Coast Guard News
December 3, 2020
Singapore’s shipbuilder Strategic Marine has recently signed a sale and purchase agreement with Malaysian vessel operator Centus Marine for one 40m fast crew boat (FCB).
This will be the 48th vessel delivered by the aluminium shipbuilding specialist to Malaysian operators and the second one to be delivered to Centus Marine, Strategic Marine has said.
Delivery is scheduled for January 2021 at the shipbuilder’s Singapore yard.... [Read More]
December 3, 2020
On 2 December, Lithuanian government approved a draft resolution that would lead to the Port of Klaipeda being upgraded to accommodate facilities supporting offshore wind projects.
The resolution will create the necessary conditions for Klaipeda State Seaport Authority to invest in port infrastructure, which would be used for the production, assembly and storage of wind turbine parts and other components. The investment will also lead to creation of new jobs, according to the government. ... [Read More]
December 3, 2020
Some 47% of all newly built dry bulkers delivered in 2020 are fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, known as scrubbers, data from BIMCO shows.
Interest in scrubbers peaked in 2018 and 2019 ahead of the implementation of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap that entered into force in January 2020.
Bulk carriers have claimed the biggest portion of the total number of installations, followed by containerships and tankers.... [Read More]
December 3, 2020
The Methanol Institute is urging the maritime community to mitigate pollution and emissions risk in Polar regions by adopting methanol as marine fuel, and applying bunkering guidelines developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).
The call is being issued on the back of IMO’s meeting in November which resulted in the adoption of amendments to MARPOL regulations to restrict the use of Heavy Fuel Oil in Arctic waters.... [Read More]
December 3, 2020
Some 40 containers of the estimated 1,900 boxes damaged or lost from ONE Apus containership earlier this week are believed to contain dangerous cargo, Ocean Network Express said in the latest update.
The vessel was en route from Yantian, China to Long Beach, USA approximately 1,600 nautical miles North West of Hawaii on November 30, when it encountered a violent storm cell producing gale-force winds and large swells which caused the ONE Apus to roll heavily resulting in the dislodging of the lost containers. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
A giant section of the Golden Ray wreck has been cut and lifted onto a barge, marking a major milestone in the removal of the capsized car carrier from St. Simons Sound near the Port of Brunswick.
Responders lifted the section using ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene slings that are as strong as steel at a fraction of the weight on November 30.
The Section One, of the planned eight, has been loaded onto the Barge JULIE B which is now taking it to a local site for sea-fastening.... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
Orange Marine said on Wednesday it will build a new cable ship that will be even more efficient and with a reduced environmental footprint. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
Japanese-flagged containership MV ONE Apus, deployed on Ocean Network Express’ (ONE) Far East Pacific 2 (FP2) Service, lost a number of containers on November 30 due to severe weather conditions while the vessel was transiting the Pacific Ocean.
The ship was en route from Yantian, China to Long Beach, USA when it encountered gale-force winds and large swells around 1,600 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
BW LPG has entered to sell two very large gas carriers (VLGC) BW Confidence and BW Cedar.... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
The United Nations has adopted a resolution that calls on its members to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers and implement relevant measures to allow stranded seafarers to be repatriated and others to join ships.... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
French LNG containment specialist GTT has been contracted to design tanks for six Arc7 ice-class LNG carriers. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
Celsius Tankers, a unit of the Copenhagen-based Celsius Shipping, has found work for its newbuild trio of ultra-eco LNG carriers. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
ZeroNorth, a digital spin-off from Maersk Tankers, and maritime software developer Veson Nautical have entered into a strategic product partnership.
The agreement will allow ZeroNorth’s vessel optimisation software, Optimise, to integrate with the Veson IMOS Platform (VIP), a solution for commercial feight management, allowing for a transfer of data for joint customers. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its reliquefaction plant for Knutsen’s LNG carrier pair. ... [Read More]
December 2, 2020
Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL), a Singapore-based company whose subsidiaries are engaged in international shipping, was fined $12 million for concealing illegal discharges of oily water and garbage and a hazardous condition.
On December 1, the company pleaded guilty before the U.S. federal court in New Bern, North Carolina to violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, obstruction of justice, and for a failure to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of a hazardous condition. ... [Read More]
December 1, 2020
Nearly 90% of British seafarers have been affected by the pandemic and one in two is now considering their future in the industry, research from Nautilus International shows.
The seafarers have been directly impacted by the crew change crisis, with issues including being stranded at sea due to lack of crew change, stranded at home unable to join vessel, having their pay and conditions cut, and job losses. ... [Read More]
December 1, 2020
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won an order for a liquefied natural gas carrier. ... [Read More]