Green Marine
Klaveness: Fifth CLEANBU newbuild launched in China
The fifth CLEANBU vessel being built for Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC), part of Norway’s shipping company Torvald Klaveness, has been launched in China.
Q1 demand for Alfa Laval’s scrubbers down
Swedish engineering group Alfa Laval saw a significant drop in demand for its exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) during the first quarter of this year, the company said in its quarterly report. The order intake was down year-on-year amid general uncertainty around retrofit yard slot availabili
Sea-Intelligence: We are at the peak impact of the pandemic in terms of blank sailing
Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence believes that the container shipping market has reached the peak impact of the pandemic in terms of blank sailings. Voiding of sailings has been a dominating technique adopted by liners to adapt to the drop in demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to cut costs a
Ernst Russ wants to further grow within the shipping segment
Germany’s Ernst Russ Group closed the 2019 financial year with positive overall business performance, completing a number of strategically important projects and further expanding as a maritime asset and investment manager.
NAT cashing in on never stronger tanker market
The tanker market has never been so strong, according to Herbjørn Hansson Chairman & CEO of Nordic American Tankers (NAT). The company, which owns and operates Suezmax tankers, is cashing in on the market bonanza and unprecedented demand for floating storage. Namely, big oil companies the likes of E
Chinese shipyard wins Hartmann LPG order
Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has won an order to build liquefied petroleum tankers for Germany’s Hartmann Group. The contract includes the construction of three 5000 cubic meter LPG ships and additional order for two vessels. CIMC SOE, which is a unit of CIMC E
Port of Antwerp: Port dues can be paid late due to COVID-19
In order to support companies in Belgium’s Port of Antwerp during the coronavirus crisis, Antwerp Port Authority has agreed to let them delay payment of port dues for seagoing ships and barges.
TOP Ships buys 50 pct stakes in two product tanker newbuilds
Greek tanker owner and operator TOP Ships has acquired a 50 per cent interest in two companies that own two ultra-high specification scrubber-fitted 50,000 dwt eco MR product tanker newbuilds.
Port authorities vow to keep trade going in fight against the pandemic
Twenty port authorities from different parts of the world have signed a declaration calling for collaboration and sharing of best practices in ensuring port operations remain open to trade as part of the global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Ports across the globe have been declared essenti
UK presents support package to protect its ferry routes
The United Kingdom government has introduced a multimillion-pound coronavirus support package to keep the flow of goods and services running smoothly in and out of the UK, and around the country, throughout the pandemic.
Hapag-Lloyd secured 9 percent in energy savings by removing fouling on 33 ships
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has obtained 9 percent in energy savings in the form of fuel by preventing fouling on the hulls of its ships. The company is using digital tools to detect water resistance increases on its ships caused by fouling. It has also developed ship-specific biof
Rotterdam World Gateway gets two new deep-sea quay cranes
Two new deep-sea quay cranes arrived at Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG). They will be commissioned in the coming months and are expected to be operational in the second half of 2020. The new cranes, the largest of their kind, were built by ZPMC in China. They have a lifting height of 56 meters and are
SeaQuest secures supervision contract for Finnlines’ zero-emission RoRos
SeaQuest Marine Project Management has been entrusted with the construction supervision job for three zero-emission RoRo newbuilds owed by Finnlines.
LR, UMAS: Not only one zero-carbon fuel is the most competitive
Different zero-carbon fuel options are more competitive in different decades and there is not one option which is the most competitive from today through to 2050, a new paper finds.