[ad_1] A.P. Moller - Maersk has closed the first quarter of 2019 with a 33 percent increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to $1.2 billion. However, the group released its financial results noting an impact as a result of the trade...
[ad_1] The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), which opposes the use of crew to lash cargo, has called on the Canadian government to ban foreign seafarers from undertaking lashing work in the St. Lawrence Seaway after the fatal accident aboard the Maersk Patras last weekend. The...
[ad_1] To protect marine water from ships’ sewage discharges is no less important than any other environmental aspirations of the IMO. But its reality is appalling. With overwhelming majority, the MEPC 74 session (May 13-17) approved revisions of MARPOL Annex IV and its associated guidelines as...
[ad_1] Officials at the Nerpa shipyard near Murmansk have said they plan to offload the reactor of the retired Arktika nuclear icebreaker by November, marking the second major decommissioning of such a vessel that Russia has ever undertaken. The first was the Sibir, which officials said...
[ad_1] The IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee has adopted guidelines to support the consistent implementation of the sulfur cap which will enter into effect from January 1, 2020. The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 74th session (May 13-17): • Adopted guidelines for consistent...
[ad_1] The recent redevelopment and upgrading of Kenya’s Mombasa – Nairobi railway line has revealed a market for faster, affordable intercity passenger transportation services between African cities. Following the recent tragedy of Ethiopian Airlines, the African passenger transportation market might be ready to consider an...
[ad_1] Aage Hempel and e3 Systems are pleased to announce the signing of a new strategic co-operation agreement taking advantage of both companies’ strengths in the marine market, further enhancing our capabilities to elevate customer satisfaction and experience. The agreement was signed on 8 May, 2019,...
[ad_1] Royal Navy warship HMS Northumberland has escorted a Russian destroyer through the English Channel. The Devonport-based Type 23 frigate was activated to meet the Severomorsk, an Udaloy-class guided missile destroyer. The Russian ship passed through the English Channel on the way back to her home...
[ad_1] Miami-based architecture firm Berenblum Busch Architects (BBA) has unveiled its design for Carnival Corporation’s first cruise terminal in Japan. Located in Japan’s port city of Sasebo, Uragashira Cruise Terminal will support the Japanese government’s plans to develop its ports and increase the number of...
[ad_1] The Panama Canal completed a trial transit of Evergreen’s Triton, the largest vessel in dimension and container cargo capacity to pass through the Expanded Canal on Wednesday. The Neopanamax container ship has a total TEU Allowance (TTA) of 15,313, a 20-row beam of 51.2 meters...
