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Month: October 2019
MSC may surpass Maersk as biggest ocean carrier by capacity
MSC confirmed the order of five 23,000 TEU ULCVs from the South Korean Daewoo yard, a step that will take the Geneva-based carrier’s orderbook to 16 vessels, for a massive 305,352 TEU. This new order is reportedly in line with MSC’s order for 11 ships made in 2017.
The new order leads MSC to surpass Maersk as the biggest ocean carrier by capacity in the two following years. This week, Daewoo announced the order which costs $152 million per ship, with all five vessels being delivered to the...
https://safety4sea.com/msc-may-surpass-maersk-as-biggest-ocean-carrier-by-capacity/
Total launches its first LNG bunker vessel
Total informed that its first large LNG bunker vessel has been launched, after the signature of a long-term charter contract between Total and MOL in February 2018.The ship will be delivered in 2020, and it will operate in Northern Europe, supplying LNG to commercial vessels for a period of at least 10 years.
The LNG bunker vessel’s construction complies with IMO 2020. In this context, Total considers that the transition from heavy fuel oil to LNG is a competitive, efficient and immediately...
https://safety4sea.com/total-launches-its-first-lng-bunker-vessel/
Greek Shipowners back limit on main engine power for emissions reduction
In line with IMO’s Initial Strategy for decarbonisation of shipping industry, Greece has come forward with a concrete proposal for a short-term, prescriptive measure to improve the operational energy efficiency of existing ships, to be considered at the forthcoming meeting of the IMO’s intersessional technical group in November.
The IMO’s so-called GHG initial strategy, adopted in April 2018, envisages for the first time, a reduction in total GHG emissions from global shipping by at least 50% by...
https://safety4sea.com/greek-shipowners-back-limit-on-main-engine-power-for-emissions-reduction/
ERMA FIRST invests in METIS to accelerate safer and greener shipping
ERMA FIRST, the maritime-focused environmental engineering group, has announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in METIS Cyberspace Technology with the overall aim to accelerate the development of green digital solutions.
Barcelona se exhibe en Fruit Attraction como primer puerto en tráficos reefer
El puerto de Barcelona, Mercabarna y la Asociación de Empresarios Mayoristas del Sector Hortofrutícola presentan este año una oferta integrada de productos frescos, conectividad marítima, ferroviaria y terrestre, y servicios logísticos específicos en Fruit Attraction, la feria de fruta y hortalizas más importante de España y la segunda de Europa. Esta oferta a tres bandas de productos, servicios y conectividad es la más potente del sur de Europa.
La presencia del enclave en Fruit Attraction se...
http://elvigia.com/barcelona-se-exhibe-en-fruit-attraction-como-primer-puerto-en-traficos-reefer/
USCG Makes Plans for new Waterways Commerce Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard announced its plan to replace the capabilities of 13 Inland Construction Tenders (WLIC) and 18 River Buoy Tenders (WLR), releasing a draft specification with drawings and project peculiar documents (PPD).When Maritime Reporter & Engineering News interviewed Admiral Karl...
https://www.marinelink.com/news/uscg-makes-plans-new-waterways-commerce-471881
Call for better boxship fire prevention
Insurers want the IMO to address insufficient detection and firefighting systems on ever-larger containerships
https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1129608/Callforbetterboxshipfireprevention
Works to deepen Mauritania’s iron ore port begin
Once the works are complete, the port will be able to accommodate bulkers of up to 250,000 dwt
OPEC+ will have to cut output in December, according to market data
The OPEC+ group of oil producers will need to make deeper output cuts when they meet in December. That’s the inescapable conclusion from the latest round of monthly reports published by the three big oil-forecasting agencies. The International Energy Agency, the U.S. Energy Information...