Maritime News Archives — Page 12 of 14

April 27, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Terminal Operator Rolls-Out Digital Platforms

Dubai-based terminal operator, DP World has launched a plethora of online logistics tools and services enabling businesses to book shipments of cargo by any combination of sea, land, and air.The company said the roll-out of the platforms was sped up...

April 21, 2020 No Responses

Pirates Kidnap Eight Container Crew Members In Cotonou

Eight crew members of the Portuguese-flagged containership, Tommi Ritscher are believed to have been taken by a group of pirates that boarded the ship on April 19, 2020 while the vessel was within the Cotonou anchorage area, West Africa. The...

April 17, 2020 No Responses

Terminals To Boost Performance With Data Sharing App

Turkish port operator Yilport Holdings has implemented Navis Smart Compass, a visual workflow management application, at five terminals, following a pilot program in May of last year. The application, developed by Cargotec’s Navis brand, is used to digitize ...

April 15, 2020 No Responses

Report: 37 Ships Boarded, 22 Seafarers Kidnapped In Q1, 2020

Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IBM) shows. In total, the bureau received reports of 47 attacks in the first three months of...

April 6, 2020 No Responses

World’s Largest LNG-Fueled RoRo Ship Construction Begins In China

China-based Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new LNG-powered roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel ordered by Swedish shipping company, Wallenius SOL. The vessel, which will be the world’s first RoRo ship to be both LNG fueled and...

April 3, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: NIMASA, Shippers’ Council Collaborate To Sustain Shipping

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has stated that the guidelines for vessels calling at the Nigerian Ports recently issued by the Agency was to ensure shipping activities continue in a way...

March 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Bans International Vessels Without Thermal Screening Facilities

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to ban international vessels without thermal screening facilities. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Jimoh said that following the outbreak ...

March 27, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Seals $815m Sale Of Eight Port Terminals

French container shipping and logistics company CMA CGM has completed a first transaction related to the sale of eight port terminals to Terminal Link, a joint venture between CMA CGM and port developer and operator China Merchants Port Holdings (CMP)....

March 23, 2020 No Responses

NIMASA Boss Implores Nigerians On Business Opportunities In Maritime Industry

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has advised Nigerians to get involved in vast Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) businesses in Nigerian maritime industry. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, gave the advice in Enug...

March 16, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Stakeholder Laud New NIMASA Management

More stakeholders in the maritime industry have commended the new executive management team appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) led by Dr. Bashir Jamoh. According to the Stakeholders...

March 1, 2020 No Responses

Dry Bulk Shipping CEO Steps Down

Torben Janholt, Chief Executive Officer of the dry bulk shipping company Pioneer Marine Inc. is retiring from his role effective March 1, 2020. He has been a member of the Pioneer Marine board of directors since 2013. “I have decided...

February 21, 2020 No Responses

Maersk Declares $ 5.7b Earnings For 2019, Projects 2020 Outlook

Despite weak market conditions and slow container growth of 1.4 percent, Danish shipping heavyweight, A.P. Moller – Maersk managed to improve earnings and free cash flow in 2019. The company’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (...

February 3, 2020 No Responses

Seaports’ Infrastructure Takes Centre Stage As Hassan Bello Briefs IMF Team

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@gotmail.com — All hands are on deck to improve state of infrastructure at Nigerian Seaports, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has said. Briefing a deleg...

January 24, 2020 No Responses

Grimaldi Takes Delivery of New Car, Truck Carrier

Italian Grimaldi Group has welcomed to its fleet Grande Houston, a new pure car & truck carrier (PCTC). On January 15, 2020, Grimaldi took delivery of the third of the seven ships built the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, located in Zhoushan....