New careers await at Splash Jobs
Summer holidays are coming to a close in the northern hemisphere and shipping is getting ready to get back to work. The end of August and the start of September often marks a significant churn point in shipping and offshore recruitment with many deciding for a career change. Over at Splash Jobs there are currently […]
Lithuania to relaunch second offshore wind tender
Lithuania’s State Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) has set a new date for the second offshore wind auction in the Baltic Sea after the first attempt fell through in April due to a lack of interest. The repeated tender for the 700MW wind farm in the Baltic Sea is planned to be announced on November 18 […]
TotalEnergies to power Culzean platform using floating wind
French energy major TotalEnergies has launched a pilot project consisting of a floating wind turbine to supply renewable power to the Culzean offshore platform in the UK North Sea. The 3MW floating wind turbine will be located two kilometres west of the Culzean platform, 220 km off the eastern coast of Scotland. The turbine, expected […]
Thủ tướng yêu cầu kiểm soát chặt hàng nhập khẩu qua thương mại điện tử
Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính vừa ký ban hành chỉ thị số 29 về việc kích cầu tiêu dùng, hỗ trợ sản xuất, kinh doanh và phát triển thị trường trong nước. Có chính sách nhằm thúc đẩy tiêu thụ thị trường nội địa, tăng cạnh tranh – Ảnh: C.TRUNG Theo đó, để kịp thời […]
MSC inks collaboration agreement with start-up shipyard Hengli HI
Mediterranean Shipping Company has signed a partnership agreement with emerging Chinese shipbuilder Hengli Heavy Industry, as the Swiss-Italian operator continues to reach out to mid-tier Chinese yards for new buildings. Hengli Heavy Industry formed in 2023 with Hengli Group’s acquisition of the defunct STX Dalian yard has so far received only bulk carrier and tanker […]
ZIM’s mean ship size moves up with more larger vessels deployed
ZIM Line has caught up with its larger peers in terms of average ship size, according to Alphaliner’s report today (28 August). The Israeli carrier has upped its average ship size of 4,395 TEU in August 2023, to 5,748 TEU this month. This growth is in line with ZIM’s fleet expansion as it has chartered […]
E-commerce and maritime disruption benefits Asia Pacific airlines
Air cargo data for Asia Pacific airlines in July shows they continued to benefit from robust e-commerce demand and ongoing disruptions in maritime shipping. Preliminary July traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reveals a 12.3% year-on-year increase in international air cargo demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTK), while capacity […]
Canada rail strike averted, but ILA action looms
The Canadian rail lockout of union employees that went into effect on Thursday and threatened to disrupt North American logistics lasted only eighteen hours. Friday’s order by the Minister of Labor ended the lockout and required the start of binding arbitration for the carriers and union. The Teamsters issued a strike announcement soon after but […]
Container ship contracting spree now exceeds 10 million TEUs
“When only six ships with a capacity of 4,746 TEU were contracted in the fourth quarter of 2023, many might have thought that the container ship contracting spree that began in 2021 had finally cooled. However, the appetite for new ships remains high and year-to-date contracting already exceeds the 2023 full-year total. That brings the […]
Veyrac joins CargoAi’s CargoWALLET
CargoAi has appointed global payment expert Olivier Veyrac as senior vice president for payment solution at CargoWALLET. Prior to taking up his current role, Veyrac spent nearly eight years at San Francisco-based online global payments platform, Veem, most recently as vice president of business development. Before that he was chief executive at Beca Marketing. Additionally, […]