Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has recently delivered three ASD Tugs to Poland’s WUZ Ports and Maritime Services.“On the 19th of October, the flag raising ceremony for three new ASD Tugs took place in Gdansk, Poland. In the presence of a…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/damen-completes-asd-tug-trio-delivery-509091
Russian producer Rusal’s 0486.HK decision to buy into a Chinese raw materials supplier is a significant marker in the reconfiguration of the global aluminium map. The purchase of a 30% stake in Hebei Wenfeng New Materials (HWNM) is intended to lock in supplies of alumina after Rusal lost access...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/russian-aluminium-giant-rusal-pivots-towards-china/
A collective response from every prominent American maritime union has been issued in opposition to a proposal by a think tank, to create a foreign-crewed registry, reports Fort Lauderdale’s Maritime Executive. ‘The US maritime industry (like many other industries) is confronting serious workforce development challenges – mariner shortages – even with existing growth in domestic trade,’ said the authors. ‘The second-registry fleet would not be a substitute for the primary US flag fleet, which...
https://www.seanews.com.tr/us-maritime-unions-protest-foreign-crewed-registry-plan/198714/
Cocaine that is estimated to be worth about £10 million has reportedly been seized once it was found hidden deep within a container vessel at a port based in Kent.
The drugs, which weighed 137 kg, were discovered on a Panamanian-registered vessel that was loaded with bananas.
They had reportedly been placed in four huge holdalls that were kept hidden under the water line in the sea chest, an intake zone for seawater to aid stability.
The vessel was destined for...
Details revealed in an open letter also call for action to facilitate the energy transition
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Auto hauler Jack Cooper Transport was named by Reuters as a bidder for Yellow Corp. in a deal that...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jack-cooper-named-as-yellow-suitor
The master of a bulk carrier was injured during an attempted sea robbery while the ship was sailing towards Singapore.
The International Maritime Bureau’s live piracy reporting centre stated that the incident took place around 4.50 pm (UK time) on 22 October, but was not reported until 27 October.
According to the report, four or five men armed with a gun and knives boarded the ship and took the third engineer hostage and tied him up. The duty oiler noticed the suspects and raised the alarm,...
https://container-news.com/bulker-master-hurt-in-robbery-attempt-off-singapore/
SulNOxEco by SulNOx is a powerful solution for maritime emissions compliance, achieving over 5% marine diesel consumption reduction in a five-month trial.
Greening Maritime FuelsThis pivotal evaluation paves the way for substantial fuel savings and emissions reductions across the maritime industry. SulNOx’s “no-capex,” drop-in fuel conditioners are compatible with a variety of commonly used marine fuels, offering a pragmatic approach to meeting global and regional...
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