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Tech File: VIKING Norsafe E-Mako-655, the All-electric Rescue Boat

Nov 01, 2022

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment and maritime electric motor systems developer Evoy launched an electrically powered 6.55m rescue boat, the VIKING Norsafe E-Mako-655. The Mako-655 is an existing rescue boat design that, up until now, has only been…

Celebrity Leaps Ahead of Regs with new RWO Wastewater Treatment Systems

Oct 31, 2022

RWO recently completed two installations of its next-gen advanced water treatment system (AWTS); the CleanSewage Membrane Reactor (CS-MBR), for Celebrity Cruises. The sewage treatment plant on the Celebrity Solstice-class vessels, Celebrity Silhouette and Celebrity Reflection…

Crowley Tugs to Use Shore Power at Port of Lake Charles

Oct 27, 2022

Crowley said its Ocean Class tugboats are now equipped to connect to shore power at the Port of Lake Charles in Louisiana.Shore power infrastructure from Entergy Services, Inc. will allow Crowley's vessels to connect to electricity when not in service instead of running on diesel-fueled generators…

Marlink Helps Drive Odfjell’s Digital Strategy

Oct 26, 2022

Marlink signed an agreement with Odfjell Management AS to provide seamless access to global enterprise and crew applications across 52 vessels. The contract includes 43 vessels managed by Odfjell Management Norway and another nine operated by Thome Management Singapore…

Cavotec Unveils Ultra-fast Megawatt Charging System

Oct 25, 2022

Cleantech engineering company Cavotec this week unveiled its ultra-fast Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a turnkey DC charging solution with grid-to-inlet functionality, capable of providing up to 3MW of power from a single connector to support the decarbonization of vessels and industrial vehicles…

Retrofitted Electric Cranes Go to Work at the Port of Long Beach

Oct 25, 2022

Longshore workers are using nine electric cranes to stack containers at one of the Port of Long Beach’s busiest terminals in a large-scale demonstration project as the Port and its partners pursue a goal of a zero-emissions cargo handling fleet by 2030…

Svanehøj Inks Deal to Supply Chinese LNG-import Terminal

Oct 24, 2022

In February 2023, Svanehøj Tank Control Systems will deliver the tank gauging system for COOEC’s six new LNG tanks for the Longkou Nanshan LNG Terminal which is under construction.Global investments in LNG are increasing, not least in China…

Unique Ship-to-shore Power System Helps Accelerate Decarbonization Efforts in Maritime Sector

Oct 19, 2022

Innovative electrical substation design is at heart of cold-ironing system that allows cruise ships to shut down and plug into shore-side power and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions at ports.In 2018, the UN International Maritime…

Ports of Stockholm to Pilot Hybrid Hydrogen-diesel RoRo Tractors

Oct 19, 2022

Volvo Penta, a provider of industrial power solutions, CMB.TECH a cleantech company with a focus on hydrogen solutions and Ports of Stockholm, one of the world’s largest passenger ports and one of Sweden’s largest freight ports, are collaborating to jointly pilot and operate RoRo (roll on…

Air Quality Monitors Installed in Greater Victoria Harbor

Oct 13, 2022

The Greater Victoria Harbor Authority (GVHA) said it is employing air quality monitors to measure dust, dirt, soot and other pollutants from motorized vehicles or vessels.Six PurpleAir Air Quality Monitors are located at the cruise terminal…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell-powered Container Handler Goes to Work in LA

Oct 11, 2022

Hyster Company announces testing of a top-pick container handler powered by hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) at Fenix Marine Services in the Port of Los Angeles. Building on the industry standard Hyster H1050-1150XD-CH top-pick container handler design…

New Marine Navigation System at Port Freeport

Oct 10, 2022

Port Freeport, located outside of Houston, is now fitted with a NOAA system that improves safe and efficient marine navigation. The technology is part of a nationwide network called Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System, or PORTS.Freeport…

Veer gets ABS AIP for "Clean" Containership

Oct 10, 2022

Veer Corp. said the American Bureau of Shipping granted an Approval in Principle, seen as a key milestone on its mission to build its fleet of clean, wind-powered ocean-going container vessels. The naval architect team at Dykstra and the project management team at Brookes Bell lead the initiative…

FPS Maas: Tip of the Spear in a Fleet of Zero-emission Inland Vessels

Oct 06, 2022

EST-Floattech is a part of the FPS Maas retrofit project from Future Proof Shipping and Holland Shipyards Group, both of which are working on sustainable projects, where HSG builds or retrofits the ships, and FPS, as the zero-emissions shipowner…

Port Houston Orders Hybrid Konecranes RTGs

Oct 06, 2022

Port Houston has ordered 14 hybrid Konecranes RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal and 12 hybrid Konecranes RTGs for its Bayport Container Terminal. The order supports the port’s expansion as it gets ready to receive larger container ships and higher volumes of container traffic…

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Bunge Finalizing $30 Billion-plus Merger with Viterra

Bunge Finalizing $30 Billion-plus Merger with Viterra

Business Group Urges Biden to Intervene in West Coast Ports Labor Dispute

Business Group Urges Biden to Intervene in West Coast Ports Labor Dispute

Stena Line and Port of Gothenburg Take Next Step Toward Arendal

Stena Line and Port of Gothenburg Take Next Step Toward Arendal

Capesize Spot Rates Hesitant Despite 5% Rise in Demand -BIMCO

Capesize Spot Rates Hesitant Despite 5% Rise in Demand -BIMCO

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