March 23 - Earlier this month, Cosco Shipping's Xiang Rui Kou, a recently delivered semi-submersible ship, delivered a dredger - Dong Xiang - to the Port of Ngqura, South Africa.
The ship then loaded a dredger - Jin Tai and a barge - and returned them to Tianjin, China (pictured below).
Cosco Shipping says that this was the first float-on operation conducted in the Port of Ngqura for a semi-submersible vessel in a water depth of 13 m.
Günther Siemens will take over the role of managing director at Briese Chartering effective January 1, 2025.
The introduction of the FuelEU Maritime regulation marks a significant shift in decarbonisation compliance for the shipping industry. With stricter greenhouse gas intensity requirements taking effect in January 2025, BIMCO’s newly launched FuelEU Maritime Clause for Time Charter Parties 2024 provides contractual clarity.
China’s Protranser delivered an energy storage cabinet weighing 48 tonnes from Qingdao, China to Iraq.
Silk Way Alat Free Economic Zone Company (SW AFEZCO) has signed a design and build agreement with Modern Construction Group for the development of the Silk Way Cargo Village.
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) motion compensated gripper frame has been loaded out ahead of installation aboard its heavy lift vessel Thialf.
Amasus Shipping has launched its offshore wind ro-ro vessel, Rotra Futura, at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard in China.
