New Havyard Ship Technology will restructure its operations into a repair and service yard and reduce the number of staff. A staff meeting was held at the yard in Leirvik today where the employees were informed of the changes at the yard. CEO of Havyard Group Gunnar Larsen says that this was a difficult decision […]
Sanmar Shipyards and the German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL have signed a framework agreement, making SCHOTTEL the exclusive supplier of thrusters for 90-tonne BP tugs of the Bigaçay class in a Robert Allan design to Sanmar. The new framework agreement is valid for two years. “The agreement puts Sanmar in a position of a contractual partner […]
Cruise lines continue to map out plans to maintain their operations despite the increasing travel restrictions especially in Europe designed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Also, the US-based cruise lines are working to develop plans to meet the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s new framework for the resumption of cruising. MSC Cruises, […]
The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded an Optimised Maintenance Agreement covering the main engines for two new, ultra-modern 174,000 cbm LNG Carriers (LNGCs) managed by Greece-based Thenamaris LNG Inc. The vessels, ‘Cool Discoverer’ and ‘Cool Racer’, are powered by low pressure, WinGD X-DF two-stroke, dual-fuel main engines, and were built at the Hyundai Heavy […]
Asia has become the latest area of the world to relaunch cruise operations. At the beginning of the week, two of Japan’s larger cruise ships resumed service, and tomorrow the first cruise will depart from Singapore. While the operations are being carefully regulated, it marks an important step for a region that was among the […]
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has been awarded Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification, reinforcing its credentials to support global air cargo shipments of Covid-19 vaccines and other pharmaceutical and medical equipment shipments requiring compliant temperature-controlled storage and handling. At the start of 2020, the Centre, part of a […]
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HTL) has announced they are working with researchers at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), Denmark, and dnata Australia to explore new machine learning models aimed at delivering predictive business analytics. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms will run data from dnata Australia’s new Hermes Digital Ecosystem, which has a full data lake […]
As many countries head in to a second lockdown in a bid to curb the second wave of COVID-19, questions loom of the impact this will have on the global air cargo market. The market has maintained a slow, six-month recovery in October but the industry will be waiting cautiously to see if a sudden […]
A Volvo Penta quad IPS installation with IMO III compliant after-treatment package has been fitted to a tourist ferry serving the Amalfi coastline. Offering not only excellent maneuverability, fuel economy and emissions benefits, the compact packaging liberates more seating space on board. Thousands of tourists flock each year to enjoy the splendours of the Amalfi […]
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has received DNV GL class approval to offer the Liquified Cargo Operations (LICOS) training course remotely via its Maritime Training Centre (MTC) in Cyprus. The maritime solutions provider is now one of the very few organisations within the industry with this capability that meet the high standards of the Society of […]
Amidst a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Germany, trade show organizer Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC) has announced the cancellation of the in-person portion of its biannual SMM conference – one of the industry’s top international gatherings. Instead, the program will be held fully online. “After close consultations with the exhibition committee and government institutions, […]
Global safety and survival solutions provider Survitec has rebranded its established liferaft rental and exchange service to meet increasing market demand for service flexibility. The new look RaftXChange service brings together the company’s proven liferaft equipment rental and servicing scheme under one clear offer with the ability to easily upgrade to the more enhanced RaftXChange+ […]
