As part of its continuing efforts to support the adoption of digitization in the shipping industry and improve operating efficiency, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) published standard data definitions for the port call process. By adopting a just-in-time approach to port calls, the association...
A career at sea has lost much of its capacity to attract newcomers. This could lead to the global shortage of seafarers, Drewry believes. The post Drewry: Growing unattractiveness of seafaring...
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control has placed six Hong Kong- and China-based shipping companies on its specially designated nationals (SDN) sanctions list in connection with prohibited transactions involving Iranian entities. The sanctioned firms included Delight Shipping Company, Gracious Shipping Company, Supreme Shipping Company,...
Hong Kong-based containership operator Seaspan Corporation has closed a $200 million sustainability-linked loan inspired by […] The post Seaspan inks $200 million sustainability-linked loan...
[By Chris Bassler and Steve Benson] On October 6 2020, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper debuted Battle Force 2045. As foundational elements of U.S. naval force design, Secretary Esper emphasized the importance of very long-range precision fires in volume, while also ensuring naval forces continue to...
Germany's engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has received an order for five 6G70ME-GI Mk 10.5 dual-fuel engines to be installed on five Newcastlemax bulk carriers ordered by Singapore-based...
The Oslo-based consultancy Rystad Energy says that the U.K. Continental Shelf has passed a sobering milestone: oil and gas production will likely never exceed two million barrels of oil equivalent per day again, despite promising exploration results. According to Rystad, UKCS output dropped from 4.3 million...
Port of Antwerp, the Port of Rotterdam Authority, the Port of Amsterdam, North Sea […] The post Belgian, Dutch ports call for bids for joint shore power system appeared first on Offshore...
The Royal Navy's first new aircraft carrier in a generation, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has returned to Portsmouth following her first deployment with a full-scale carrier strike group - the largest task force of its kind that the service has assembled in decades. The Carrier Strike Group...
Towage operator Svitzer Europe revealed plans to start operations in Seaport Emden -- Germany’s third-largest North Sea port -- from 1 January 2021. The post Svitzer expands footprint in Germany...
