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India-Norway Blue economy partnership takes shape with focus on ocean industries
The 5th India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development met in New Delhi on June 23 to review the cooperation and chart the way forward. Meeting was led by the Norwegian Ambassador to India, Hans Jacob Frydenlund and the MoES Secretary Dr M Ravichandran. A number of action points were agreed, including new projects and workshops, as well as plans to further connect ocean industries on both sides... -Economic TimesPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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CSL delivers two electric barges for Norway-based firm
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered two autonomous electric barges for Norway-based ASKO Maritime AS on Friday. The project is an ambitious project in Norway partially funded by the Norwegian government as a part of a green shipping programme aimed at emission-free transport of goods across the Oslo fjords. ASKO Maritime is the largest supermarket chain in Norway and aims to achieve zero carbon emission goals in its logistic service by 2026... -Times of IndiaPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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ITF calls on shipping to fix ’broken culture’
SEAFARERS unions are calling on employers to ensure safe workplace policies “are actually being followed” in light of a lawsuit brought against Maersk Line by cadet Hope Hicks. Ms Hicks recently identified herself as “Midshipman X”, the anonymous cadet who said she had been sexually assaulted while on board Maersk’s Alliance Fairfax in 2019. Last year, Ms Hicks anonymously published an account of her assault... -Daily Cargo NewsPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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As shipping goes digital, seafarers matter more than ever
Shipping’s digital and sustainability transition will be led by its people, and this is an opportunity to create a brighter future for seafarers, writes Matthieu de Tugny, president of Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore. Times have undeniably changed a lot since I was a seafarer myself, in the 1990s. At the time, the main engines were still controlled manually, while digitised and automated systems were only beginning to revolutionise shipping... -Splash 247Posted On:25-Jun-2022
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InterManager praises our ’excellent people’ on Day of the Seafarer
Seafaring is a rewarding career which offers a lifetime of opportunities and can create strong friendships – but the shipping industry needs to embrace change and improve its safety record in order to fully support our people, says Captain Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General of InterManager... -InterManagerPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Leading the way on Day of the Seafarer
As the global shipping industry marks Day of the Seafarer on June 25th , with this year’s theme of “Your Voyage, Then and Now”, Capt Jensen said: “Good leadership is vital in a high-pressure workplace like a ship, particularly among senior officers who could be leading a crew of 20 people, some of whom may be feeling quite stressed. Ships’ Masters do a great job and this is a good opportunity to celebrate their skills as we applaud all seafarers.”... -danica-maritime.comPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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More than work: living on a ship, crew, officers become friends, family
When living on a research vessel, nothing stays still. Not the mug of chai placed on a vinyl-covered mess hall table. Not the sample of plankton left on a stainless steel lab bench. Not the water that sloshed around in the bottom of a shower. Especially not time. That’s why the crew and officers on the Bell M. Shimada research vessel worked as a team and lived as a family, as they helped scientists onboard seek answers from the ocean... -KUOW News and InformationPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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What’s the future of self-navigating ships without humans?
Recently, IBM’s autonomous ship named Mayflower 400 tried to follow the same route of the historic Mayflower ship that sailed 400 years ago in August of 1620. Bereft of any crew, it sailed successfully from England to America, aided entirely by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The ship’s 40-day journey heralded a new beginning for AI-controlled self-navigating ships on the lines of self-driving vehicles... -The American BazaarPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Jumbo Mystery: Hong Kong’s Famous Floating Resturaunt May Still Be Afloat
Hong Kong’s famed Jumbo Floating Restaurant may still be afloat after all. The imperial palace-shaped vessel capsized but didn’t sink, a representative for the vessel’s owner, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Ltd., said Friday. Days earlier, the company announced that adverse weather caused the restaurant to capsize and that recovery efforts were “extremely difficult” because of water depths of 1,000 meters (3,280 feet)... -gCaptainPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Crew change for cargo ships in the port of Singapore and application for vaccination
Requirements for crew change: 1. This circular supersedes Port Marine Circular no. 06 of 2022. 2. As Singapore moves to streamline pandemic measures to living with Covid-19 as an endemic disease, MPA has also aligned our crew change requirements and
continue to safeguard the wellbeing of seafarers undergoing crew change in Singapore as well as Singapore’s populace... -MPAPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Impending shortage of seafarers poses dire risk to safeguarding our maritime industry
DUE to the country’s strategic location at the crossroads of Asian trade routes between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, maritime commerce is crucial to Malaysia’s economic development. The government gives sea transportation priority so that national strategic goals and maritime geopolitical values can be met... -New Straits TimesPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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ICS summit brings Clean Energy Marine Hubs initiative
A meeting of shipowners, ports, financiers, energy companies and technology firms in London agreed to progress a Clean Energy Maritime Hubs iniatiave. The international Chamber of Shipping’s Shaping the Future of Shipping Summit was held in London and was attended by energy ministers and development finance institutions as well as industry... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Electric boats cheap to run, environmentally friendly and interest in them is growing
As cars, scooters and bikes become increasingly electrified in Australia, there has also been a spike in interest in another category of transport - boats. Electric boat supplier Gerd Heinen, who runs the WA branch of Eco-boats Australia, said enquiries for electric boats had doubled in recent months. "The fuel price went up late last year and immediately that translated to a spike in enquiries," he said... -ABC NewsPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Shipping Industry’s Use of ‘Smart’ Containers Expected to Explode In Coming Years -Drewry
The number of “smart” containers in the global fleet is set to explode in the coming years as operators and cargo owners seek to increase cargo visibility amid disrupted supply chains and congestion, according to an analysis by Drewry. In fact, the fleet of telematics enabled container equipment, aka smart containers, is forecast to grow 8-fold over the next 5 years and account for 25% of the global box fleet by 2026, says Drewry... -gCaptainPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Seafarer and two firefighters injured in Belgian bulk carrier blaze
A crew member and two firefighters have been taken to hospital after a blaze on a bulker in Belgium. The HLN website reported that the fire broke out in a scrap cargo on the 64,000-dwt ultramax Lowlands Mimosa (built 2018) at 2200 GMT on Thursday at the port of Ghent. The crew tried to extinguish the flames, but the fire was too intense. The fire was only brought under control on Friday morning... -TradeWindsPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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Bulk carrier fire, Ghent
Fire erupted at night Jun 23 in cargo hold of bulk carrier LOWLANDS MIMOSA, loading scrap at the Sifferdok in Oostakker, Ghent Belgium. Fire engines and teams were deployed, by 0000 UTC Jun 24 firefighting was still under way. At 0500 UTC Jun 24, fire probably, was still on, with tug at bulk carrier side, most probably deployed in firefighting with her water cannon. No injures reported, extent of damages unknown... -FleetmonPosted On:25-Jun-2022
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