SHIPPING NEWS

Wärtsilä JIT test

Technology group Wärtsilä Navi-Port, together with project partners Carnival Maritime and HVCC Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center (HVCC), have announced they Read Article…

New minister letter

The UK Chamber of Shipping has asked Kelly Tolhurst (the new shipping minister), to continue with its “excellent relationship” and help promote UK shipping Read article…

GTT acquires Marorka

GTT said in a statement that it continues its development in digital with the acquisition of 100 per cent of the capital of the Icelandic smart shipping specialist Read article…

Odfjell marks decade

2020 marks the eleventh year that Odfjell’s weather routing service has been in action. Originally a test project 2009, weather routing was introduced to help the captains Read Article…

SABIC donates RMB 8m

SABIC has announced a donation of RMB 8 million to the Hubei Charity Federation, to aid the fight against the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, it said in Read article…

Seatronics/Miros

Miros (wave and current data provider to the maritime industry) has established a new distribution agreement with Seatronics, which specialises in the rental Read article…

CMA CGM chooses GTT

CMA CGM Group has chosen GTT’s global portfolio of services and assistance for the commissioning, operation and maintenance of its future 23,000 TFE Read Article…

ICS piracy concerns

The number of ship’s crewmembers being kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea increased by more than 50 per cent last year. Furthermore, a further escalation in violence Read article…

Tanker market 2020

Before the Coronavirus outbreak 2020 looked set to build on a positive 2019, according to shipbroker, Gibson. It said: “The current situation with the Coronavirus has seen Read article…

Gasum LNG to Equinor

Gasum and Equinor have signed an agreement under which Gasum will deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Equinor’s new crude shuttle tankers, according to an Read Article…

ICS Corona advice

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is advising its membership to “take steps that limit the spread of the novel Corona Virus (2019-nCov)”. The global shipping Read article…

FPSO uses Rotork

The new FPSO operating in the LIBRA oil fields in the Atlantic Ocean’s Santos Basin has installed Rotork intelligent IQ3 multi-turn electric actuators, as well as CP and GP Read article…