Industry News – Page 61

  • Sadan Kaptanoglu was elected President of BIMCO at its General Meeting in Athens on Tuesday 14 May, while Sabrina Chao was elected as President Designate.
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    Sadan Kaptanoglu elected BIMCO President

    2019-05-14T22:06:00Z

    Sadan Kaptanoglu, managing director of HI Kaptanoglu Shipping, was elected President of BIMCO at its General Meeting in Athens on Tuesday 14 May.

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    Kiel provides emission-free power to ships

    2019-05-13T23:27:00Z

    The Port of Kiel’s first shoreside power supply plant for ships has opened at the Norwegenkai ferry terminal to enable Color Line’s cruise-ferries to switch off their engines and continue operations with emission-free electricity.

  • Høglund is moving into the electrical and hybrid sectors Photo: Høglund
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    Høglund rises to emissions-free challenge

    2019-05-09T13:37:00Z

    Global marine solutions and systems integration firm, Høglund, has announced plans to expand its range of solutions for the battery and hybrid sectors.

  • MARIC previously designed COSCO Heavy Transport’s 100,000 dwt 'Xin Guang Hua', pictured. (Credit: COSCO Heavy Transport)
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    MARIC to design 80kt semisubmersible salvage vessel

    2019-05-09T08:45:00Z

    Chinese ship designer MARIC, a subsidiary of CSSC, announced that it had won the tender to design an 80,000 dwt semisubmersible vessel specialised for salvage recovery on 30 April.

  • 'Spirit of Vancouver Island'
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    CIMAC calls for neutral legal framework to boost research

    2019-05-07T16:15:00Z

    The International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC) has called for a technologically-neutral global legal framework to help support development of the technical solutions needed for shipping to reach the IMO’s target to reduce the total annual GHG emissions from ships by at least 50% by 2050.

  • Wärtsilä has acquired SES Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä acquires Ships Electronic Services

    2019-05-02T14:11:00Z

    Technology group, Wärtsilä, has acquired Ships Electronic Services (SES), a UK based company specialising in navigation and communication electronics, installation, maintenance and repair services, mainly for commercial and leisure vessels.

  • The sulphur content of a range of Chevron products Photo: Chevron Marine Lubricants
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    Chevron rises to sulphur cap challenge

    2019-05-02T13:57:00Z

    US-based Chevron Marine Lubricants has released the second in a series of new white papers focusing on innovations and developments impacting the shipping industry.

  • The CO2 Verifier helps shipowners and operators to generate separate outputs for submission to the EU-MRV and IMO DCS schemes (credit: LR)
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    Charting a path to compliance: LR’s CO2 Verifier

    2019-05-02T09:36:00Z

    Ahead of two CO2 emissions reporting deadlines, LR’s Product Manager for In-Life Services, Richard McLoughlin, discusses the experiences of the first year of operation of LR’s portal - CO2 Verifier - and the challenges of ensuring compliance.

  • Maersk is rolling out a digital tool to help ship owners navigate customs regulations Photo: Maersk
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    Maersk releases customs support tool

    2019-04-29T13:19:00Z

    Logistics company, Maersk, has launched an online shipping management platform across Europe aimed at helping shipping companies'' owners navigate cargo regulations.

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    Korea extends policy support to smaller shipyards

    2019-04-24T20:42:00Z

    South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced plans to spend an additional US$60 million (KRW70bn) to support local shipyards on 24 April, as well as extending the scope of the existing refund guarantee scheme.

  • Stefano Poli, vice president of business development at Inmarsat Maritime Photo: Inmarsat Maritime
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    Fleet Data gives owners control

    2019-04-24T14:01:00Z

    Satellite comms company, Inmarsat, and maritime software company, NAPA, have signed an agreement to enable ship owners and ship managers to access and analyse real-time onboard data through a dedicated application hosted on Inmarsat’s new Fleet Data IoT service.

  • ABS and CINS are producing guidelines on safer stowage on container ships Photo: pixabay
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    ABS and CINS to produce stowage guidelines

    2019-04-24T13:51:00Z

    Classification society, ABS, and representatives from the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) are joining forces to develop recommendations aimed at helping mitigate risks posed from the stowage of dangerous goods on container ships.

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    UK simulation centre opening July

    2019-04-23T16:41:00Z

    A new, state-of-the-art, purpose built maritime simulation centre is being constructed near Portsmouth, UK for launch this July.

  • Wallenius SOL has ordered a quartet of dual-fuel neo-Panamax RoRos from CIMC Raffles with delivery in 2021. (Credit: Wallenius SOL)
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    New Swedish Shipping Company Formed

    2019-04-23T16:10:00Z

    Ship operators Wallenius and Swedish Orient Line have established a new Swedish shipping company, Wallenius SOL, focused on transporting wood pulp and other forestry products between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

  • Fincantieri growth
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    Fincantieri acquires majority stake in Insis

    2019-04-23T16:02:00Z

    Fincantieri has acquired a majority stake in Insis, as part of a drive to increase its activities in high technological content sectors.

  • Ben Johnson, Senior Claims Executive at UK P&I Club, noted the Admiralty Court's ruling highlighted the importance of passage planning.
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    Admiralty Court ruling reinforces importance of passage planning

    2019-04-23T12:22:00Z

    A ruling by the English Admiralty Court on the case of container operator CMA CGM''s container vessel, ''CMA CGM Libra'', which grounded sailing out of Xiamen port in southern China in 2011, found the absence of a passage plan was causative of the grounding. Commenting on the ruling, Ben ...

  • European shipbuilders join forces to develop a connected vessel platform Photo: Damen
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    Euro shipbuilders rise to digital challenge

    2019-04-18T12:51:00Z

    A consortium of European shipbuilders has announced a new cooperative initiative to develop and demonstrate a connected vessel platform.

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    Keppel autonomous tug is a Singapore first

    2019-04-15T15:48:00Z

    Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) is developing an autonomous tug through its subsidiary Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), with the expectation that it will be one of Singapore''s first autonomous vessels when completed in 2020.

  • ST Engineering Electronics, Mitsui and Lloyd’s Register met to sign the MoU. (credit: Lloyd’s Register)
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    LR inks first deepsea autonomous MOU

    2019-04-12T12:50:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) signed a deal in Singapore to collaborate on an industry-first autonomous navigation system for deepsea commercial operations with ST Engineering Electronics and Mitsui.

  • Singapore retains its status as leading maritime capital Photo: Menon Economics/DNV GL
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    Singapore retains top maritime capital spot

    2019-04-12T10:56:00Z

    The Leading Maritime Capitals 2019 report has been released, showing that Singapore has maintained its position as leader.