The Port of Dunkirk has published the results of a public consultation exercise, which appears to back its CAP 2020 project aimed at putting it at the forefront of North Continent deep sea lo-lo ports, with new 22,000 TEU + berths and a new logistics complex in the Western Docks. The port designed the CAP… Read more »
Backed by a grant of €1.5M from the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), the state’s ports authority Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) has installed Siemens’ Siharbor shore power supply system at the offshore ro-ro vessel berth, so vessels can “cold iron” instead of adding to pollution with emissions from auxiliary engines EWE Netz was the main contractor… Read more »
The Port of Felixstowe has ordered eight new RTGs with automation and remote control technology from Siemens. The order marks an important step for Hutchison Ports, which owns and operates the Port of Felixstowe in the UK, as it rolls out automation and remote control systems on STS cranes and RTGs at a growing number… Read more »
Brazilian shipping line and logistics company Log-In Logistica has become the first shipping line in Latin America to “collaborate on stowage planning” using the XVELA cloud solution. Stowage for Log-In’s fleet of seven container vessels ranging from 1,600 TEU to 2,800 TEU capacity is now planned using XVELA’s cloud solution, and the carrier has… Read more »
A first for Kalmar as Yara orders the “world’s first fully-digitalized and zero emission cargo solution” to support Yara’s new fully autonomous feeder vessel. Kalmar, part of Cargotec, and Yara have entered into an agreement in which Kalmar will deliver fully autonomous equipment, software and services for a unique, fully digitalised container handling solution at… Read more »
On 7 May 2018, the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/684of 4 May 2018 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2323 to update the European List of ship recycling facilities pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013has been published on the Official Journal of the European Union. The European List of ship recycling facilities was established by the Commission… Read more »
Cyprus has ratified the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments 2004 (the BWM Convention). (1) The law ratifying and implementing the convention took effect on its publication in the Official Gazette on May 4, 2018. The BWM Convention entered into force on September 8, 2017, and covers more… Read more »
Ships’ decommissioning and sold for scrap in East Asia’s scrapyards are expected to slow down over the next month or so, on religious holidays. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas commented that “with the holy month of Ramadan has now started, it is anticipated that activity and inquiry could slow down as… Read more »
The Bomin Group, a leading global physical supplier and trader of marine fuels, yesterday announced that it is now delivering Ultra-Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (ULSFO) to vessels calling in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region (ARA). The ULSFO product is 0.1% maximum sulphur, and it complies with MARPOL Annex VI regulations in current designated Emissions Control Areas (ECAs),… Read more »
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) fears ‘chaos and confusion’ unless the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) urgently resolves some serious issues concerning the successful implementation of the 0.5 percent sulphur in marine fuel cap, which is scheduled to come into effect globally overnight on 1 January 2020. Such chaos would have serious consequences for… Read more »
