Japanese electric utility Tepco has taken a 30 percent stake in the TetraSpar floating wind turbine project joining oil major Shell and German utility RWE. It is the latest sign of interest in floating offshore wind amongst top utilities and energy companies looking to expand the sector’s potential beyond near-shore environments. TetraSpar differs from the […]
Dutch seafarers facing job cuts after Maersk Line announced the sale of its Dutch ships are appealing to the shareholders of A.P. Moeller – Maersk to intervene to help save their jobs. Their open letter to the Maersk shareholders appealing for intervention with management is the latest step in a campaign launched in December 2020 […]
Denmark has formally decided to construct the world’s first artificial island for the collection and utilization of electrical power from offshore wind farms. Large-scale offshore wind farms are typically built with substation platforms, which collect up the power and export it to shoreside users via subsea cable. Instead, future wind farm installations in one area […]
The Federal Court in Australia completed the sentencing phase for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean, the Norwegian car carrier, fining the company $18.25 million in Australia’s long-running criminal cartel case. The company was charged with colluding with its Japanese competitors between 2009 and 2012. WWO plead guilty to the charges in June 2020 after cooperating with the […]
Professional sub hunters and military oceanographers have a significant interest in long range autonomous platforms. The U.S. Navy is a leading operator of sea gliders, the slow-moving UAVs that convert vertical motion into horizontal movement by gliding ahead, and it has hundreds of the devices in its inventory. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) […]
To speed up the transition to fossil-free fuels in the transport sector, Stena Line, Volvo Group, Scania, and the Port of Gothenburg have joined forces to bring about a significant reduction in carbon emissions linked to the largest port in Scandinavia. The aim is to cut emissions by 70 percent by 2030, including a commitment […]
The UN project to assess and stabilize the deteriorating FSO Safer has been put on hold yet again by the Houthi rebels who control Yemen’s northwestern coastline. This time, the delay could be more serious. In November, a UN technical mission reached formal acceptance with the Houthis on a scope of work for inspection and […]
The Government of Canada today announced that it is banning cruise ships for one year while also advising Canadian citizens and residents to avoid all cruise ship travel. The government said the surprising move was in response to the continued risk cruise vessels in Canadian waters pose to the health care system. “As Canadians continue to […]
Signaling that the United States is continuing its efforts to block the Iranian oil industry, the U.S. Justice Department filed a forfeiture claim, the first under the Biden Administration. The complaint filed on February 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia targets all the oil aboard a Liberian-flagged vessel, the M/T […]
EVA Air has signed a new three-year cargo handling contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Seattle, extending the two companies’ more than 15 years of partnership in North America. The agreement sees WFS take responsibility for handling all cargo onboard the Taiwanese airline’s daily Boeing 777 passenger flights connecting Taipei and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. WFS […]
Cargo Management Systems (CMS) provider Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has welcomed back Simon Elmore as Chief Operations Officer as it continues to expand and innovate its New Generation (NG) Cargo Management Ecosystem with new applications and services. Elmore returns to the role after a two-year absence, during which he worked as a consultant on a number […]
Exceptional global air cargo load factors in the last two weeks of January saw 2021 begin with an unusual New Year ‘peak season’ as demand and supply were closely matched, according to the latest weekly market data from industry analysts CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index. CLIVE’s ‘dynamic load factor’ analyses for the first four […]
