Injured Mariner Medevaced from Cargo Ship off Key West
An injured crew member was medevaced from a cargo ship approximately 20 miles south of Key West, Fla. on Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard said it received a satellite…
Hapag-Lloyd to Unveil Plan for 2020 Fuel Regs in 2018
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd plans to give details within three to six months on compliance with tighter shipping fuel regulations that will kick in from 2020, its chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said on Wednesday. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has ruled that heavily polluting high sulphur fuel will be banned for parts of the global industry from that date. Habben Jansen told…
DP World says Djibouti Has Not Offered to Buy its Doraleh Terminal Stake
DP World has not received an offer from Djibouti to buy its stake in the Doraleh Container Terminal, a spokesman for the port operator said on Wednesday after a Djiboutian official said the stake could be bought. The DP World spokesman also said the Dubai-owned company would consider it illegal if any company entered into any agreement or arrangement with the Djiboutian government related to the terminal.
Crowley Loads First Cargo at New Eagle LNG Plant
The first cargo of nearly 11,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) was loaded at the new Eagle LNG Partners liquefaction facility located near Jacksonville, Fla. Crowley Maritime Corporation’s LNG group loaded the cargo into an ISO tank container and delivered it over the road to the Port of Jacksonville for ocean transport to support customers in Puerto Rico. “With the successful LNG tank container loading at the Eagle LNG Partners’ Maxville Facility…
New Design Pillow and Flange Blocks
Newly designed pillow blocks and flange blocks from LM76 feature a lubrication fitting and an alignment set screw. The Stainless Steel and self-aligning linear bearings are modified with an alignment flat ground on the bearings' outer shell and drilling a hole through the outer shell. Lubricants can then be pumped directly inside of linear ball bearing races without having to remove the bearing from the shaft.
Two Killed in Italian Port Blast
An explosion at an industrial cistern in the Tuscan port of Livorno, one of Italy's biggest passenger and commercial harbours, killed two people on Wednesday, an official said. The two men had been doing maintenance on the storage tank when the blast occurred, the port authority official said. Photographs posted online showed a large metal cistern partially crumpled and leaning sideways. It had contained ethyl acetate, a combustible liquid, la Repubblica newspaper's web site said.
Shipping Traffic on Turkey's Bosphorus Suspended Due to Fog
Traffic on Turkey's Bosphorus Strait, an important international shipping lane for oil and grain, was suspended on Wednesday due to poor visibility from dense fog, shipping agent GAC said. Vessel traffic was suspended at 3:52 p.m. (1252 GMT). The Bosphorus is one of world's most important choke points for the maritime transit of oil, with more than 3 percent of global supply - mainly from Russia and…
Cargo Ships Collide in Danish Great Belt
A containership and a bulk carrier were damaged in a collision in Denmark’s Great Belt early Tuesday morning. No injuries or pollution have been reported. The 178-meter containership Delphis Gdansk and 190-meter bulk carrier BBC Neptune collided around 4 a.m. while passing in opposite directions in the deepwater route Rute Tango of the Great Belt between Fyns Head and Kalundborg, Denmark. Danish authorities said they were alerted of the incident around 7:30 a.m.
Hapag-Lloyd Announces Surprise Dividend After Earnings Double
Container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd announced a surprise dividend to shareholders on Wednesday and forecast a rise in annual earnings this year thanks to synergies from its merger with Gulf peer UASC. Hapag-Lloyd merged with UASC last year, becoming the world's No. 5 container shipper after overcapacity, price wars and freight rates far below break-even levels fanned industry consolidation. The German…
Two Sinopacific-built LEG Carriers Named
Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. Ltd. (CIMC SOE) has completed the first two vessels in a series of five liquid ethylene gas (LEG) carrier newbuilds for a Chinese ship owner. The series includes two 17,000- and three 22,000-cubic-meter capacity LEG carriers, with the smaller two vessels named and one delivered during a ceremony on March 28. The delivery marks a significant occasion for the shipyard…
Fincantieri: Strong Growth Ahead but in Line - Kepler
Shares in Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri down 11 pct, on track for worst day in 30 months. Fincantieri also approved its 2018-2022 business plan, targeting an increase…
Hapag-Lloyd Sees Rise in 2018 Operating Profit
German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd on Wednesday said it expected to improve earnings this year thanks to synergies from the merger with Gulf peer UASC and rising transport volumes.
Vitol Stores Gasoline Aboard Ships off Singapore
Vitol seen storing gasoline off Singapore as local onshore light distillates stocks at record levels. European trader Vitol is storing gasoline on tankers offshore Singapore…
Georgia Ports: Mason Mega Rail Breaks Ground
The Georgia Ports Authority broke ground on its $126.7 million Mason Mega Rail Terminal Monday. The expansion will increase the Port of Savannah's rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year…
For Seafarers, Net Access is a Must -Report
The Crew Connectivity 2018 Survey Report, sponsored by KVH Industries and Intelsat, shows digital transformation underway in the maritime industry. Roger Adamson…
Navy, Coast Guard Rescue Fishermen Offshore Georgia
The U.S. Navy, along with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, rescued three fishermen from a raft 63 miles southeast of Brunswick, Ga. The Coast Guart received…
Rotterdam Begins Deepening of New Waterway
Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen of Infrastructure and Water Management and Ronald Paul (COO Port of Rotterdam Authority) gave the official go-ahead for the deepening…
Kalmar to Send Five RTG Cranes to DCT Gdansk Terminal
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a deal with Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Gdansk to supply a total of five electrically powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes…
Apeejay Shipping expands fleet
India's Apeejay Shipping said it has acquired a new Japanese 76,602 MT DWT Gearless Panamax vessel to take its fleet size to nine. The ship has been renamed APJ Kabir Anand.
UK Maritime 2050 Call for Evidence launched
A Maritime 2050 Call for Evidence has been launched by the UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) to seek the views of both those within and outside the sector.
