Shipping / Operation

Nordic heavyweights team up in zero emissions initiative

Finnish technology company, Wärtsilä, is heading a new initiative to promote the transition to clean marine fuels. The Zero Emission Energy Distribution at Sea (ZEEDS) project is focusing on green fuels for ships in a move to reduce shipping’s carbon...

14.06.2019

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Customised supply chain monitoring

German shipowner Hapag-Lloyd recently introduced its new real-time container monitoring programme“Hapag-Lloyd LIVE”. In an initial step, the company will outfit its entire reefer fleet of some 100,000 containers with the monitoring system. Real-time...

11.06.2019

Shipping

Situational awareness enables cruise ferry to increase operational safety

ABB’s situational awareness solution, ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision, is to be installed on Eckerö Line’s cruise ferry Finlandia to enhance safety during manoeuvring and docking.

07.05.2019

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Woell Marine launches drone inspection service

Maintenance service company Woell Marine GmbH has launched a new drone inspection service, certified by RINA.

24.04.2019

Shipping

Trade associations to cooperate more closely

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate more closely in future.

17.04.2019

Shipping

LNG carrier demand a catalyst for new JDP

Surging demand for LNG carriers has proved to be a catalyst in a new collaboration between Finnish power and automation technology firm Wärtsilä and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

15.04.2019

Shipping

Nakilat and Angelicoussis set up LNG joint venture

Shipping company John Angelicoussis’ Maran Ventures Inc. and Qatari energy transportation company Nakilat, the world’s largest owner of LNG carriers, have established a new joint venture in which Nakilat holds a 60% stake.

09.04.2019