A strange year is about to end. 2020 has truely been a historical one, from a human perspective but also in all businesses and sectors, including the port industry. The pandemic has hit our customers, their staff and organisatons at the same time. The crisis has hit the whole port community, service providers, public authorities, all stakeholders and their people. Never before in our recent history has there been such a global human and economical crisis.

ITAW Cargo S.A.C. collaborated with fellow XLP member, Cardinal to move a compressor for the Howden Compressor Cargo Project.

Thordon Bearings has added to the growing concern over proposed changes to Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance (VIDA) requirements, citing far reaching environmental consequences if clauses in the existing document are removed.

Cuxhaven is sailing around potential border control backlogs from and to England thanks to unaccompanied, driverless trailer transits starting on “Day One”

Wittenberge / Sassnitz (Germany), 18 December 2020. Eisenbahngesellschaft Potsdam mbH (EGP for short) presented the new design for one of its Smartrons in Mukran Port yesterday. In cooperation with Railcolor-Ziemon, partners of the Mukran Port Group as well as DBO Bahnoperator GmbH, a design was created that reflects the philosophy of all three parties involved as well as the theme of the Silk Road.

Oslo/Busan, 18 December 2020: DNV GL, the world's leading classification society, and HHI Group, the world's largest shipyard, have teamed up to embark on the development of future-proof tanker designs. In a recent "Green Tankers towards 2050" industry webinar, attended by more than 250 participants from shipping companies around the world, DNV GL and HHI Group presented the results of new joint research and explained how eco-friendly maritime solutions can help shipowners and managers to cope with stricter environmental regulations now and in the future.

Digitalisation is the maritime game changer. This is why the digital transformation will be in focus at SMM DIGITAL, which has been given the leitmotif “Driving The Maritime Transition”. As a purely digital event, SMM DIGITAL will feature conferences with top-ranking panelists discussing current trends in Smart Shipping. International experts will report about the challenges facing the maritime industry, and highlight attractive solutions.

Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has recently confirmed that the 12 development projects are in progress, under Kuwait’s development plan “Kuwait Vision 2035 New Kuwait”, mainly referring to these projects as the gateway to development, where ports are the portal to international trade.

Krovinių vežimo geležinkeliu bendrovė „LTG Cargo“ lapkričio mėnesį pervežė beveik 5 mln. tonų krovinių ir pagerino praėjusių metų lapkričio rezultatą.

The ‘BW Gemini’, a VLGC from the BW LPG fleet, has had its MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 main engine retrofited to an MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP dual-fuel type, capable of operating on fuel oil and LPG. The conversion is the first of 15 for a series of LPG carriers owned by BW LPG (picture courtesy BW LPG)

 
Total of 15 LPG carriers now set for ME-LGIP dual-fuel conversions; number of newbuilding LPG carriers ordered with LPG-burning engines set to take off

EU Mobility Strategy paves the way for Green Deal implementation but needs a vision on seaports as engines of growth and recover

Lappeenrannan kaupunki

Lappeenranta has appointed a core team to implement the European Green Leaf Year 2021. The Green Leaf project manager will be Kati Korhonen, who currently coordinates international affairs in Lappeenranta’s corporate administration.

"Seafarers are struggling as we speak!

This pandemic has made life hard and very different for all of us. Few have had as difficult a time as seafarers and their families. Throughout the crisis crews have kept working, maintaining global supply lines, including vital food and medical supplies. They have done so against an acutely challenging background. With many governments making crew change impossible, hundreds of thousands have been working well beyond the end of their contracts. Some have now been on board up to 17 months without a break. Uncertainty, anxiety and exhaustion are making many lives incredibly stressful. Those stresses have been enhanced by severe limitations on shore leave, preventing access to much needed opportunities for communication with family and simple relaxation.

An important stage of aerodrome reconstruction works has been completed at Vilnius Airport with two aircraft taxiways located in the southern part of the airport being modernised. After completing the project, the airport will have enhanced operational safety, also allowing it to handle aircraft quicker and ‘greener’

In the latest issue of SEB’s report The Green Bond, titled Pathways to Paris, we explore the journey towards a low-carbon economy by looking at topics such the industrial transformation, sustainable cities and the progress of the economic transition as well as a few selected case studies.