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Crane collapsed while loading container on auxiliary Navy ship, Cartagena
Mobile crane collapsed while loading container with baric chamber of Navy Diving Center, on board of auxiliary Navy ship A 52, docked at Cartagena, Spain, on Oct 2. Chamber is to be used during oncoming FLOTEX-19 military exercise, to take place in Gulf of Cadiz. Container fell on ship s stern deck, inflicting some damages, said to be slight. One person was slightly injured.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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AAL Expands Multipurpose Fleet with Four Ships
Singapore-based shipping company AAL is expanding its multipurpose fleet with the addition of a number of Warnow-class (W-class) 33,271 dwt mega-size vessels.
A total of four vessels will join AAL s fleet from October. Representing 133,000 dwt / 156,000 cbm of additional capacity, the new ships boost AAL s operating tonnage to just below 740,000 dwt.
Alongside additional W-class tonnage already employed in the fleet and multiple other MPV classes, the four units will boost the carrier s global coverage, providing additional capacity on trades including Asia - Australia, Asia - Middle East - Europe and Asia - North America.
As explained, the W-class fleet has the ability to accommodate multiple cargo types simultaneously - project cargo, breakbulk and dry bulk commodities - with five cargo holds and a significant individual cargo in-take of 39,000 cbm.
"We ve invested heavily in developing a global infrastructure, differentiated modern fleet profile and team of professionals worldwide," Kyriacos Panayides, AAL s Managing Director, commented, adding that this would enable the company to meet the demands of the global project industry.
"Despite being in a position to cater for the long or short-term employment demands of any major project worldwide, we retain an appetite for further sustainable growth," Panayides continued.
AAL s fleet currently comprises a total of 25 A-class, S-class, W-class and G-class multipurpose vessels.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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MOL, Oshima Get AIP for Wind Challenger Design
Japan s shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Oshima Shipbuilding have jointly obtained Approval in Principle (AIP) from ClassNK for the design of a hard sail system.
The system converts wind energy to propulsive force with telescopic hard sail, and is a fundamental technology of the "Wind Challenger Project" that the parties are spearheading.
Along with other participating organizations, MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding have played a central role in research and development on the Wind Challenger Project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by using wind energy. Obtaining the AIP marks the completion of the initial design related to the sail structure and controls, the companies said.
MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding will continue to move toward a detailed design and implementation for the Wind Challenger Project, with the aim to launch of a newbuilding vessel equipped with a hard sail. That would reduce the vessel’s GHG emissions by about 5% on a Japan-Australia voyage, and about 8% on Japan-North America West Coast voyage.
The long-term goal is to develop a widely accepted solution to achieve the IMO target in combination with other measures to reduce GHGs by equipping vessels with multiple sails.
Through this project, MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding will establish one of the technological choices for GHG reduction, with the objective of contributing to environmental conservation.
The Wind Challenger Project started in 2009 with the "Wind Challenger Plan", an industry-academia joint research project led by The University of Tokyo, and from 2013, the team has been chosen to receive "Subsidy for Next-generation marine environment-related technology research" by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In January 2018, MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding took charge of the plan.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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BHP, Klaveness Digital Team Up on Supply Chain Optimisation
BHP s Maritime and Supply Chain Excellence and Klaveness Digital are working together to drive the development of new shipping and logistics platforms to improve the way the industry collaborates and shares scheduling and vessel information.
The concept will enable BHP and its partners to access the same shipping information in real-time, customers on the platform can also see the shipping schedule and calculate impact on their inventory and production.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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UECC to Build Third Battery Hybrid LNG PCTC
Norway-based provider of shortsea RoRo transportation United European Car Carriers (UECC) has decided to build a third battery hybrid LNG vessel.
UECC, which is jointly owned by NYK and Wallenius Lines, has now confirmed an option with China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group for the third LNG-powered pure car truck carrier (PCTC), this time slated for the company s Atlantic short sea trade.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Centrica Ships First Cheniere LNG to Europe
The UK-based energy giant Centrica plc is shipping its first liquified natural gas (LNG) cargo from the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Louisiana to Europe.
The gas was loaded onto the 155,000 cbm LNG carrier GasLog Skagen at the facility s fifth LNG train over the weekend and is expected to land in Europe on October 13.
Centrica s inaugural LNG shipment is part of an agreement signed in 2013 with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Two Seafarers Evacuated from Boxship off Table Bay
Two crew members have been evacuated from an unnamed containership off the South African coast, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.
On October 1, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for a patient evacuation to hospital from the boxship approaching Table Bay.
One of the seafarers suffered an injury and another had a medical complaint, according to NSRI.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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BIMCO Proposes New Regulations in Fight Against Emissions
International shipping association BIMCO has introduced a new option that could help in the shipping industry s quest to reduce its emissions.
While limiting the speed of ships as a way of reducing their CO2 emissions has already been proposed, BIMCO s solution goes a step further to propose limits to the ships propulsion power.
The association argued that measuring a ship s speed was not an accurate exercise, and ships propulsion power, on the other hand, can be controlled accurately.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Kalmar to help PSA ensure productivity and availability of their AGV fleet in Singapore
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a Software Maintenance and Support Agreement with PSA Singapore covering the entire automated guided vehicle (AGV) fleet at PSA Singapore. The contract is for five years. The AGV fleet is expected to grow to over 400 units by the completion of first phase of PSA Tuas Port expansion in a few years time.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Klaipeda port to invest in infrastructure to attract freight from Belarus Economy
The Klaipeda port will invest in infrastructure to attract freight from Belarus, BelTA learned from Vidmantas Paukste, Director for Infrastructure, Acting Director General of the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, at a Belarusian-Lithuanian transport forum on 30 September.
Vidmantas Paukste remarked the Klaipeda port is one of the top 5 ports in the Baltic Sea in terms of freight turnover.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Cosco Shipping Ports Halts Acquisition of CCCC Dredging
After the issuance of the Circular, the senior management of the Company have communicated with independent shareholders of the Company. Having considered the feedback from the market, the Board has decided not to proceed with the proposal for investment in CCCC Dredging as set out in the Circular. The Board will give further consideration in relation to optimising the proposal for investment by the Group in CCCC Dredging.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Straits Inter Logistics wins fuel bunkering service contract at Lumut Port
Straits Inter Logistics Bhd has secured a contract to provide fuel bunkering services at Lumut Port.
In a joint statement today, the group announced that its 55%-owned subsidiary Tumpuan Megah Development Sdn Bhd (TMD) has entered into a Fuel Bunkering Services Agreement with Lumut Maritime Terminal Sdn Bhd (LMTSB), the operator of Lumut Port which handles over 500 ships every year.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Abu Dhabi Ports launches housing for 5,000 staff at Kizad
Abu Dhabi Ports has launched the first purpose-built accommodation project at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, with housing and community amenities for 5,000 employees.
The 75,000-sq-m accommodation plot is located in Area B of Kizad, within the China-UAE Industrial Capacity Cooperation Demonstration Zone, which was established in conjunction with Jiangsu Provincial Overseas Co-operation Investment Company (Jocic).Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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Performance-based contracts: The next step for the container handling industry
Many other industries have already innovated their business models by transitioning to outcome-based contracts, either with availability or performance guarantees. In a performance-based contract, a service provider can offer a complete solution incorporating equipment, software and services under a rate that is tied into the terminal s operational performance based upon agreed key performance indicators.Posted On:3-Oct-2019
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