2021 April 18

16:18	USCG says two crewmembers recovered from capsized lift boat Donjon dive operations were scheduled to continue throughout Friday evening
14:27	Port Canaveral to host commercial vessels for U.S. reflag conversion process The vessel reflagging plan was presented at the regular March meeting of the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners
13:48	ABP expands customer offer at Port of Garston Port of Garston clients will have more covered and external storage capacity
13:11	Suez Canal Authority permitted two personnel of the crew members of the Panamanian vessel to leave for urgent personal circumstances In response to the request of the owner company and as a humanitarian gesture
12:34	IACS announces Incoming Council Chair Lloyd’s Register CEO Nick Brown to take up role on 1st July this year.
11:33	Maritime NZ welcomes new Chief Executive Kirstie Hewlett takes the helm at Maritime NZ
11:03	RMC and TT-Line ink contract for car and passenger ferry duo The first of the vessels will be delivered to TT-Line at the end of 2023 and the second at the end of 2024
10:25	Local start-up Machine Eye wins £75k in funding from Techstart Ventures and Belfast Harbour Newry tech business Machine Eye has secured a £75,000 proof of concept grant
09:41	Logistics services in Dunkerque-Port are expanding with innovative solutions A warehouse with 42,000 sq. m of floor space will be built in the DLI South zone
09:17	USCG recovered one crew member Thursday night from missing lift boat crew Divers returned to the scene at 7:50 a.m. Friday to conduct an assessment and began dive operations

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2021 April 17

15:41	BW LPG sells VLGC "BW Empress" BW LPG says the BW Empress was sold for an attractive price in a volatile market
14:23	USCG continues search for missing people from capsized vessel The incident has been declared a major marine casualty
13:19	Silverstream Technologies and Shell successfully complete trials of the Silverstream® System onboard the LNG carrier Methane Patricia Camila Retrofit of air lubrication technology achieves verified performance of 6.6% net savings during initial testing
12:33	Contract for two new car and passenger ferries for TT-Line strengthens RMC's order book significantly Construction of the new car and passenger ferries will begin in spring 2022
11:21	IACS has published its 2020 Annual Review IACS is pleased to announce the release of its 2020 IACS Annual Review
10:56	KR and HHI Group sign strategic partnership MOU For GHG issue Shipowners need to implement measures to meet EEXI and CII regulations which come into force for existing ships in 2023

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2021 April 16

18:00	New multi-regional manual for response to maritime pollution incidents gets jointly published by HELCOM and its partners The guidance includes specific annexes for the Mediterranean, Baltic and Greater North Sea
17:38	ESPO welcomes Port of Durrës as observer member Port of Durrës is Albania's port of call, accounting for nearly 90% of Albania's total international maritime freight traffic
17:14	Rosatom estimates demand for tankers and bulkers needed under Arctic project till 2028 at 40 units The state corporation sets itself five key tasks on the development of the Northern Sea Route
16:01	Baltic countries benefit from EMSA’s regional RPAS service for enhanced maritime surveillance EMSA’s regional RPAS service for enhanced maritime surveillance in the Baltic Sea began this week
15:03	GPA’s March container trade leaps 48 percent The Port of Savannah handled an all-time record of nearly 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, an increase of more than 48 percent, or 162,275 TEUs
14:49	Baltic Ports Organization’s Digitalization Managers Group held online meeting The BPO Digitalization Managers Group will meet again in September
14:25	New rail cargo volumes to and from Stockholm Norvik Port From 12th April the short sea hauls shipping company Containerships, in collaboration with Green Cargo, is operating services every week between southern Sweden and Stockholm Norvik Port

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2021 April 16

https://www.maritimeprofessional.com

Baltic Dry Index scales over 1-year peak

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, rose to its highest level since September 2019...Baltic Dry Index scales over 1-year peak
2021 April 16

https://splash247.com

World Bank urges governments to stop spending on LNG bunkering infrastructure

The World Bank has a new report out this week on decarbonising maritime transport in which it specifically recommends countries pull back from investing in further LNG bunkering infrastructure...World Bank urges governments to stop spending on LNG bunkering infrastructure
2021 April 16

https://www.offshore-energy.biz

PXGEO buys Vyacheslav Tikhonov vessel from Polarcus

PXGEO Seismic Services has entered into binding agreement to acquire Vyacheslav Tikhonov vessel from its current owner Polarcus...PXGEO buys Vyacheslav Tikhonov vessel from Polarcus
2021 April 16

https://splash247.com

Russia closing Kerch Strait for six months

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has reportedly announced it will close the waters leading to the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, for warships and non-commercial vessels...Russia closing Kerch Strait for six months
2021 April 15

https://www.reuters.com

Lebanon to ask Russia for help restoring port, building power plants

Lebanese Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri intends to ask Russia for economic assistance during a visit to Moscow later this week...Lebanon to ask Russia for help restoring port, building power plants
2021 April 15

https://www.neweurope.eu

Russia’s Delo Group and Rosatom switch Novorossiysk port terminals to wind power

Delo Group, Russia’s largest transport and logistics holding, and Atomenergoprom, a company of state atomic corporation Rosatom consolidating all Russian civil assets, signed on April 13 an agreement for joint actions to promote switching of logistics terminals to low-carbon energy sources...Russia’s Delo Group and Rosatom switch Novorossiysk port terminals to wind power