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Imoto Lines and Marindows launch next-generation zero-emission container ship project
Imoto Lines and Marindows, as a first step in transforming the future of domestic maritime shipping, will build the next generation of zero-emission domestic container ships capable of hybrid operation using Japan’s first exchangeable container …
Apr 23, 2024 / Curious
Sunrise Serenity Conducts Successful Biodiesel Test Voyage
On July 28, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), the NYK Group’s Asahi Shipping Co., Ltd. (Asahi Shipping), and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Kobe Steel) supplied biodiesel fuel* ("biofuel") using ship-to-ship transfer** to the bulk carrier Sunrise Serenity at …
Aug 21, 2023 / Curious
Three Companies to Expand Container Terminal in Kobe
Signs MoU with Kobe-Osaka International Port and 'K' Line TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) on Wednesday (Jul26) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Port Island Phase 2 Development Project at the Port of Kobe …
Jul 27, 2023 / Curious
AAL Transport Juice Tanks From China To Europe
AAL has recently transported eight giant juice tanks safely on a single sailing from Taicang Port in China to Setúbal in Portugal, 50 kilometres south of Lisbon. Carried on its 31,000 deadweight mega-size A-Class heavy lift vessel, AAL Kobe, …
May 29, 2023 / Curious
MOL and Kobe Steel offset CO2 emission from the iron ore carrier's voyage between Australia and Japan
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Kobe Steel, Ltd. on Thursday (Mar09) announced that the companies have offset carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel used in ocean transport of iron ore from Australia to Japan, through the use of voluntary …
Mar 12, 2023 / Curious
AAL Delivers 680mt of Floating Buoys to off-shore tanker terminal in the Persian Gulf
The 31,000dwt ‘mega-size’ heavy lift vessel, AAL Kobe, recently transported two heavy lift single-point mooring (SPM) Buoys along AAL Shipping’s (AAL) ‘Europe – Middle East / India – Asia Monthly Liner Service’ (EUMEIA), from Jebel Ali in Dubai to …
Nov 2, 2021 / Vessels
Wärtsilä and Tanger Med enable first real-life digital port call for Hapag-Lloyd vessel
Within the framework of a partnership previously announced between Tanger Med Port Authority and Wärtsilä Voyage - which aims at digitalising maritime port calls -Tanger Med, Hapag-Lloyd, and Anglo-Eastern Ship Management have succeeded in enabling …
Jun 29, 2021 / Vessels
LNG-fueled Tugboat Ishin Undergoes 1st LNG Bunkering Trial in Port of Kobe
Contributing to Development of LNG Bunkering Ports and Wider Use of LNG as Marine FuelTOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced on Wednesday (Sep18) that it has participated in the LNG bunkering trial at the Port of Kobe, organized by the Kobe City …
Sep 18, 2019 / Vessels
Express Delivery at the Port of Tyne
Five fully-finished Transpennine Express train carriages arrive on TyneIt was an Express Delivery at the Port of Tyne recently, when five fully-finished Transpennine Express train carriages arrived into Port from Kobe, Japan.Built in Japan, Hitachi …
Jul 24, 2019 / Vessels
AAL Gives Heavy Lift to Felixstowe’s expansion plans
AAL celebrates Felixstowe inaugural call with the successful delivery of four RTGs from China, for the UK port’s expansion projectAAL has successfully delivered a cargo of four rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) to the Port of Felixstowe, as part of a …
May 15, 2019 / Vessels