Gebrüder Weiss was awarded the Gold Export Prize for the category of Transport and Traffic by the Austrian Economic Chambers (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKO) on June 29. The company was presented with this prestigious award during the Exporters’ Nite held at Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier. According to the jury, this logistics company managed to successfully expand its international […]
Applied Satellite Technology (AST) Ltd, today announced the official launch of its unique Iridium Certus 200 service offering, with real-time alerting capabilities ensuring customers’ stay fully in control of MB allowances. AST’s exclusive real-time data alerting software, INTEGRA Control Lite, allows users to monitor usage and be alerted as defined thresholds are crossed accurately and […]
[By Fermin Koop] The world cannot afford to further delay action to protect the ocean, governments and conservationists agreed this month at a series of UN conferences. They called for “transformative” and actionable solutions following delays and cancellations caused by the pandemic last year. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) lists targets to reduce pollution, […]
The United States is funding a new training center for the Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla) on Batam Island, near the intersection of the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Singapore. U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Y. Kim presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for the new installation on Friday, according to the embassy in Jakarta. “As […]
Even before the first of the company’s new methanol-powered tankers has been launched, Proman announced the expansion of the project with the order for two additional tankers to be built in China for the global trade. The new orders are for sister ships to the tankers that Proman plans to operate as well as vessels […]
China recently christened its first luxury cruise ship, which will operate for the domestic cruise market. While China has begun to develop its domestic cruise industry acquiring older secondhand tonnage and converted ferries, the new joint venture between China Merchants Shekou and Viking Cruises is designed to bring a new level of luxury to the […]
The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) has completed its inquiry into the capsizing of the bucket dredger Margrethe Fighter, concluding that the vessel was vulnerable to flooding and loss of stability because she was sailing heavily laden with full ballast tanks. The crew was in the habit of loading and trimming the ship in […]
Faced with its latest deadline to proceed with the proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Industries announced in a regulatory filing today that it has further extended its agreement with the Korea Development Bank, DSME’s largest shareholder. The fourth extension of the deadlines comes as the companies continue to wait […]
The growing number of offshore wind power projects and an increase in the size of the projects and the turbines is building demand for a new generation of larger and more powerful installation vessels. Denmark’s Cadeler, an installation and services company backed by the BW Group, announced plans to invest $651 million to build two […]
[By: The American Waterways Operators] The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has produced a video highlighting the tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s commitment to, and progress toward, environmental sustainability. The video notes that marine transportation is already the most environmentally friendly method of moving freight, and features examples of how the industry is building on its natural […]
[By: IOMSR] The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) has been appointed by its first Chinese shipowner to flag the 82,000 DWT bulk carrier Transcenden Wisdom presently under construction at Tsuneishi Group’s Zhoushan shipyard in China. The ship will register with the IOMSR upon delivery in August and operate under the technical management of the Singapore […]
Christoph Cyranek, manager for quality, standards and performance, Frankfurt Cargo Services spoke to ACW about the process of gaining the IATA CEIV and the German facility. ACW: How long did the CEIV certifications take from the moment FCS decided to go for it? Cyranek: The certifications took about half a year. The process was launched […]
