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Van Oord completes large-scale beach restoration project in Valencia

Van Oord completed the largest beach restoration in Spain’s history, restoring the beaches south of the city of Valencia to their original size. The beaches have been slowly eroding since 1965. The Spanish government contracted the joint venture of …
Apr 15, 2024 / Curious

LNG Bunkering Vessel KEYS Azalea Delivered

Japan's First LNG Bunkering Vessel in Kyushu and Setouchi Area, Equipped with Dual-Fuel Engines A ceremony for the LNG bunkering vessel KEYS Azalea was held on March 28 at the Yamatomachi Shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Yamaguchi …
Apr 2, 2024 / Vessels

Fundación Valenciaport to boost carbon neutrality in maritime transport through the POWER4MED project

Fundación Valenciaport has begun work on the POWER4MED project, an initiative that seeks to boost the transition towards carbon neutrality in maritime transport. This goal requires, in the short term, the use of transition fuels such as liquefied …
Mar 21, 2024 / Curious

Smart solutions onboard: Alewijnse increasing safety and efficiency for Jumbo vessels

Efficiency and safety at sea. Alewijnse is committed to ensuring these through the delivery of advanced alarm and monitoring systems that comply with the latest safety requirements. This includes the SPS notation which comes into effect on July 1, …
Mar 20, 2024 / Curious

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels Completes First Digital Bunker Operation with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Singapore

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has conducted its first digital bunker delivery for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) in Singapore, boosting the efficiency of its bunkering process through digitalization. TotalEnergies adopted Bunkerchain’s eBDN system, …
Mar 1, 2024 / Curious

Fundación Valenciaport's latest study will promote ammonia as fuel for ships

Fundación Valenciaport has started working on a study on the safety of ammonia as fuel, 'Study Investigating the Safety of Ammonia as Fuel on Ships'; an initiative that proposes to lay the foundations for the use of ammonia as fuel for ships. The …
Feb 28, 2024 / Curious

Ocean Installer secures second-largest contract in company’s history

Ocean Installer, in consortium with Oceaneering, have been awarded a significant contract from TotalEnergies EP Angola and its Partners of Block 17 to execute the transportation and installation work of GIR FLEX project [1]. The project is part of …
Feb 8, 2024 / Curious

OOCL Introduces the First Eco-friendly 24,188 TEU Vessel in 2024, OOCL Valencia

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) has introduced another new 24,000 TEU mega vessel.  Caption: OOCL Valencia” is the seventh eco-friendly 24,188 TEU vessel in OOCL‘s fleet. The newest member in OOCL’s fleet was named “OOCL …
Jan 5, 2024 / Vessels

Baleària launches its second gas-powered fast ferry, with more powerful engines

Wednesday (Dec13) Baleària launched the Margarita Salas fast ferry at the Armon Shipyard in Gijón, where it is being built. This is the shipping company's second fast ferry equipped with dual gas engines, which combines the most competitive features …
Dec 15, 2023 / Curious

Deltamarin Wins Design Contract For LA Méridionale’s New Ro-Pax Vessels

Deltamarin has signed a contract with China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for the approval and detail design of La Méridionale’s upcoming ro-pax vessel project. As a part of the contract, Deltamarin will be responsible for providing both the …
Dec 6, 2023 / Curious