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Baltic Exchange and Freightos Group Unleash Shipping Market Visibility With First Daily Container Freight Index
For the first time ever, daily spot ocean freight rate indices for 40-foot containers (FEUs) are now available via the Baltic Exchange and the Freightos Group, adding real-time, transparent price discovery and risk mitigation into the container freight market that powers global trade. The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) has been produced weekly since April 2018 by digital freight platform Freightos, based off of live pricing data from hundreds of global logistics providers.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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DNV GL FuelBoss platform creates new online hub for LNG bunkering
As the adoption of LNG as a ship fuel continues to speed up, DNV GL has launched a new online bunkering platform to take operators seamlessly from order through to delivery. FuelBoss offers ship owners, operators and suppliers a single common platform for nomination, scheduling, spot inquiries and business intelligence. LNG suppliers Gasum, Cryo Shipping and Nauticor are amongst the confirmed pilot customers and have supported the development with their expertise and domain knowledge.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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APM Terminals Eyes Deepwater Port Development in Georgia
Terminal operator APM Terminals Poti has presented its plans to the Government of Georgia for the creation of a deepwater port.
As informed, the project would require an investment of over USD 250 million of private capital for phase 1 and a substantial amount for phase 2 in extensive development of the port infrastructure and superstructure.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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Bulk carrier anchored off Belgium for 2 weeks, fearing cargo explosion
Bulk carrier LIFE PASSION is kept at anchorage off Oostende, Belgium, North sea, since her arrival from Novorossiysk Russia, on Jan 20. The ship is loaded with iron ore, and there s a risk of mass explosion due to ore self-heating and hydrogen emission. There already was an explosion while the ship was under way in French waters, though reportedly, comparatively minor, one crew was injured and medevaced by helicopter.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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NGO Shipbreaking Platform: Shipping Companies Still Favor the Worst Scrapyards
A total of 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrapyards in 2019, according to new data released by NGO Shipbreaking Platform.
Of these vessels, 469 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships were broken down on only three beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, amounting to near 90% of the gross tonnage dismantled globally.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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EU Launches EUR 75 Mn BlueInvest Fund to Boost Innovation
The European Commission is partnering with the European Investment Fund to launch the BlueInvest Fund in an effort to support innovations in the maritime sector.
During the BlueInvest Day conference in Brussels, a EUR 75 million (USD 83 million) equity investment fund for the blue economy was launched.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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Ports Take Precautions Against Coronavirus
Ports and port operators across the world are taking precautions as the coronavirus continues to spread.
Despite a Chinese Ministry of Transport order for port operators to keep ship active, agents and brokers have reported an operational slowdown at Chinese ports and shipyards, according to Splash247.com.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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Turkey takes measures at ports against coronavirus
Turkey has taken measures at its ports against deadly coronavirus, an official said on Monday.
"We have already taken our precautions against all chemical, biological or radiological hazards. Coronavirus is an infectious disease and we have the necessary equipment [to deal with it]," said Murat Serdar Karadeniz, a medical doctor and in-charge at Ambarli Coast Health Inspection Center of Turkey s General Directorate of Health for Borders and Coasts.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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ABS and P&O Maritime Logistics Collaborate on Condition-Based Class Pilot Project
ABS and P&O Maritime Logistics (POML) have agreed to a pioneering condition-based class (CBC) pilot project for the platform supply vessel (PSV), DMS Courageous.
The historic agreement will see the vessel become the first to utilize ABS Nautical SystemsŪ as the computerized maintenance management system to transmit planned maintenance data and condition-based maintenance activities to ABS, for the purpose of potentially crediting class survey requirements.Posted On:5-Feb-2020
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