Coast Guard News
October 1, 2020
Lloyd’s Register has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its ammonia-fuelled tanker design.
This represents a key progress milestone in the joint development project LR and SHI announced with industry leading partners MISC Berhad and MAN Energy Solutions in January 2020.
To meet the International Maritime Organization’s 2050 ambitions on halving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2008 levels, zero-carbon vessels need to enter the world fleet by 2030.... [Read More]
October 1, 2020
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been hit by a cyber attack that has taken out a number of its web-based services.
Since 30 September 2020, the issue has been affecting IMO’s public website and internal intranet services.... [Read More]
October 1, 2020
The containership YM Mandate is no longer leaking fuel oil at the Global Container Terminals (GCT) facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) confirmed.
Due to a crack in its hull, the Post-Panamax vessel began leaking oil on Monday.... [Read More]
October 1, 2020
Seaspan Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp., is buying two 12,000 TEU containerships for $176 million in cash.
The vessels are expected to be financed from additional borrowings as well as cash on hand, the container owner and operator said.
The containerships were built in 2018, both of which will operate under long-term charters with undefined global liners. ... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
Norwegian firm Grovfjord Mek. Verksted (GMV) has selected Volvo Penta and Danfoss Editron to power Ocean Infinity’s fleet of autonomous robot exploration vessels.
The so-called ‘Armada’ fleet will consist of two sizes of vessels both of which will be 100 per cent diesel-electric.
Johan Inden, head of the marine segment at Volvo Penta, said:... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has handed over Spirit of Adventure, a brand new environmentally friendly cruise ship, to British cruise company Saga Cruises. ... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
US petroleum barge company Bouchard Transportation has filed voluntary petitions to restructure under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Bouchard intends to fund the chapter 11 process with debtor-in-possession financing to maintain normal operations while it undertakes certain key operational restructuring initiatives, and keeping full compliance with all operating regulations. ... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
A fire that broke out onboard a Malta-flagged feeder vessel off the Indian coast earlier this week has been successfully extinguished, the Indian Coast Guard said. ... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
French liner major CMA CGM said that all communications to and from the group were secure following the cyber attack the firm suffered on Monday.
These include emails, transmitted files, and electronic data interfaces.
“Maritime and port operations are functioning as per usual. The booking functionalities remain up and running,” the company added. ... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
The Maritime Union of Australia is planning to offer a peace deal to Patrick Terminals and stop industrial action at the company’s container terminals in exchange for a one-year extension of the existing workplace agreement.
The duo is set to appear today in a conciliation hearing of the Fair Work Commission.
Patrick Terminals applied on September 28 to the Fair Work Commission seeking to end the industrial action, saying it was ‘crippling Australia’s major container terminals.’ ... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
Argentina-based TecPlata port terminal has begun receiving imports from the Far East with the first shipment from China through a new Far East service provided by Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation.... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
The crew of Oldendorff’s bulker, currently anchored in Port Hedland, Australia after experiencing a coronavirus outbreak on board, should be taken ashore and replaced with a new crew from Western Australia, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) insists.
To remind, German shipowner Oldendorff Carriers informed earlier this week that 17 crew members on board the Patricia Oldendorff tested positive for the virus.... [Read More]
September 30, 2020
A Liberia-flagged container vessel has begun leaking fuel oil at the Global Container Terminals (GCT) Bayonne, New Jersey, the US Coast Guard (USCG) said.
The ship in question is the 6,572 TEU YM Mandate, operated by Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming and deployed in the North America East Coast Loop 5 service.
According to the USCG, a unified command comprising the Coast Guard, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Gallagher Marine Systems is responding to the incident.... [Read More]
September 29, 2020
Monaco-based ship owner and operator Scorpio Bulkers is selling one of its non-scrubber-fitted bulkers, representing a first step in the company’s recently unveiled strategy focused on the offshore wind sector.
As informed, the company has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Rock, a 2016-built Kamsarmax vessel, for a price slightly in excess of $18 million.
The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2020. ... [Read More]
September 29, 2020
Monaco-based ship owner and operator Scorpio Bulkers is selling one of its non-scrubber-fitted bulkers, representing a first step in the company’s recently unveiled strategy focused on the offshore wind sector.
As informed, the company has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Rock, a 2016-built Kamsarmax vessel, for a price slightly in excess of $18 million.
The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2020. ... [Read More]
September 29, 2020
Singapore’s conglomerate Keppel Corporation has decided to review its offshore & marine business as part of its overall strategy and roadmap amid the sector’s challenging environment.
In an update on Tuesday Keppel noted it regularly reviews its portfolio of assets.
As part of its asset-light business model, Keppel has identified assets with a total carrying value of approximately S$17.5 billion based on the group’s balance sheet as at 30 June 2020 that can potentially be monetised over time and channelled towards growth initiatives. ... [Read More]
September 29, 2020
US-based provider of maritime logistics and transportation solutions Pangaea Logistics Solutions has acquired an additional one-third equity interest in its partially-owned consolidated subsidiary Nordic Bulk Holding Company Ltd. (NBHC) from one of NBHC’s current shareholders.
As informed, the acquisition increases Pangaea’s equity interest in NBHC to 66.7 per cent. ... [Read More]