The smooth flow of world trade will be a central topic at this September’s London International Shipping Week 2023 (LISW23) thanks to support from DP World, the leading supplier of smart logistics solutions and a significant UK investor, which has come onboard as the event’s exclusive International Logistics Sponsor. Supply chain innovation and resilience will […]
The Grimaldi Group companies Grimaldi Euromed and Minoan Lines, together with Investment Construction Commercial and Industrial, have signed an agreement with the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the fund which manages the program of privatisation of ports and other public assets in Greece, to acquire 67% of the share capital of Igoumenitsa Port Authority. […]
The market for high-calibre seafarers is increasingly competitive, driving recruitment costs up and pushing crewing teams to breaking point. With the value of retaining existing seafarers higher than ever, larger owners and managers are taking an HR approach to their manning and crewing strategies, employing Maritime HR solutions to improve the experience of their crew […]
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has again been recognized as a high-quality registry, achieving an unprecedented 19 consecutive years on the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) QUALSHIP 21 roster as noted during today’s INTERTANKO meeting in Connecticut which took place prior to the kick-off of the CMA Shipping Conference 2023. The RMI says […]
Optimarin is establishing a manufacturing base in China to boost the availability of its well-proven ballast water treatment system (BWTS) for the Asian shipbuilding market as it also targets further retrofits of the existing fleet. The leading Norwegian BWTS supplier is now pursuing partnerships with several Chinese suppliers to focus on high-quality production of BWTS […]
Global maritime software and data services provider NAPA has urged the shipping industry to take a proactive approach to the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), making the most of digital platforms that enable charterers and owners to work collaboratively towards compliance and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This comes as NAPA has launched its CII Simulator, […]
Leading Canadian maritime operations platform provider, Helm Operations, is partnering with Bristol-based Reygar to harness the benefits of digitisation as part of the global effort to reduce the maritime sector’s carbon footprint. The collaborative research and development initiative, jointly funded via Innovate UK’s 2022 ‘Canada-UK Zero Value Chains – Transportation’ call and the National Research […]
Last week, the European Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up the manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped with net-zero technologies for the clean-energy transition. This initiative is part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan and will contribute to the European Green Deal objectives, contributing […]
HES International has concluded the sale of HES (UK) Ltd. along with its subsidiaries HES Humber Bulk Terminal Ltd. and HES Humber Shipping Ltd. to Liverpool-based Peel Ports Group. HES Humber Bulk Terminal is situated on the south bank of The Humber estuary in the UK and is a specialist in the safe and efficient […]
Nor-Shipping has confirmed that Joseph E. Stiglitz, the renowned Nobel laureate in Economics and former Chief Economist at the World Bank, will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Ocean Leadership Conference, taking place in Lillestrøm, Norway, 6 June. The event, which traditionally fires the starting gun for Nor-Shipping’s main exhibition, will gather global industry […]
