News 2023 March 30

Konecranes launches new Zero4 program to receive EUR 70 million from Business Finland

NORDEN partner with Spar Shipping on use of biofuel

Belize, Japan and Portugal join the 2012 Cape Town Agreement

Transport hub for Russia’s export grain to be created in Iran

RF Government to finalize plans on development of transport corridors

NORDEN enters Capesize segment

Seaspan gets more than $2 billion in contracts to Canadian companies for the design and construction of new, large non-combat vessels

Wan Hai Lines holds ship naming ceremony for new vessel Wan Hai 331

Meyer Werft announces keel laying for Disney Treasure

Russian Federal Fisheries Agency approves expansion of Zvezda shipyard’s capacity

The combined EBIT of 12 largest shipping lines reach USD 95bn in 2022

Wartsila launches world-first radical derating solution for two-stroke engines

DP World sets new Southampton record for handling containers on ship

Hyundai GLOVIS partners with GoodFuels on first biofuel bunkering for a Korean flagged PCTC vessel

EU agrees stronger legislation to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy

TransContainer launches service for cargo traffic to China via Saint Petersburg

LR awards AiP to Hyundai Heavy Industries for its new Onboard Guidance System

SCZONE signs a framework business agreement with Suez Canal Container Terminal Company

RF Transport Ministry extends validity period of seafarers’ documents until 30 June 2023

MacGregor receives a large order for RoRo equipment for dual-fuel LNG Pure Car and Truck Carriers for Sallaum Lines

ScottishPower formalises a £1.3billion contract with Siemens Gamesa for 95 wind turbines for the East Anglia Three offshore windfarm

COSCO SHIPPING Ports total throughput increases by 0.6% to 130,107,074 TEU in 2022

Alfa Laval joins the Global CCS Institute

USC’s Lotos Shipyard starts cutting steel for lead container ship of Project 00108

Sergey Kulikov appointed as General Director of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF engine receives Type Approval

Dredging works commenced on Volga-Caspian Canal

Port of Houston container volumes up 15% in February 2023

VARD Electro AS signs multi-million-euro project with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch

Global long-term container rates down by 24% since August 2022 - Xeneta

RC Dock receives Class Approval from RINA for new remotely controlled unmanned workboats

RosGeo invested about RUB 500 million in equipment of ships in 2022

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore сollaborates with Bluenergy Solutions to launch Proof of Value project for clean tidal energy

Ordering of special ships for tourism is easier than modernization of research vessels for cruises - RosGeo