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Shipping Lines : Hapag-Lloyd is a member of the competing THE Alliance
The 23,756 TEU capacity MSC Gulsun, the world’s largest containership at the time of her delivery, is on the route covered by the agreement (Port of Rotterdam) German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd, a member of THE Alliance, has signed a slot purchase agreement with the competing 2M alliance of MSC and Maersk…
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Wärtsilä To Power MSC’s Two New LNG-Powered Cruise Ships
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply Chantiers de l‘Atlantique, France, a comprehensive package of integrated solutions designed to support and enhance the efficiency and environmental sustainability of the first two World Class cruise vessels being built for Geneva, Switzerland based MSC Cruises. The ships will operate on clean-burning LNG fuel,…
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Shipping Line : CMA CGM lost 137 containers lost overboard and a further 85 damaged
At about 0127 on 20 January 2018, the then UK flagged1 container ship CMA CGM G. Washington unexpectedly rolled 20° to starboard, paused for several seconds, then rolled 20° to port. The ship was experiencing very heavy seas in the North Pacific Ocean while on passage from Xiamen, China to…
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Ocean Alliance : CMA CGM unveils its new unmatched service offer, Ocean Alliance Day 4 Product
· Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, signs with his partners the launch of Ocean Alliance Day 4 Product, which will start in April 2020 · Ocean Alliance, the world’s largest operational agreement between shipping companies · 112 ships out of Ocean Alliance’s 325 container ships…
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Ports : CMA CGM and the Port of Dunkirk inaugurate a “cold ironing” system
· Today, the APL SINGAPURA, a container ship belonging to the CMA CGM Group, inaugurated the cold ironing facilities of the Terminal des Flandres in the Port of Dunkirk Thanks to this innovative system, auxiliary engine emissions from vessels at berth can be eliminated, thereby improving air quality…
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Shipping Lines : New appointments to spearhead growth at Maersk Tankers
As Maersk Tankers takes the next step on its growth strategy, Soren C. Meyer is moving from Chief Asset Officer to Chief Executive Officer of a new standalone digital business, which the company announced today. The company is retaining a key part of its digital strategy in-house under the leadership…
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News : Maersk Tankers launches a new standalone digital business
In an acceleration of its digital strategy, Maersk Tankers is launching a new standalone digital business to reduce CO2 emissions and optimise vessels’ earnings across the tramp shipping industry. The as-yet-unnamed business will develop and sell the software product SimBunker to vessel owners and managers in the tramp shipping industry…
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Shipping Lines : Twenty LNG-Fueled Ships by 2022 for CMA CGM
CMA CGM made the environmental commitment to be operating 20 LNG-fueled ships by 2022 on World Environment Day last week. Since 2015, CO2 emissions per container transported per kilometer have been reduced by 17 percent by the group, and CMA CGM is the first shipping company in the world to…
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Shipping Sector Proposes USD 5 Billion R&D Board To Cut Emissions
The global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D programme to help eliminate CO2 emissions from international shipping. The proposal includes core funding from shipping companies across the world of about USD 5 billion over a 10-year period. Highlights of the proposal:…
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Farid Salem Honored by the Lloyd’s List Lifetime Achievement Award
· Over the course of his 41 years alongside Jacques Saadé and Rodolphe Saadé, Farid Salem contributed to the development of the CMA CGM Group into a world leader in shipping and logistics The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and…
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