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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

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

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

Vale to install Anemoi Rotor Sails on world’s largest ore carrier, making it the largest wind propulsion installation ever

Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. has announced that it is to install five Rotor Sails from Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd (Anemoi), one of the world’s leading suppliers of wind-assisted propulsion technology for commercial vessels, onboard a 400,000 …
Nov 9, 2023 / Curious

Vale and Port of Açu sign agreement to develop a Mega Hub for the decarbonization of steelmaking

Vale informs that it signed a MOU with the Port of Açu to study the development of a Mega Hub at the port located in São João da Barra in the state of Rio de Janeiro, to produce HBI (hot briquetted iron) using the direct reduction route. The Mega …
Sep 28, 2023 / Curious

Fincantieri and Cantiere Navale Vittoria Lay The Keel Of The Italian Coast Guard Multi-Role Offshore Vessel

Fincantieri and Cantiere Navale Vittoria have recently celebrated the laying of the keel of a Multi-purpose Offshore Unit (UAM) that has been commissioned by the Italian Coast Guard.  The event was held at Cantiere Navale Vittoria's shipyard in …
Apr 4, 2023 / Naval

MOL and VALE agree to install Two Norsepower Rotor SailsTM to an in-service Capesize Bulk Carrier

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Vale International SA (VALE) have today announced a partnership to retrofit a 200,000-ton class bulk carrier, currently employed under a mid–term contract for transportation of iron ore for Vale, with two 35m x 5m …
Mar 8, 2023 / Vessels

iTerminals project tests standard digital language for container terminals in real operations

On 13 December, the European consortium of the iTerminals4.0 project, an initiative led by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility Programme (CEF) of the European Commission, held its final conference.  The main …
Dec 15, 2022 / Curious

The Port of Valencia and Baleària will invest 100 million euros in the new passenger terminal

The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) approved on Nov 10 the award to the Valencian company Baleària Eurolineas Marítimas S.A. of the construction and operation of the new public passenger terminal in the Port of Valencia. …
Nov 11, 2022 / Cruise

One out of every four cars managed by the Spanish ports passes through Valenciaport

Between January and August, 381,806 automobiles were moved, 17.8% more than the same period in 2021, according to data from Puertos del Estado. Among the main ports of these traffics, it is the one that has grown the most this year, leading the …
Oct 12, 2022 / Vessels