Maritime transportation, goods, services and regulation news
| March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
On March 9th, a group of Democratic and Republican Congressional representatives led by John Garamendi (D-CA) and Jim Costa (R-CA) announced that they authored a bipartisan letter to Michael A. Khouri, chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), voicing concern over reports that certain vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs) are declining to ship U.S. agricultural commodity exports from U.S. ports.
| March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Technology
| March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
• A ship transporting U.S. military cargo from Texas to France, has docked in Dunkirk • APL is handling the unloading operations, in partnership with CEVA Logistics • Helicopters, transport vehicles and auxiliary equipment have been unloaded in Dunkirk
| March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
Key insights: 1. Ocean rates ex-Asia have levelled off for the most part, with Asia-US East Coast falling 6%, US West Coast increasing 6%, and Asia-Europe 2. Strong demand and ocean carriers moving capacity to more lucrative lanes has pushed transatlantic rates up 20% since the end of January to $2,198/FEU after staying mostly on par year on year since the start of the pandemic. 3. Freightos.com search data shows port congestion at LA/Long Beach is leading shippers to look for alternative destinations, mostly on the East coast.
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Bulk
Orion Reederei, one of the world’s leading bulk carrier operators, has introduced Kaiko Systems’ intelligent data recording and analysis tool on three of its fifty vessels for an initial trial phase. The purpose is to assess the value of the product, namely a reduction in time spent on surveys and reporting and higher confidence in processes and outcomes.
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
Nippon Paint Marine is seeing liner operators increasingly postpone dry-dockings as they look to keep vessels operational to meet the recent surge in demand for container shipments.
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Technology
While rules covering commission testing for newbuild ballast water system installations are due to enter into force in June 2022, independent testing facility Maritec believes shipowners should not be reluctant in carrying out further testing of a system they consider to have already passed stringent tests during the type-approval process.
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals
A ship that waited nine months is among a handful of vessels that China has let unload their cargoes of Australian coal, a reprieve for some of the seafarers and vessels caught by a trade war that at one point stranded more than 70 carriers and 1,400 mariners.
| March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Technology
Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd. (DLM), of Southampton, UK has provided eight bespoke Running Line Monitors (RLMs) for Jan de Nul’s 236.8m-long Les Alizés, a next generation, 5,000t capacity floating installation crane vessel, currently being built in China. DLM, a specialist in the design, manufacture, repair and calibration of load cells and load monitoring equipment, delivered the RLMs to NOV’s BLM division, which designs and manufactures ship and offshore equipment products. NOV-BLM presented DLM with a requirement for equipment to monitor the tension on mooring winches aboard the Les Alizés.
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