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MSC Home Terminal Cuts Fuel Consumption with Kalmar Straddle Carriers
The hybrid straddle carrier supplied by Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has shown reduced fuel consumption and emissions in operation at MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium. The new-generation machines were launched to the market in October 2013. Kalmar delivered seven new straddle carriers to MSC Home
GasLog Takes Three More from BG
GasLog Ltd. informed that it has completed the acquisition of three LNG carriers from an affiliate of BG Group Plc. (BG), previously announced on April 10, 2014. This completes the second acquisition of ships from BG by GasLog in 2014. The acquisition of the first three vessels was announced in Janu
ICS Backs Proposals to Protect World’s Oceans
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the principal trade association for merchant shipowners, has welcomed proposals to protect the world’s oceans adding that the Global Ocean Commission’s (GOC) ideas should be taken seriously. The GOC said it would like to see a greater level of environment
Development of RWG Terminal in Full Swing
On Tuesday June 24th 2014 around 6:00 PM, the Zhen Hua 14 arrived at Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG), the highly automated container terminal on Maasvlakte 2 that will become operational by the end of 2014. The ZPMC vessel Zhen Hua 14 transported both the rail cranes and RWG’s last three deep sea quay
Benefits of Aggregated Data for Voyage Planning
On complicated technical systems such as vessels, there is an enormous amount of different sensors, that measure some kind of input from the physical world. A person technically trained is able to gain some information from a single sensor reading, but the information is much more useful when the da
Dauria’s Satellite Duo to Provide Vessel Traffic Info
Dauria Aerospace, a multinational aerospace company providing global satellite-based remote sensing information services, has delivered two Perseus-M spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The maritime segment of the Perseus constellation will track and monitor vessels in open seas and navigable waterways
ISS Greece Recognized for Helping Develop Port of Piraeus
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) Greece was honoured by the Chairman and CEO of the Port of Piraeus, Mr Yiorgos Anomeritis on Monday 23rd June 2014, for the company’s contribution to the development of the port and for its dedicated service to the Greek cruise industry. During a ceremony to mark the
LR: Existing Shipping Rules Should Be Enforced, Not New Ones Created
The Liberian Registry has called on shipping regulators to ensure the effective implementation of existing rules to protect human life, safety and the environment, rather than creating new rules and regulations instead. Scott Bergeron, CEO of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, the
EU Commission Extends Liner BER Rules until 2020
The European Commission has extended by another five years until April 2020 the validity of the existing legal framework exempting, if certain conditions are met, liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules. After a public consultation, the Commission has concluded that the exemption has worked
IMDO: MR Tanker Trans-Atlantic Rates Plunge
Medium range (MR) tanker rates on the US Gulf Coast to North-West Europe route have plummeted in June as the number of long range (LR) tankers carrying clean products has increased while excess MR tonnage in the region has been reported, the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) wrote in its Ship
Vroon Takes Delivery of MV Girolando Express
On Tuesday 24 June 2014, Vroon took delivery of MV Girolando Express, the fourth of six livestock carriers being constructed at Cosco Guangdong Shipyard. The remaining two vessels are scheduled for delivery to the company in the second half of 2015. These livestock carriers are “next‑generation” liv
TGS to Expand Greenland Database
TGS will commence acquisition of a new multi-year, multi-client 2D program offshore Northeast Greenland. The project will be fulfilled over a maximum of four seasons, bringing TGS’ total multi-client database in Northeast Greenland to more than 36,000 km. Data acquisition for the first season will c
JOC: Chinese Container Ports Most Productive
Chinese container ports are the world’s most productive, according to the 2013 JOC Port Productivity Data rankings. Last year’s top three ports globally, in terms of berth productivity, were Tianjin, Qingdao and Ningbo. The top three terminals were APM Terminals Yokohama and Tianjin Xingang Sinor, w
Keppel Confirms Conversion of Golar’s LNG Carrier into FLNGV
Keppel Shipyard Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has signed a conditional contract with Golar Hilli Corporation, a subsidiary of Golar LNG, to perform the world’s first-of-its-type conversion of an existing Moss LNG carrier, the Hilli, into a Floating Liquefaction Vess