A group of Indian seafarers has found themselves among a growing number of crew trapped aboard their ships off the coast of China according to an appeal from the Indian maritime union. The seafarers are caught between two problems, a political spat between China and Australia blocking coal imports and the restrictions which prevent crew changes. […]
Associated British Ports (ABP) has turned on the largest commercial rooftop solar array in the United Kingdom – a $9 million, 21,000-panel installation at the Port of Hull. The array has a nameplate capacity of 6.5 MW, equivalent to the power demand of about 1,500 homes or about 30 percent of the port’s power needs. […]
The Cargo Claims Platform, developed by CargoHubBV, has brought dealing with cargo claims and loss preventions (CCLP) in to the 21st century. The IATA Cargo Innovation Awarded platform has modernised air cargo supply chain visibility and efficiency by allowing shipper and forwarder clients to submit claims to any carrier on a single platform that is […]
By working closely with clients, deugro has developed a new e-procurement module for companies with a decentralised material purchasing management. deugro visiotrack connects clients with their suppliers using tailored interfaces. Orders can be entered directly into the system and the corresponding delivery status can be tracked immediately, providing visibility along the supply chain. The streamlined […]
CEVA Logistics has celebrated twenty years of working with Polish company Teksid, a world leader in the production of cast iron and automotive castings and distributes some 65,000 tonnes of components and finished products to Poland and European locations. From a factory in Skoczow near Bielsko-Biala in south west Poland Teksid produces almost 30% of […]
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Odfjell the Norwegian chemical tanker and ship management company is setting ambitious targets to reduce its environmental footprint. The company announced today that it will undertake an effort designed to reduce its carbon intensity by 50 percent by 2030 compared to 2008 levels and have a climate-neutral fleet from 2050. Both targets the company said […]
The International Chamber of Shipping warned Wednesday that the industry risks running out of time if it does not institute a self-imposed levy for alternative fuels research. ICS cautions that technologically mature solutions for carbon-neutral bunkering do not currently exist, and it advocates a $2 per tonne charge on bunker fuel sales to support research […]
The cruise ship SeaDream 1 is experiencing a COVID-19 scare during its first cruise in the Caribbean. The luxury, yacht cruise ship commenced its first Caribbean cruise departing Barbados this weekend only to have the voyage suspended today after an indication that a passenger may have the virus. The ship’s captain announced that they had […]
Japan’s Roboship project became the latest group to conduct successful tests of a remote-controlled ship equipped with an automatic collision avoidance algorithm. The roboship proof of concept test took place off the coast of Toyosu in Tokyo, Japan on November 11. The project, which includes the participation of 23 companies and one organization in shipbuilding […]
[Brief] On Friday night, the former Holland America cruise ship Aegean Majesty (ex name Veendam) broke loose from her moorings and went aground on a sandbar at the port of Corinth, Greece. No injuries or damage were reported. After a hull inspection, the vessel was safely refloated and anchored in the port’s harbor. Holland America […]
The Cypriot-flagged container ship Fesco Askold, operated by the Russian Far Eastern Shipping Company (Fesco) is being linked to a new outbreak of the COVID-19. Samoa and American Samoa are rushing to react to the possibility of exposure to the virus. Officials in Samoa, where there are no active cases of the virus, and American […]
