CMA CGM Reduces CO2 Emissions by 4% in 2016
The CMA CGM Group intends to reduce its CO2 emissions per transported container by 30% by 2025.
Improved performance:
CMA CGM had already improved its performance per transported container per kilometer by 50% between 2005 and...
Mitsubishi Heavy to Combine Design Teams
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will consolidate shipbuilding design and engineering workforces now scattered around Japan as part of an effort to revive its vessel business.
The move creates a roughly 130-member team that will handle all...
Car Carrier Cuts Weight Through Diab Solution
By replacing three out of thirteen decks with Divinycell sandwich panels, shipbuilder Uljanik cuts the deck weight of car carrier Siem Cicero by 25%, allowing for energy and cost savings.
Founded in 1856 in Pula,...
Vessel Suffers Engine Failure in Bosphorus Strait
On June 5, 2017, a vessel reportedly suffered an engine failure in the Bosphorous Strait and went adrift.
What happened?
The "Andre Michel 1" suffered engine failure in the morning of June 5, shortly after passing...
Maersk Unable to Move Cargo In and Out of Qatar
Maersk can no longer transport goods in or out of Qatar after Arab countries imposed restrictions on trade with the tiny Gulf state and the company is looking at alternative shipping routes.
Shipping lines normally...
Diver Goes Missing at Sea
On June 5, 2017, a diver was reported missing off Boulogne-sur-Mer, the CROSS Gris-Nez coordinated a research operation off Boulogne-sur-Mer.
What happened?
The "Dive Star" had reported early in the morning that one of its...
MAN Propeller Retrofits Garner 20 Per Cent Fuel Savings
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Propeller & Aft Ship organisation has delivered propeller upgrade packages to 19 vessels of Odfjell’s chemical tanker fleet that have delivered 20 per cent fuel savings.
Conventional set-up:
The project, which commenced...
Business Models can be Built Around Data Sharing
For shipping to truly benefit from digitalisation, shipowners must find a way to share their data — and possibly build a business model around it.
That was the takeaway from the opening sessions of Nor-Shipping...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Rearranging Global Shipping?
Interest in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, now the preferred name for the One Belt, One Road scheme introduced by President Xi Jinping over three years ago, has intensified. An international gathering in Beijing...
Shipbuilders Get a Lift from Russia
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), a debt-ridden shipbuilder that recently received another lifeline to stay afloat, held an event on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Russia, to name the ice-breaking liquefied natural gas (LNG)...