The Siemens Drive Technologies Division is equipping 17 container ships owned by the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) with an environmentally friendly drive and power generation system (Siship SGM) under contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries, the largest shipyard in the world. Using a waste he
The latest Energy Management Study issued by DNV-GL has shown that shipping companies are still not utilising all the tools at their disposal to achieve reduced energy consumption. Many shipping companies have realised first savings, but only a few have succeeded in realising savings above 10%. Th
John M. Lyras, Chairman of the London P&I Club, has called for concerted international action on the provision of places of refuge for ships involved in casualties. Writing in the club’s 2014 Annual Report, Mr Lyras says, “Nearly twelve years after the Prestige disaster, it is particularly disappo
ClassNK classification society, and Transas Marine, maritime simulation, navigation and surveillance systems provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of maritime simulators classification. Transas Marine Limited Director Andrey Belentiev said: “High-quality maritime educati
The North Europe Service 1 (NE-1) run by shipowners ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is the most important liner service linking Hamburg weekly with Israel via the Mediterranean. Transport volumes have grown continuously since 2007, in all by around 21 percent.
The month of May has seen reliability of container shipping lines’ on-time performance improve for the third consecutive month after global performance climbed 2.2 percentage points to 75.5%, according to SeaIntel’s Global Liner Performance. Based on the report, the company that performed the best
The “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” presents the full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a 3-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the
Teams aboard the MV Cape Ray have begun neutralizing Syrian chemical materials, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday. U.S. military and civilian specialists aboard the ship are neutralizing the chemical materials in international waters, Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters. The ship left Gioia Ta
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – in co-operation with a wide coalition of international shipping organisations – has submitted an important paper to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that proposes a means of overcoming the serious implementation problems associated with the
Oman’s SOHAR Port and Freezone is seeking ways to bolster economic ties with Singapore, as it aims to become the gateway to a new trade corridor that will connect Asia, the Gulf, and the US, through Oman, Commercial Executive Edwin Lammers said while speaking at the SCM Logistics and Manufacturing W
How Many Containers Have Shippers Lost at Sea? The World Shipping Council (WSC) estimates in its report on containers lost at sea that for the combined six year period from 2008 to 2013, there were 546 containers lost on average each year. VIDEO: Prelude – Revolution in Natural Gas Production Shell
Qatar based Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Shipyard (N-KOM) has signed an agreement with HeLenGi Engineering for the retrofit of Greek ferries as part of the Poseidon-Med project. Poseidon-Med is the first LNG bunkering project in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea led and coordinated by QENERGY
“Illegal fishing has to be eradicated from the high seas, and this is why the EU uses its diplomatic weight to push for rules like the UNCLOS or the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement to be enforced worldwide,” EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki said during “Re-energi
An enhanced Fatigue Design Assessment (FDA) Level 2 solution is now available in LR’s ShipRight software. It provides a robust tool which can help owners to reduce their risks. This first release covers oil tankers and membrane type LNG carriers. Lloyd’s Register has given designers, ship owners and
