ClassNK has granted approval to the basic design drawings of a multi-purpose container carrier developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) utilizing 3D models.This marks the world's first ocean-going ship to complete the basic design process…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nyk-lines-d-design-multipurpose-container-512894
...See moreA new report offers safety recommendations for ship owners and port authorities seeking to establish green shipping corridors.As the shipping industry continues to make progress toward its decarbonization goals, a number of green shipping corridors…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-study-offers-safety-recommendations-512897
...See moreThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday revised its April coal exports forecast downward by 33%, and lowered its view for May by 20% due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and resulting port closure. The EIA had expected U.S. coal exports to rise by about 1% this year, ...
...See moreEstablished in 2018 and headquartered in Western Australia, Propel Marine has built a strong name for itself as a go-to in Asia-Pacific for marine surveying, project cargo management, marine warranty surveys, inspection, and audit with operations now spanning major Australian ports, extending across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand, and reaching key global maritime centres …
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...See moreThree Maersk employees, all former seafarers, have come up with a system to deliver fresh water from vessels to ports. The project optimises an existing fresh water generation system onboard container vessels to further store and deliver it in tank containers to ports and regions facing scarcity of fresh water. Fresh water scarcity is an …
https://splash247.com/maersk-unveils-novel-way-ships-can-deliver-fresh-water-to-parched-ports/
...See moreItalian owner d’Amico International Shipping has agreed to buy the 50,000 dwt MR product tanker Amfitrion for a consideration of $43.5m. The acquisition was made by the Italian firm’s Irish subsidiary, d’Amico Tankers. The vessel was built in 2017 by Samsung Heavy Industries Ningbo in China. According to the Equasis database, the tanker is managed …
https://splash247.com/damico-buys-mr-product-tanker-for-43-5m/
...See moreSynnøve Seglem has stepped up to the managing director role at Norway’s Knutsen OAS Shipping. Local media reports Seglem has taken over from Nils Kristian Strøm who is retiring after about 11 years at the helm and more than 20 years at Knutsen in various senior positions. Seglem, who joined Knutsen as a project engineer …
https://splash247.com/synnove-seglem-steps-up-to-ceo-role-at-knutsen-oas-shipping/
...See moreDenmark’s government has joined the growing list of countries taking action against open-loop scrubbers, having reached a “broad political agreement” to ban the discharge of washwater from scrubbers into its waters, starting next year. The ban that covers ships with open-loop scrubbers out to 22 km from the Danish coasts comes into force on July …
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...See moreThe CMA CGM Arctic, a giant 15,264 teu containership, only made its maiden voyage out of the docks of Hyundai Samho shipyard in South Korea in June 2022, and yet it is already being penned in for a drydocking The 366 m long ship (pictured) is one of the first of around 100 vessels …
https://splash247.com/boxship-fleet-upgrades-stir-debate/
...See moreInvestigators in Baltimore are focusing on the Dali’s electrical power system and its circuit breakers and have called in the ship’s builder, Hyundai Heavy Industries from South Korea, with a preliminary report on this year’s most high-profile shipping accident set to be released in the first week of May. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National …
https://splash247.com/baltimore-bridge-investigation-targets-ships-electrical-failure/
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