Boosting SHI Monitoring Platform with Smart Technology and New TLP Design (SEOUL) ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI) have signed a joint development project (JDP) to enhance hull safety with smart ship technology for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) using a hull sensor package that will allow for more …
Read More »Issue : Shortage of seafarers in Italy
The theme, which has already emerged in our newspaper in recent weeks, returned yesterday to peep out in the words of Mario Mattioli during a Fit Cisl conference: “We are terrified by the issue of lack of staff. In a while, we will have the ferries stopped because there is …
Read More »Algerie Ferries opens reservations for the new line on Naples
The first departure has been announced for next Friday, but the booking system still appears ‘to be refined’ After the first revelations a few weeks ago, the Algerian national shipping company Entmv – Algerie Ferries has returned to announce the imminent departure of the line between the capital and Naples. …
Read More »Indian Register of Shipping supports Atmanirbhar initiative in Defence manufacturing
Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) continues to support ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliance) initiative in Defence manufacturing with certification of Caisson Gate and Intermediate Gate, recently delivered by M/s Hindustan Construction Company to enable the Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier dry dock at Mumbai. These dock gates were built under design approval and …
Read More »Reuters : Russia seeks MEA intervention as India seizes Russian cargo ship
The detention order was issued following a lawsuit filed by Estonian shore service company Bunker Partner OU The Russian embassy in India has revealed that it is aware of the Russian cargo ship impounded at Cochin port in the Indian state of Kerala, reported Reuters. Following a lawsuit filed by …
Read More »India’s Deendayal Port Authority to spend $745m for capacity growth
The terminals will be built on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis under a public-private partnership (PPP) model India-based Deendayal Port Authority has unveiled plans to invest $745m (Rs59.63bn) to build two mega cargo handling terminals. The port is situated in the Kutch district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Both terminals …
Read More »Norway and Honduras support expanded IMO Council
Support from 117 IMO Member States is required for the amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization to come into force. Norway has become the first country to accept amendments to expand the size of the Council, extend the term of its Members, and recognize three additional language …
Read More »The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved $271 million in development financing for Egypt
The African Development Bank Board (AfDB) of Directors approved a loan of USD 271 million to finance Egypt’s Food Security and Economic Resilience Support Program to support efforts to mitigate the impact of the global shocks on the domestic economy from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and to preserve resilience. The program …
Read More »ABS : Zero Carbon Outlook Top Takeaways
What might a well-to-wake approach mean for shipping? This year’s Setting the Course to Low Carbon Shipping: Zero Carbon Outlook, the fourth in a series of outlooks designed to guide the maritime industry in decarbonization, examines the potential of reaching zero emissions in shipping. Here are just a few of …
Read More »New Times Shipbuilding’s 210,000DWT bulk carrier launched
On July 15, the launching of 28#210,000DWT dual-fuel bulk carrier built by New Times Shipbuilding for Eastern Pacific Shipping was successfully completed. MOUNT JADEITE is 299.95m long, 294.75m long between two columns, 50m wide, and 25.2m deep. It has a design draft of 18.4m, a structural draft of 18.48m, a cargo …
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