Schulte Marine Concept (SMC) held a steel cutting ceremony for a 12,500 dwt multipurpose vessel at Taizhou Sanfu Shipyard, China.
This is the first in a series of four vessels ordered by German transportation and logistics company Krey Schiffahrts and German maritime transportation firm Auerbach Schifffahrt.
The vessel will be classed by DNV and sail under the Portuguese flag, with delivery scheduled for June 30, 2025.
A new paper entitled ‘Guidance on Stability of Lifts’ outlines key strategies for ensuring safe and stable heavy lift operations when moving loads onto, off or between ships in port or at sea.
DNV has issued its 8th edition of the Maritime Forecast to 2050 report. It says that the maritime industry needs to prioritise energy efficiency until the cost and supply of carbon-neutral fuels become more feasible. Longer term, customers need to prepare for a sharp increase in logistics costs.
Chinese-Polish multipurpose shipping line Chipolbrok has named its latest 62,000 dwt newbuild vessel Boym.
Fuel and emissions monitoring service, EmissionLink, said that it is simplifying the emissions management process with a series of solutions ahead of the Fuel EU Maritime regulations, due to come into effect in January 2025.
Portugal’s Laso Transportes will open a new complex worth EUR10 million (USD10.5 million) next year in the Basque Country, Spain.
UK-based Tugdock has been awarded a ‘Statement of Feasibility’ from DNV for its Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP).
