Maritime/Shipbuilding
Xinhua Silk Road: Sixth Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum held in Ningbo, E. China on Wed.
BEIJING, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 6th Maritime Silk Road
Proman and Stena jointly develop methanol as the pathway to sustainable shipping
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The global shipping industry is responsible for ~2.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which equals almost 1 billion metric tons of CO2 each year. Unchecked, emissions could increase by as much as 130% from 2008 levels by 2050. Transitioning to low-carb...
MPC Container Ships ASA secures new financing facility, agrees on sale of six vessels and provides update on charter fixtures
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MPC Container Ships ASA ("MPCC" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") is pleased to announce the following measures that will increase the Company's balance sheet flexibility in order to execute on the Group's plan to comme...
China Oceanic Development Foundation: Balancing Marine Environmental Protection and Growth of "Blue Economy": China and Thailand's Cooperation on Marine Spatial Planning
BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent years, Thailand has been developing a variety of ocean-related industries including tourism, fishery, and transportation. Marine spatial planning, as a critical tool to balance marine environmental protection and the growth of the "blue economy", h...
China Oceanic Development Foundation: VTS Operator Training: ensuring navigation safety, promoting China-Indonesia cooperation
BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- When Putu Onishi, 53-year-old Chief of Shift B of Benoa Vessel Traffic Service ofIndonesia, looked back at the VTS operator training program held inShanghai 2014, he thought highly of it, "It's very good... and really useful, equipping us with the knowled...
Saildrone Closes $100 Million Series C Funding Round to Advance Ocean Intelligence Products
ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Saildrone, the emerging market leader in ocean data, ocean mapping, and maritime intelligence solutions, today announced the close of its$100M Series C round, bringing its total funding to $190M. Led by BOND, the round includes new investors XN, Sta...
BTP Terminal in Brazil Goes Live Remotely with CyberLogitec's OPUS Terminal
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CyberLogitec, the leading provider of Maritime, Port/Terminal, and Logistics operations IT technologies and subsidiary of EUSU Holdings, announced that the OPUS Terminal implementation in Brasil Terminal Portuário has completed successfully inJ...
Nippon Express (Shanghai) Launches "Kansai Special Rapid Service" Using High-speed Ferries from Shanghai to Osaka/Kobe
TOKYO, Oct. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nippon Express (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "NE Shanghai"), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., has launched an in-house consolidated service -- "Kansai Special Rapid Service" -- using extremely reliable high-speed ferries fromShanghai to Osaka...
ZIM Establishes Ship4wd™, a New Digital Freight Forwarding Company
HAIFA, Israel, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Ltd.(NYSE: ZIM) announced today the creation of a new subsidiary, Ship4wd
Term sheet with lending banks completed - Concordia Maritime signs agreements on new loan terms and conditions
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Concordia Maritime has entered into binding agreements with lending banks regarding new loan terms and conditions for eight of the Company's ten P-MAX vessels. The new terms and conditions are valid until the end of Q4 2024. The new agreements are...
Over 41,000 Seafarers For Hire On Marine Online's Platform
SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The ongoing pandemic has badly aggravated the global crew change crisis since late 2019. The pool of available manpower is continuously contracting as employers prefer to hire vaccinated crew for safety precautions. That resulted in un-precedented rates o...
CHIMEI Completes The World's First Carbon-neutral Shipment of Butadiene
TAIPEI, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To realize its "Clean & Green" environmental vision and in line with the global trends towards carbon reduction and neutrality, CHIMEI Corporation completed world's first carbon-neutral shipment of butadiene with its butadiene supplier Braskem. The ship...
Marine Online's Cash-To-Master Service Eases Onboard Cash Flow
SINGAPORE, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Transiting through ports are all vessels' opportunities to execute inspections ensuring seaworthiness before resuming voyage, including replacing faulty parts and replenish supplies, even paying wages for crew's sign-off. These instances would require cas...
Over 150 industry leaders and organizations call for decisive government action to enable full decarbonization of international shipping by 2050
Signatories of the Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization urge world leaders to align shipping with the Paris Agreement temperature goal. The private sector is already taking important steps to decarbonize global supply chains. Now governments must deliver the policies that will supercharge ...
Xinhua Silk Road: Initiative unveiled at 2021 Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum to maintain unimpeded supply chain
BEIJING, Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- An initiative jointly launched by practitioners in global shipping and logistic industry was released recently at the 2021 Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum held inXiamen of southeastChina's Fujian Province, aiming to jointly build a harmon...
The World Clean Earth Day Comes, Guangdong Quadrant Takes Actions
SHANTOU, China, Sept. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Clean Earth Day, also known as the World Clean Day, set on the third weekend of September, is a global cleaning activity, initiated byAustralia's international environmental protection organization memberIan Keenan. It is an international s...
China Oceanic Development Foundation: Develop a sustainable aquaculture in Brunei: start with independent nursery of fingerlings
BEIJING, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the summer of 2016, Cherry Wei and her colleagues at Guangxi Hiseaton Foods Co Ltd arrived inBrunei to start new fishery business, setting up Hiseaton Fisheries Sdn Bhd. This was a response to the invitation ofBrunei government. "Earlier in the December ...
Xinhua Silk Road: 2021 Silk Road Maritime Brand Influence Parallel Forum held in Xiamen
BEIJING, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brand Influence Parallel Forum of
the 2021Silk Road
The 14th China (Xiamen) International Boat Show will open on November 19th
XIAMEN, China, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 14th China (Xiamen) International Boat Show (hereinafter referred to as "Xiamen International Boat Show") will be grandly opened at Wuyuan Bay Yacht Harbor onNovember 19th. As one of the most important side events of the World Ocean Week in Xiamen...
Xinhua Silk Road: 2021 Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum held in Xiamen to boost maritime co-op
BEIJING, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2021 Silk Road Maritime
International Cooperation Forum kicked off Wednesday inXiamen of southeast
China's Fujian Province, offering opportunities for industry insiders to
exchange ideas on boosting maritime cooperation.
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