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Jan De Nul Launches New Water Injection Dredger Cosette In the Netherlands
Jan De Nul Group and the shipyard Neptune Marine near Dordrecht in the Netherlands, launched the new water injection dredger Cosette today. The godmother of the vessel is the four-year-old Cosette Goethals, daughter of Julie De Nul and granddaughter of ir. J.P.J. De Nul. Cosette proudly christened her namesake and…
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Damen to build two emergency response vessels for Romania
The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of the Romanian government has ordered two Damen Stan Patrol 5009 emergency response vessels. The contract was signed by Inspector General Iamandi, in the presence of Minister Lucian Bode and Secretary of State Raed Arafat at the Ministry of Internal affairs in Bucharest on…
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Container ship VASI STAR collided with towed barge at Bangkok ( VIDEO )
Container ship VASI STAR collided with towed barge loaded with coiled steel sheets, at around 0710 LT (UTC +7) Oct 11, at Bangkok approach channel near red buoy No. 23, Samut Prakan waters, while proceeding to Bangkok, in poor visibility. Tug WIMONWAN 8 was towing 4 barges, one of them,…
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Maersk Orders Six Further Methanol-Fueled Vessels to ABS Class
ABS Leadership in Methanol and Sustainably Fueled Vessels Underlined (OPENHAGEN) A further six large ocean-going, methanol-fueled container vessels have been ordered by A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) to ABS Class. The order takes the total of dual-fuel engine vessels that can sail on green methanol on order from Maersk to…
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Extended Wärtsilä O&M Agreement will maintain critical power supply to Omani customers
The technology group Wärtsilä has extended the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Agreement signed five years ago with Musandam Power Company SAOG (MPC), a power plant owner in the Sultanate of Oman. The three-year extension will enable the Musandam Independent Power Plant (MIPP) to continue meeting all its obligations under the…
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New Nerea ferry launched for Siremar from the Turkish shipyard Sefine
Delivery is scheduled for next spring when it will enter service between the port of Milazzo and the Aeolian Islands In Turkey, at the Sefine shipyard in Yalova, the hull of the new Nerea ferry ordered by Caronte & Tourist for Siremar has just been successfully launched and is destined…
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Cepsa and the Port of Rotterdam join up to create the first green hydrogen corridor
Cepsa and the Port of Rotterdam are to work together to establish the first green hydrogen corridor between southern and northern Europe, ensuring a green hydrogen supply chain between two of Europe’s main ports, Rotterdam and Algeciras, as agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both parties. •…
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Green Corridors and Clean Energy Marine Hubs will Unite Shipping’s Decarbonization Stories
(STAMFORD, Connecticut) The decisive role of public-private partnerships in delivering net zero for shipping by 2050 was spotlighted by Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and CEO in his keynote address at the 2022 SHIPPINGInsight conference. We are clearly in the early innings of a decade of change. For shipping,…
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GEODIS completes acquisition of Need It Now Delivers
GEODIS, a world leader in transport and logistics, today announced it has completed its acquisition of American company Need It Now Delivers following regulatory approvals. The acquisition significantly expands GEODIS’s U.S. presence in the areas of contract logistics and final mile delivery and strengthens its end-to-end freight network domestically and…
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