Coast Guard News
August 19, 2020
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has managed to repatriate the fatigued crew members of the South Korean-owned bulk carrier Contamines after the seafarers downed their tools after working on board with expired contracts and approaching a year at sea.
The crew members were stuck on the ship as their repatriation was delayed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. ... [Read More]
August 19, 2020
Misje Eco Bulk AS, part of Norway’s ship owning group Kåre Misje & Co., has ordered up to ten eco bulk carriers from Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC).
As informed, the deal encompasses six firm plus four optional vessels. ... [Read More]
August 19, 2020
Danish shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S has established a joint venture with Singapore-based ship manager Synergy Marine Group — Norden Synergy Ship Management (NSSM).
Effective 20 August 2020, the JV will handle the technical management of Norden’s owned tanker vessels comprised of medium range (MR) and Handysize product carriers.... [Read More]
August 19, 2020
The Master and Chief Officer of Wakashio, a grounded bulk carrier that split in two off Mauritius and caused an ecological disaster, have been arrested by local authorities.... [Read More]
August 19, 2020
A.P. Moller – Maersk managed to improve profitability across all businesses in the second quarter of 2020 despite a sharp drop in global volumes following the COVID-19 crisis.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) improved to $ 1.7 billion, beating initial expectations from June of an EBITDA slightly above $ 1.5 billion.
The EBITDA margin increased from 14.1% in Q2 last year to 18.9%.... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
Towing operation of the bow section of the ill-fated bulk carrier Wakashio that split in two after running aground off Mauritius causing a major environmental disaster has been launched earlier today.
Images released by the Ministry of the Environment of Mauritius show that two tugs have managed to set up the tow lines and are pulling the bow section from the grounding site. ... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
TradeLens, a blockchain-based digital container logistics platform jointly developed by A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM, recently welcomed two new members — Russia’s Commercial Port of Vladivostok and Turkey’s port operator Yilport. ... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
Norwegian offshore shipping company Island Offshore has awarded a contract to Kongsberg Maritime to supply turnkey hybrid battery solutions for three of its platform supply vessels.
Kongsberg Maritime said on Tuesday that it would supply the solutions on the Island Crusader, Island Contender, and Island Commander. The first two run on a combination of Bergen LNG and Bergen diesel engines while the third runs on diesel engines.... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
Dry bulk shipping major Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL) has become a member of the Getting to Zero Coalition, a powerful industry alliance committed to accelerating maritime shipping’s decarbonization.
The ambition of the coalition, which has over 110 company members, is to have commercially viable zero-emission vessels (ZEVs) operating along deep-sea trade routes by 2030, supported by the necessary infrastructure for scalable zero-carbon energy sources including production, distribution, storage, and bunkering. ... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
Hamburg-based container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd and London-based maritime technology company Intelligent Cargo Systems are entering into a technology partnership.
As informed, the world’s fifth-largest shipping line will use CargoMate software to enable crew to monitor operations more efficiently and safely, while capturing new data to further improve their route and vessel performance. ... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
South Korean shipping major HMM revealed plans to form a joint venture company with Singapore’s port operator PSA International.
The JV will be launched this year, however, the exact date has not been fixed yet, a spokesperson for HMM told Offshore Energy – Green Marine.
With this move, HMM will secure its container terminal in Singapore, the busiest transshipment port.... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony for three LNG-powered shuttle tankers being built for Altera Infrastructure, previously known as Teekay Offshore.... [Read More]
August 18, 2020
The world’s largest cruise shipping company Carnival Corporation has fallen victim to a ransomware attack on August 15, the company said in a regulatory filing.
The attack accessed and encrypted a portion of one brand’s information technology systems, and included the download of certain of the company’s data files.
Having detected the unauthorized breach, the cruise giant launched an investigation into the attack, notified law enforcement, and engaged legal counsel and other incident response professionals. ... [Read More]
August 17, 2020
Hong Kong’s biggest container port facility Kwai Tsing Container Terminals has been linked to around 65 coronavirus infection cases, Bloomberg reported.
According to local media outlets, the virus was most probably picked up from communal resting facilities and dormitories, where social distancing measures are difficult to implement as dozens of workers can be confined to the same place at the same time.... [Read More]
August 17, 2020
A Panama-flagged bulk carrier collided with a Philippine-flagged tanker off Luzon Point, Mariveles, Bataan, on 15 August 2020, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. ... [Read More]
August 17, 2020
The two busiest U.S. container ports, the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles, experienced a major rebound in July posting a significant increase in handled cargo, which has been on the decline for months due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Terminal operators and dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach moved 753,081 cargo container units, recording the busiest month in the 109-year history and topping the record from two years ago.... [Read More]