svitzer announced Mathias Jonasson has been appointed as managing director of its Scandinavia and Germany cluster, effective September 1 2021 according Mathias, who will report to Svitzer Europe’s Managing Director Lise Demant, has a robust background in the oil and gas sector including a range of experience…
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Incidents : EVER container ship accident in Rio de la Plata, Uruguay
Container ship EVER LIFTING contacted Uruguay MRCC in the afternoon of Aug 29 and reported a man overboard, some 12 nm south of Pirapolis Uruguay, east of Montevideo. SAR was launched with the deployment of helicopters, boats from nearby ports including Navy minesweeper, and EVER LIFTING. Understood lost crew wasn’t…
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News : European Energy quadruples its construction of green energy capacity in the first half of 2021
European Energy is installing more than four times as much green energy capacity in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year. At the same time, the Group’s quarterly report for the second quarter shows an increase in the number of employees and significant investment growth.…
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Ports : Port of Gdynia signs the first contract for a design using BIM methodology
Port of Gdynia Authority S.A. announces the signing of a contract with Biuro Projektów Budownictwa Morskiego Projmors sp. z o.o. for the project entitled: “Multi-discipline project documentation for the reconstruction of the Auxiliary Quay in Gdynia in accordance with the requirements of BIM, together with designer’s supervision during the execution…
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Ports : Port of Hamburg container handling up 5.5 per cent to 4.3 million TEU
The overall trend in seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg in the first half of 2021 was positive, according to the company’s release. General and bulk cargo throughput picked up markedly in the second quarter. At 63.5 million tons, the total seaborne cargo throughput was up by 3.8…
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Seafarers : I-Kiribati Seafaring Community Pleads with Government to Repatriate Stranded Colleagues
London. UK. / Brisbane. Australia. Concerns for the future of Kiribati’s maritime workforce have escalated across the small Pacific Island nation, as the community appeals to their government to bring home more than 250 I-Kiribati seafarers stranded overseas. The I-Kiribati seafarers are among thousands of maritime workers globally displaced during the…
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تكدس سفن الحاويات أمام المؤاني الأمريكية بسبب «دلتا» وتدفق الواردات
وصل عدد السفن التي تنتظر دخول أكبر بوابة أمريكية للتجارة مع آسيا إلى أعلى مستوى منذ بدء تفشي الوباء، ما أدى إلى تفاقم التأخير بالنسبة إلى الشركات التي تحاول تجديد المخزونات، خلال واحد من أكثر أوقات العام ازدحاماً للشحن البحري. رست 44 ناقلة حاويات وتنتظر رصيفاً خارج ميناءَي لوس أنجليس…
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Ports: Ports San Pedro Bay to host Second Clean Truck Fund Pate Public Workshop on Sept 1
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The San Pedro Bay ports (Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach) hosted the first of two public stakeholder outreach workshops this week to solicit feedback and recommendations on the development of specific implementation details of the ports’ Clean Truck Fund (CTF) Rate and…
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Incidents : Ibiza ferry hard aground, in danger of sinking VIDEO.
A passenger ferry has run aground in Ibiza reportedly leaving 25 people injured – two seriously – including a 10-year-old boy. Nine were airlifted from the San Gwann ferry by a helicopter after the incident happened on Saturday evening, Spain’s coastguard said in a statement. The rest were evacuated by…
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Incidents : Bulk carrier disabled, towed to anchorage, Istanbul VIDEO
Bulk carrier CONSOLIDATOR in the afternoon Aug 29 suffered engine failure when about to enter Bosphorus from Marmara sea, ballasting from Italy to Ukraine. The ship was towed to Ahirkapi anchorage by Bosphorus Traffic Control SAR tug. Bulk Carrier CONSOLIDATOR is currently located at BSEA – Marmara Sea at position…
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