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Organisations : (JNG) welcome the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Circular Letter
Recommended Framework of Protocols for ensuring safe ship Crew Changes and travel during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic The Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) representing employers and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) representing seafarers unions and their members welcome the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Circular Letter (No.4204/Add.14) that was issued last week on…
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Ports : Lower first-quarter seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg
Even Germany’s largest universal port is affected by the repercussions of the corona crisis. Seaborne cargo throughput in the first quarter of the year at 31.9 million tons was 7.9 percent down on 2019. Container handling at 2.2 million TEU was 6.6 percent lower. Container hinterland transport services remains comparatively…
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EVENTS : EUROGATE Group Logistics & Supply Chain Bremen, Bremen
A ship will come – with this motto we loaded a 38 ft sailing yacht at the EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven this week. Our colleagues from Container Freight Station expertly lashed the yacht after delivery onto a flat rack. On board the “Viona” of the shipping company EIMSKIP, the yacht…
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Offshore: Teekay Offshore extends VSAT contract
Teekay Offshore has extended its vessel VSAT contract with satcom service provider Marlink for an additional four years, renewing the companies’ deal on Teekay’s entire fleet of shuttle tankers and FSOs, while also extending the agreement to add six new E-Shuttle tankers under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries. Teekay Offshore’s…
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Breaking News : Norwegian project to explore data-driven energy efficiency in offshore operations
DOF, SINTEF Ocean, Kongsberg Maritime and NORCE are to partner on a new project to develop ‘Intelligent Efficiency’ technologies for offshore operations, with the aim of reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions while streamlining fleet-wide maintenance. Supported and sponsored by Innovation Norway, the new partners have been tasked with…
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:IMO : Endorses new protocols designed to lift barriers to crew changes
The need for ships to change crews and for seafarers to fly home at the end of their periods of service have emerged as two of the biggest challenges facing the shipping industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has endorsed a series of…
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Ports : Panama Canal received a container ship with dimensions Neopanamax :
The Panama Canal received the inaugural transit of the Hyundai Hope, a container ship of the shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine, with dimensions Neopanamax. The ship began its journey in the Cocolí Locks, in the Pacific, and ended in Agua Clara, in the Atlantic, as part of a journey that…
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Shipping Lines : Maersk is matching ship capacity to reduced demand
Container volumes will drop sharply in the second quarter but the industry is in better position to manage the coronavirus crisis than previous downturns, according to Soren Skou, chief executive officer of A.P. Moller-Maersk (APM, Copenhagen: MAERSK-B), the owner of the world’s largest container line. On Tuesday, APM reported net…
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Human Rights at Sea : Mediterranean Migrant Crisis
In the days following Easter 2015, more than 1200 migrants and refugees lost their lives in the Central Mediterranean Sea across a handful of incidents spanning just one week. 800 people were reported missing from a single capsized boat, to this day one of the deadliest shipwrecks recorded in Mediterranean…
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All-Electric Double-Ended Ferry Design Seek Information From Vendors
Skagit County Public Works and vessel designer Glosten are seeking technical information and cost estimates from vendors to inform design decisions related to the electrical system, the propulsion system, the shore side electrical system, and the automated charging plug of the all-electric ferry design to replace the M/V Guemes. This…
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