Strait of Hormuz disruption drives Panama Canal transits
In this week’s “Shipping number of the week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analysis Manager, Filipe Gouveia, looks at the number of Panama Canal transits, which has risen due to closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This disruption has contributed to a rise in US energy exports to...
PaxOcean, Hong Lam Marine and Bureau Veritas to design ammonia bunker vessel
PaxOcean Engineering has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based bunker vessel operator Hong Lam Marine and classification society Bureau Veritas (BV). Together, they will develop an ammonia bunker vessel design. PaxOcean will focus on...
‘Navigating in fog is not a time to undertake administrative duties’
Continuously monitor your radar when navigating in poor visibility. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report in which a general cargo ship collided with a fishing vessel. The latter sank as a result. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of...
Dutch navy patrol vessel Groningen makes major drug busts in Caribbean
Thirteen suspects arrested and almost 2900 kilos of drugs. That is the latest catch of HNLMS Groningen in the Caribbean region during two interceptions in one day. Since the end of April, the Dutch navy's patrol vessel has intercepted over 9000 kilos of contraband in...
Port of Rotterdam, Groningen Seaports and North Sea Port to standardise port infrastructure
The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Groningen Seaports and North Sea Port have agreed to jointly standardise their maritime infrastructure. This involves jetties, bollards, quay walls, roads and electricity facilities. The ports expect standardisation to reduce costs and...
Maersk to equip entire fleet with HydroPen firefighting systems
Container liner A.P. Moller-Maersk has opted for full-scale implementation of Viking's HydroPen system, designed for direct firefighting in stacked shipping containers onboard commercial vessels. The system will be installed on the entire Maersk-owned fleet. The...
Portugal and the Netherlands plan renewable liquid hydrogen supply chain
Shell New Energies NL, ENGIE, Vopak and Anthony Veder have signed an agreement to study the feasibility of producing, liquifying and transporting green hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands. It would then be stored in Rotterdam and subsequently distributed for...
Damen reports record order book of EUR 8.8 billion
Damen Shipyards’ order book rose to a company record of EUR 8.8 billion at the end of 2021. Part of that rise was due to the acquisition of an order for no fewer than 99 vessels at the Workboats division and a record number of orders for Damen Yachting. After three...
Core Power unveils nuclear/ammonia fuel solution for North Atlantic green corridor
Core Power has shown how "green fuel" for shipping can be produced reliably at low cost using a floating nuclear power plant design combined with an ammonia refinery at either end of green corridors. Such corridors were proposed in the Clydebank declaration, signed at...
Nigeria and shipping industry to battle piracy in Gulf of Guinea together
The Government of Nigeria and a coalition of global shipping stakeholders have launched a new strategy to end piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). The strategy establishes a mechanism to periodically assess the effectiveness of...
VIDEO: Cap San Diego – The biggest museum ship in the world
The 159-metre-long Cap San Diego is said to be the largest seaworthy museum ship in the world and resides in Hamburg, Germany. Learn more about what makes it special and what challenges come up running the ship in a video by the Hamburg Port Authority. Also known as...
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