Cosco Shipping has ordered two 700 teu electric container ships from Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry.
The ships will be used on the Yangtze River and will be powered by containerised batteries, which can be swapped at ports for recharging.
Cosco Shipping plans to build a charging and replacement network in major ports of China.
Damen Shipyards has delivered two Combi Freighter (CF) 5000 vessels to Squtrixo General Trading. Additionally, a CF 3850 will also be handed over to the company.
Combi Lift successfully completed lots one and two of complex multimodal transport project, delivering a complete chemical plant from Chennai port, India, to Proctor, West Virginia, USA, via the port of New Orleans.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is launching a re-engineered bunker adjustment factor, BAF2.0, to prepare for future fuels on the path to net-zero emissions by 2040.
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has allocated USD580 million towards port improvement projects.
Port Freeport was awarded a USD1.48 million grant by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Ports Program.
