Port of Virginia Posts its Busiest May
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Record cargo volumes are moving across The Port of Virginia and doing so with efficiency as a result of expanded container handling capacity at its two primary container terminals.In May, the port processed nearly 261,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) making it the busiest May in the portās history. The monthās strong cargo volumes were a follow-up to the best April in the portās history, when nearly 246,000 TEUs were processed.May saw increases across almost all phases of the operation.
DNV GL: LNG is a Growing Force
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At DNV GLās Nor-Shipping press flash, Martin Wold, head of the Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform at DNV GL ā Maritime, presented the latest AFI figures. Looking at the data, Wold said that exponential growth in installed LNG tank capacity pointed to a potential boom in LNG for larger vessels over the coming years.Is shipping at a turning point in terms of its fuel mix? AFI head Martin Wold suggestedā¦
ACL's Next Riverboat Nears Completion
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American Cruise Lines announced that its second of a new class of modern riverboat, the American Harmony, moved under its own power to the shipyardās outfitting pier for final touches. American Harmony was successfully launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding this past November, 2018, and is well ahead of schedule for its August 17, 2019 inaugural cruise on the Mississippi River. American Harmony is the 2nd of 5 new ships in Americanās revolutionary new modern riverboat series.
USCG: Unlicensed Charters - Bad News for Everyone
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The Coast Guard is reminding the public that unlicensed vessel charters are both illegal and unsafe to consumers.Hiring an unlicensed charter is dangerous because the charter may not have the proper emergency safety gear, navigation and communication gear, and may not have undergone the proper license exams and inspections which are put in place to ensure passenger and crew safety.Legal passenger vesselā¦
"K" LINE Orders 50 AIRSEAS Automated Kites
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After 2 years of close technical and business cooperation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, LTD. (āKā LINE) announces a 20-year agreement with AIRSEAS to install and service one ship with Seawing, an automated kite based on parafoil technology used to tow commercial ship and reduce CO2 by 20% through wind propulsion. Once the first Seawing is successfully delivered, āKāLINE will contemplate to order up to 50 additional Seawing.āSeawing represents a breakthrough for our industry and for the environment.
ESG Delivers Z-Drive Tug to McAllister
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Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has announced the delivery of the Escort/Rescue Z-Drive Tug Ava M. McAllister for McAllister Towing, Inc. on May 31, 2019. This Escort/Rescue Z-Drive Tug design is provided by Jensen Maritime Consultants and is issued a USCG Sub-M Certificate of Inspection (COI). The vessel arrived at Eastern in 2018.The Ava M. McAllister (ESG Hull #222) is from the same 100ā Z-drive tug design provided by Jensen Maritime Consultants of Seattleā¦
SAFETY: Distractions Can Sink Careers
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Familiarity can and does breed contempt. You donāt need anything else added to that heavy burden.We live and work in a frenetic environment replete with a wide range of both human and technological distractions. When those two elements came together on the bridge of a towboat traveling downriver to pick up a load of empty barges, the result was career-changing for the vesselās first mate, who was on the wheel.
Most Victims Found in Hungary Collision, Search Goes On
Bodies of all but nine of the 28 victims of a deadly boat crash in the Hungarian capital have been recovered in an intensive search up and down the Danube involving units on waterā¦
Vessel Strikes Statfjord A, Staff Evacuated
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Oil workers have been evacuated from the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea after it was struck by a platform supply vessel (PSV), Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor said on Friday.The platform was not producing when it was struck by the support vessel Sjøborg during loading operations at 1:55 a.m., and there were no injuries to the 276 people on the platform, Equinor said.The Statfjord A platform has been shut since the end of May for maintenance expected to last through Julyā¦
Buss Forms French Offshore JV with IDEA
German-based Buss Offshore Solutions and French industrial logistics firm IDEA have formed a joint venture to target the French offshore wind market.The JV followsā¦
Hydroniq Coolers Wins Aas Mek Contract
Norwegian shipyard Aas Mekaniske Verksted has awarded Hydroniq Coolers a contract to deliver its hull-integrated seawater cooling system to a vessel the shipbuilderā¦
US Oil Output Heads for More Records in 2019
U.S. total oil production, which is already off to an amazing start in 2019, is on track to set another record for this year.New records are expected both whenā¦
Crew and Owners of 293 Vessels Honored
ABS, the global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the marine and offshore industries, said that it has continued its long-standing backingā¦
COA Launches Telematics Standard
The Container Owners Association (COA) is providing an open standard (at the application layer level) to permit interoperability of telematics device data from shippingā¦
Ban on HFO in Iceland Waters Hailed
The Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes Icelandās plan to ban the use of fuel oils with more than 0.1% sulphur content from use as shipping fuel from its waters.The proposalā¦
Chinese J-Lay Design Gets LR AiP
Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute has been granted approval in principle (AiP) by Lloydās Register (LR) for a J-lay heavy lift vessel conceptā¦
Hyundai Partners with LR on Digital Solutions
Classification society Lloyd's Register and Hyundai Global Service (HGS) have announced a new collaboration that will deliver added value to the shipping industry through digital solutionsā¦
LR Approves HHI's VLCC 'Eco-Tanker' Design
Lloyd's Register (LR), international provider of classification, compliance and consultancy services to the marine industry, has presented Hyundai Heavy Industriesā¦
GasLog Withdraws from Golar 'Cool Pool'
The owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers GasLog and spin-off GasLog Partners are withdrawing their LNG carriers from their pooling joint ventureā¦
CMA CGM Group Cut Emission by 17%
Since 2015, CO2 emissions per container transported per kilometer have been reduced by 17%, said CMA CGM Group, the shipping and logistics giant."The Group has achievedā¦