Hunterston Port Reveals Masterplan
UK port operator Peel Ports has revealed its plans for the major port and industrial centre at Hunterston, one of Scotland’s most important development sites comprising a 300-acre brownfield footprint, deepwater, and rail connections.It is calling…
Posted on 20 May 2019, 1:17 am
Cameroon Readies for IMSAS
Auditing International Maritime Organization (IMO) Member States to assess how effectively they enforce key IMO treaties is an important part of the Organization's work to ensure its regulatory framework is universally adopted and implemented.IMO's…
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:12 am
Shipping to Halve Carbon Footprint by 2050
The world's principal shipping organisation, representing around 80% of the world’s merchant tonnage, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) remains confident that shipping will improve its carbon efficiency by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 2008…
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:13 am
Hamburg Süd Expands Service
The trade between Europe and Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast has always been a key element in the container liner shipping line Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner services.In cooperation with Maersk, Hamburg Süd will…
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:14 am
NYK Intros Compliant Additive for LSFO
The Japanese Shipping Company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) have jointly developed a new fuel-oil additive for low-sulphur compliant fuel-oil that meets SOx emission requirements.Yunic 800VLS (patent pending) is Japan’s first additive for very low sulfur fuel oil, or VLSFO.
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:14 am
CMA CGM Launches Pharma Cargo Service
French container transportation and shipping company CMA CGM has announced the launch of a Reefer Pharma division that will focus on the temperature-controlled transportation of pharmaceutical products."For more than 40 years, preserving the…
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:16 am
North Sea Oil Production May Go Down
On top of production declines in Iran and Venezuela, ongoing OPEC cuts, Urals contamination outages in Russia and maintenance in Kazakhstan, North Sea production is also struggling, Rystad Energy said."Currently we see unplanned outages at Oseberg and Flotta with combined impact of 160,000 bpd.
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:15 am
RINA Dolphin to Cut Marine Noise
Ships make a lot of noise. Much of the noise is emitted underwater, so passengers and the wider public are often unaware of this. Marine mammals, on the other hand, are very much aware.Although the long-term impacts of noise on marine mammals are not yet known with certainty…
Posted on 18 May 2019, 3:17 am
IMO Sets Stricter Emissions Targets for New Ships
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday agreed stricter energy efficiency targets for certain types of ships in an effort to speed up action to cut the sector's emissions.The IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee has been meeting in London this week to discuss tougher rules o
Posted on 17 May 2019, 6:56 pm
J.B. Hunt licensed as NVOCC, freight forwarder
Intermodal trucking company J.B. Hunt Transport Services received...
Posted on 17 May 2019, 6:03 pm