Coast Guard News
November 25, 2020
A major contract for the construction of Italy’s Ravenna Port Hub has been awarded to a consortium including DEME’s subsidiary Dredging International and Italian construction company Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori. ... [Read More]
November 25, 2020
Uniper Energy DMCC (UED), a supplier of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), and Neutral Fuels, a pioneer of net zero biofuels in the UAE, have teamed up to provide maritime biofuel in Fujairah, UAE.
The two companies plan to blend UED’s VLSFO and Neutral Fuels biofuel, creating a maritime fuel that meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard under their ISO8217:2010 RMG380 specification.... [Read More]
November 25, 2020
Spanish utility Endesa is aiming to invest up to €34.5 million ($41million) in an LNG bunkering facility in the port of Los Barrios, in Algeciras Bay.... [Read More]
November 25, 2020
Canadian Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) is once again one of the highest environmental performers in North America, significantly exceeding jurisdictional regulations, Green Marine determined.
Green Marine is a voluntary environmental certification program for the North American marine industry that encourages participants to reduce their environmental footprint by taking concrete actions. ... [Read More]
November 25, 2020
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November 25, 2020
A Cyprus-flagged containership has rammed into the Big South Lock in Brunsbüttel, Germany.
The incident occurred in the evening hours on 23 November, the police department in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein said in a statement.
As informed, the ship, identified as Containerships Arctic, was entering the Big South Lock at around 18:40 when it allided with the lock wall.
Both the vessel and the lock structure sustained considerable damages.... [Read More]
November 25, 2020
Maritime risk management organization RightShip and the Australian Marine Environment Protection Association (AUSMEPA) have developed a Maritime Emissions Portal (MEP) that will provide emissions inventory data to ports around the world. The product has been tested with the Pilbara Ports Authority.
The development of the new portal comes after RightShip won a $250,000 Google Impact Challenge Grant in 2016.... [Read More]
November 24, 2020
A containership identified as Cyprus-registered Tina I ran aground in the Singapore Strait on Sunday, November 22 after hitting an Iranian vessel grounded in the area since May.... [Read More]
November 24, 2020
Greek tanker heavyweight Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has kept a steady course during the rollercoaster year of 2020, having delivered strong business results while pushing forward with fleet modernization plans.
TEN’s net income for the three-month period that ended on September 30, 2020 reached $1.4 million compared to a net loss of $9.5 million in the same quarter of 2019.
For the nine months of 2020, TEN’s net income was $56.7 million, a major rebound from $697,000 in the same period from last year.... [Read More]
November 24, 2020
After exactly two months in operation, the shipbreaking cartel in Bangladesh has collapsed as it failed to secure enough tonnage, GMS, the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, said.
During the sixty-day period ended 21 November, a few powerful local buyers of tonnage for demolition had tried to control prices in their favor – at a time when both India and Pakistan were kicking on, leaving Bangladesh trailing in their wake and doing very few deals. ... [Read More]
November 24, 2020
Danish bunker company Monjasa has acquired an oil and chemical tanker from Golden-Agri Stena to support the increasing demand for its fuel solutions.
The 9,600-dwt vessel, formerly known as GS Adventure, has been renamed Monjasa Server and is set to start cargo and bunkering operations in the Arabian Gulf in November 2020.... [Read More]
November 24, 2020
Switzerland-based marine fuel logistics company Minerva Bunkering and Singapore-based tanker company Hafnia have completed the first-ever bunker delivery conducted entirely over Minerva’s new Advanced Delivery Platform (ADP).
As explained, the platform provides real-time details of bunkering operations including quality of fuel delivered, operational timelines, and quantity received as per mass flow meter profiles.... [Read More]
November 24, 2020
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has carried out a demonstration test of a microplastic collection device, jointly developed with compatriot boiler manufacturer Miura Co.
The device has been installed on a newbuilding wood chip carrier and tested at the end of October.
The microplastic collection device is activated during operation of the ballast water treatment system, with the assumption that collection takes place during cargo handling operations. ... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
The IMO member states have agreed to give further consideration to the industry-led proposal for the establishment of a $5 billion research and development fund aimed at accelerating the introduction of zero-emission technologies into the shipping industry.
The fund is being proposed as the shipping industry attempts to centralize and streamline investment into research and development into relevant projects and scale them up in order to avoid significant amounts of money becoming stranded.... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a major ship block deal, the biggest ever single contract deal in the yard’s history.
The deal, revealed earlier today in a stock exchange filing, comes from an unnamed European shipowner and is worth $2.5 billion (KRW 2.8 trillion).
As disclosed, the contracted ship blocks and equipment are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2025.... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
A Panama-flagged tanker has been towed to safety after it went adrift off the ecologically sensitive Nicobar Islands, India, on 20 November.
The ship, identified as the 105,300 dwt Anastasia 1, suffered power failure and was afterward abandoned by its crew.
At the time of the incident, the ship was en route to Dubai with 24 crew members on board and a cargo of bunker fuel. ... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
Three people have been kidnapped from the Togo-flagged bunkering vessel Stelios K which was boarded last week by a group of pirates while en route to Lagos.
As Offshore Energy – Green Marine reported, the shipowner lost contact with the vessel on November 17 resulting in authorities seeking to establish the vessel’s location and make contact with the crew. ... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
Daehan Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), part of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), has entered into a deal for the construction of up to two 155,000-ton shuttle tankers with Beihai Shipping.
Under the contract, the Suez-max shuttle tankers include one firm order scheduled for delivery in 2020 and one optional ship.
The shuttle tanker is intended for CNOOC Group’s Brazilian offshore oilfiel project.... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
The US Federal Maritime Commission has launched an investigation into cargo-related practices that are having a negative impact on congestion and amplifying bottlenecks at the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York and New Jersey.... [Read More]
November 23, 2020
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a major ship block deal, the biggest ever single contract deal in the yard’s history.
The deal, revealed earlier today in a stock exchange filing, comes from an unnamed European shipowner and is worth $2.5 billion (KRW 2.8 trillion).
As disclosed, the contracted ship blocks and equipment are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2025.... [Read More]