New port to ease congestion in Timor-Leste
A NEW port facility has been built in Timor-Leste to allow larger ships to call the small nation, according to Swire Shipping. In an operational update, Swire Shipping confirmed...
MOL receives AiP for LCO2 carrier design
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding have been granted approval in principle for the design of a 50,000 cubic metre liquefied CO2 carrier. The AiP was awarded by...
Maersk expands Asia-Pacific footprint with US$4 billion acquisition
MAERSK has completed its acquisition of LF Logistics, a contract logistics company with capabilities across e-commerce and inland transport in the Asia Pacific region. Having...
TotalEnergies’ completes COSCO’s first biofuel bunkering
TOTALENERGIES Marine Fuels in July completed the first refuelling of a COSCO containership with sustainable marine biofuel. This operation marks TotalEnergies’ first biofuel...
MOL secures deals for six new LNG-fuelled ships
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines has announced plans to build six new ships that will use liquefied natural gas as their main fuel. MOL has signed a construction deal for four new capesize...
Approval in principle for large-scale liquefied CO2 carrier
MITSUI OSK Lines has acquired approval-in-principle for the design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide carrier from from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). In June 2021, MOL...
Hydrogen export project discussed at Sydney forum
THE Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Project Pilot was discussed at the recent Sydney Energy Forum, as senior executives from Project Partners, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI)...
Maersk announces new bio-methanol partnership
MAERSK has partnered with Chinese bioenergy technology company Debo on plans to develop a bio-methanol project for Maersk in China. A letter of intent signed by the companies...
Conflict in the South China Sea threatens 90% of Australia’s fuel imports: study
By Richard Oloruntoba, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Curtin University; Booi Kam, Professor, RMIT University; Hong-Oanh Nguyen, Associate Professor, University...
Shipping lines join forces on maritime job redesign
THE SINGAPORE Maritime Foundation has partnered Pacific International Lines and Pacific Carriers on a pilot project aimed at attracting new talent to the maritime industry. The...
NYK is first Asia-Pacific client for biofuels provider
BIOFUELS provider GoodFuels announced it had supplied marine biofuel to NYK’s bulk carrier Frontier Explorer. The compay said it was the first such delivery to a major maritime...
Evergreen Marine’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory certified
DECARBONISATION is the name of the game these days – but you can’t reduce what isn’t measured in the first place. Evergreen Marine recently carried out a systematic inspection and...
New service starting in September from east coast to Indian Subcontinent
NAUTICAL Shipping, as agents for Sea Lead Shipping, has announced a direct seasonal service from the Australian east coast to the Indian Subcontinent. A statement from Nautical...
Wellbeing training should be mandatory for cadets, Wellness at Sea delegates say
THE FIRST event in a series of global wellness conferences for cadets has been lauded as “an overwhelming success” for its turnout of 1600 aspiring seafarers. More than 96% of the...
LNG-powered tugboat to be reconfigured to run on ammonia
NYK said it had concluded a contract with Keihin Dock, an NYK Group company, to modify a tugboat to ammonia-fuel specifications. The tug Sakigake will be converted to operate on...
