Responding to the UN Secretary-General’s call for “urgency and ambition” on climate change, the global shipping industry is giving “full and unequivocal” backing to a moon-shot proposal submitted by governments, to catalyze the complete decarbonization of maritime transport by deployment to scale of zero-carbon ships within a decade. The proposal submitted yesterday by governments […]
An unseasonable surge in cargo lifted the Port of Long Beach to its busiest February on record. Increased productivity in China and e-commerce demands fuelled the strong upward swing. Long Beach is the second-largest US container port after Los Angeles which it adjoins. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 771,735 twenty-foot equivalent units in February,
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Innovez One, one of the world’s leading providers of port management software for the world’s busiest ports and towage operators, stated that of the 4,900 ports in the world, the majority are not yet using digital technology for even the most basic processes; Eighty percent of ports continue to rely on manual, legacy solutions
A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S, Fleet Management Limited, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Sumitomo Corporation and Yara International ASA announced that the parties have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly conduct a feasibility study (hereinafter “Study”) with the aim to be one of the pioneers
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has received the assignment letter from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which gives a green light to start preparations for the construction of the ambitious Stad Ship Tunnel. “We will now start the processes of acquisitioning properties in the area where the ship tunnel will be located, as
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Stena Bulk, one of Scandinavia’s largest tanker operator with a history of launching groundbreaking new ships, has unveiled its concept InfinityMAX hybrid bulk carrier design, pushing the boundaries of zero carbon, multimodal vessel design in shipping to a new level. The InfinityMAX concept, which is designed to carry both dry and wet cargoes in
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Les négociations intermittentes entre le syndicat représentant 1 125 débardeurs du port de Montréal et l’Association des employeurs maritimes (AEM) reprennent mercredi de cette semaine en présence de médiateurs. Le retour à la table des négociations a été annoncé hier par le syndicat SCFP 375 à ses membres après que les médiateurs aient tenu
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Dutch fuel provider OCI has signed another memorandum of understanding with engine manufacturing giant MAN Energy Solutions and Germany’s Hartmann Gas Carriers, under which OCI intends to charter ammonia carriers built, owned and operated by Hartmann and its commercial arm, GasChem Services. The new ships will feature ammonia-fuelled engines designed by MAN. “The partnership
MONTRÉAL – La simple menace d’un arrêt de travail par les débardeurs du Port de Montréal oblige les importateurs et les exportateurs d’Amérique du Nord à détourner de grandes quantités de marchandises vers d’autres destinations, ce qui cause déjà des perturbations majeures dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement, constate la Fédération maritime du Canada. La Fédération
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Le Centre pour le transport maritime responsable Clear Seas, un centre de recherche indépendant à but non-lucratif qui vise à appuyer un transport maritime sûr et préservant l’environnement au Canada, a mandaté Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, pour conduire une analyse permettant de dresser un portrait clair et complet des navires commerciaux qui opèrent