Danish container shipping major Maersk is donating around 1,000 shipping containers to Türkiye to help those in need affected by the massive earthquake that hit Syria and Türkiye on February 6. The company said that the move follows close contact with the State Disaster and Emergency Management Auth
Seaside LNG has acquired the liquefied natural gas fueling barge Clean Jacksonville from TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, LLC, a subsidiary of TOTE Group. Seaside now has the largest fleet of LNG barges operating in the United States, the company claims. Seaside LNG’s maritime transportation company, Pola
China’s shipbuilder Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the first roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is being built for COSCO Shipping.
Boluda Corporación Marítima, through its Boluda Towage division, has reached an agreement to acquire Smit Lamnalco, the world’s fifth-largest towage operator. The deal is expected to enable the company to strengthen its presence in strategic markets such as Australia, the Middle East, and West Afric
La Poste’s subsidiary GeoPost and a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM Group, CEVA Logistics, have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a closer business relationship and work on sustainable logistics.
Global towage operator Svitzer, a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has appointed Australia Chief Commercial Officer Ivan Spanjic as Global Head of Green Ports. The company created the role recently to focus on unlocking value for partners across the marine supply chain, as the demand for green ports and
Italian shipping company, Grimaldi Group, through its subsidiary Amsterdam Multipurpose Terminal (AMT, has gained strategies assets and a 20-year concession within the Port of Amsterdam.
Classification society DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Michelin for their WISAMO wing sail system. DNV said that this was the first AiP to have been awarded to an inflatable wing sail design. The wing prototype with a surface area of 100 sqm is being installed on Compagnie Maritime
Norwegian shipowner Höegh LNG has signed a new loan facility agreement with a group of banks to refinance two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) employed on long-term contracts in Germany. Höegh LNG’s FSRUs Höegh Esperanza and Hoegh Gannet were chartered by the German Federal Ministry
US clean energy company AmmPower has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) to explore the development of green hydrogen used as feedstock for green fuel and green derivatives production, storage and distribution facility.
Korean industry majors, led by shipping heavyweights HMM and Sinokor, have joined forces on the development of nuclear-powered ships. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed earlier today by representatives of Gyeongju city, the Gyeongbuk Province, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, th
The fire that engulfed hundreds of toppled containers at the Iskenderun port in Türkiye, following the massive earthquake that rocked the Hatay province, has been extinguished, according to the country’s defence ministry. Türkiye’s Maritime General Directorate confirmed the statement on Wednesday, s
CSSC Huangpu Wenchong, a subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has launched the second 5,000-cbm gas carrier being built for compatriot LPG carrier owner Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM).
Global data analytics firm Xeneta has launched a campaign to rank the environmental performance of carriers across the world’s top 13 shipping trades. The firm is using the Carbon Emissions Index (CEI), a tool developed by Xeneta and Marine Benchmark, to evaluate carriers’ emissions levels in the ma
