BIG GET BIGGER AS MSC AND HMM HIT NEW MILESTONES IN CONTAINER CAPACITY
The container sector continues to grow, with attention focused on the carriers’ total orderbook, which is more than 10 million TEU is the largest in history. While all the largest carriers continue to grow,...
“LARGEST” SHORE POWER FACILITY INSTALLED ON RIVER THAMES
UK’s builder and operator of renewable and shore power systems Net Zero Marine (NZM), in collaboration with towage services provider Svitzer, has installed “the largest shore power facility” on the River Thames.
The installation of...
SHIPPING FACE STARK REALITY AS SEAFARERS’ HAPPINESS PLUNGES
The Mission to Seafarers released its latest edition of the Seafarers Happiness Index, and it shows that after a period of encouraging improvement earlier this year, perception of working and living conditions at sea...
SVITZER, COCHIN SHIPYARD SHAKE HANDS ON ELECTRIC TUG MANUFACTURING IN INDIA
Denmark-based towage service provider Svitzer has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Cochin Shipyard to construct a new generation of electric tugs in India.
The agreement will see Svitzer and Cochin Shipyard collaborate on...
INTERMANAGER: FATIGUE REGULATIONS NEED TO REFLECT REALITY AT SEA
The uncomfortable truth is that the system we have built makes hours of work and rest compliance almost impossible - and everyone knows it.
Fatigue is not a new problem in shipping. It has been...
ROLLS-ROYCE: “WORLD’S FIRST” PURE METHANOL MARINE ENGINE ACES TEST
Power and propulsion solutions provider Rolls-Royce has completed testing of what is said to be “the world’s first” high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol.
Together with its partners in the meOHmare research project, Rolls-Royce...
SAMSUNG HEAVY CELEBRATES MAIDEN VOYAGE OF DESIGNED-IN-KOREA LNG TANK
South Korea's shipbuilding industry is taking another swing at a domestically-designed LNG containment tank system, hoping to circumvent the steep licensing fees charged by French engineering firm GTT. The first LNG carrier to sail...
ABB TO POWER CMAL’S 7 NEW ALL-ELECTRIC FERRIES
Swiss technology company ABB has won an order with Poland-based shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding to supply power distribution and propulsion systems for seven all-electric double-ended ferries ordered by Scotland’s maritime player Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd...
MSC PLANS TO REFLAG A FEW CONTAINERSHIPS TO INDIA
A report coming from the Indian media says MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is close to making a decision to reflag a few vessels under the Indian flag. The move would be in part to...
STENA RORO ORDERS GREEN RORO CARGO SHIPS
Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo has decided to invest in the future by commissioning a fleet of battery-hybrid vessels ready for next-generation fuels.
As disclosed, the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) and roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessel specialist has...