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Three Cargill Innovations Win the Prestigious 2024 Edison Awards™
Cargill honored for innovations across the smart transportation, health & beauty care solutions, social & cultural impact – environmental solutions categories The Edison Awards™, named after the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, recognize …
Apr 22, 2024 / Curious
Kotug International selected EST-Floattech for the containerized battery system for world’s first fully electric pusherboat
EST-Floattech has announced that KOTUG International B.V. (KOTUG), the leading international towage and maritime company, has chosen EST-Floattech’s containerized energy storage solution with Octopus Series for the E-Pusher 1 (Type M). On board the …
Apr 22, 2024 / Curious
Wärtsilä cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems continue to be the choice for Very Large Ethane Gas Carriers
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for three new 98k Very Large Ethane Gas Carrier (VLEC) vessels. The ships are being built at the HD Hyundai Heavy …
Apr 22, 2024 / Curious
Belships Announces Fleet Expansion
Belships has expanded its newbuilding program with two new 64 000 dwt Ultramax bulk carriers which will be delivered in 2028. The vessels are leased on similar terms as previously announced transactions, and Belships is not required to make any down …
Apr 22, 2024 / Curious
Himalaya Shipping Delivery of Mount Denali and Commencement of Charter
Himalaya Shipping Ltd. has announced that it has successfully taken delivery of the tenth of the twelve 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax dual fuel newbuildings the Company has on order from New Times Shipyard. The remaining two vessels are scheduled to be …
Apr 22, 2024 / Vessels
Value Maritime and MOL team up to capture carbon together
Dutch emission-reducing tech enterprise, Value Maritime (VM) and Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have inked a contract for VM to supply an Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS) and Carbon Capture feature for an LR1 Product …
Apr 22, 2024 / Curious
Kongsberg Maritime secures contract to supply propeller systems to Damen Naval for four Anti-Submarine Warfare frigates
Kongsberg Maritime will supply four shipsets of its controllable pitch propeller systems and associated equipment, including shaftlines. It is the second collaboration between Damen Naval and Kongsberg Maritime in the past 18 months. Kongsberg …
Apr 19, 2024 / Naval
Wärtsilä cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems selected for three new Very Large Ethane Gas Carriers
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, will supply cargo handling and fuel supply systems for three new large sized ethane gas carrier (VLEC) vessels. The ships are being built at the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) yard in …
Apr 18, 2024 / Curious
Electramar has arrived in the Baltic Sea
AtoB@C Shipping’s first plug-in hybrid newbuilding Electramar has reached the Baltic Sea marking the end of a long voyage from India around the Cape of Good Hope to Europe. The vessel arrived in Luleå, Sweden on Sunday evening. After discharging in …
Apr 17, 2024 / Curious
Iteris Chosen by Port of Long Beach to Complete a Multimodal Transportation Study
The study will coordinate future Port improvements and improve safety and efficiency for all transportation modes Iteris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITI), the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced it …
Apr 17, 2024 / Curious