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On August 25, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) and China International Marine Containers Ltd. (CIMC) announced the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby CIMC would acquire Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a leading manufacturer of refrigerated containers, from Maersk. The parties agreed to terminate the agreement because of significant regulatory challenges preventing the closing of the transaction.

The intended divestment was announced on 28 September 2021 and was expected to close in 2022. As a part of the closing process, the transaction was subject to regulatory approvals.

“It is unfortunate that the transaction will not happen despite efforts of all parties involved. Throughout the process MCI has performed very well thanks to the dedication of all its employees. Maersk will continue to be a proud owner of MCI for the foreseeable future, and we will now assess the best structural set-up for MCI to ensure the long-term development of the business.” says Patrick Jany, CFO at A.P. Moller – Maersk.

Founded by Maersk in 1991, MCI has been a part of the company for more than 30 years. Over the years, it has transformed into a business focusing entirely on manufacturing refrigerated containers. Today, MCI employs 2,300 people in China and Denmark.

Source: Maersk

Lithuanian ship designer Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) is unveiling new designs for what it believes is the first ever electric pusher vessel for use on Europe’s inland waterways called the Electric Eel.

Klaipeda headquartered WBE said the first electric pusher is due to be built next year for the Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority, a public body operating under Lithuanian Government Ministry of Transport and Communications.

WBE’s Head of Sales & Marketing Eglė Mikalauskienė, said the new groundbreaking vessel is designed to replace diesel pushers which presently dominate the market for ‘pushing’ non-propelled barges around Europe’s inland waterways. WBE is producing the concept just as the European Union is ramping up pressure to shift freight to Europe’s Inland Waterways via more green powered vessels.

“We are so excited to unveil this electric pusher design,” Egle said. “The Electric Eel has huge potential to help cut carbon emissions on inland waterways across Europe and worldwide. The idea came after we were approached by the Lithuanian Maritime Cluster to see if we could help the Lithuanian Inland Waterways authority create an eco-efficient pusher. The authority has big plans to ramp up use of the 450-kilometer stretch of waterway between Klaipeda on the Baltic Sea to Kaunas to switch cargo from the road network in line with EU policy. It is brilliant to be supporting this bold vision and work on a sustainable clean fuel solution right here on our own doorstep. As a measure of the impact the authority estimates the pusher can help remove 10,000 trucks a year from Lithuania’s roads.”

In terms of the wider market Mikalauskienė said massive pressure is now coming on governments and transport firms from the European Commission to reduce CO2 emissions and shift road freight, which accounts for 75% of EU inland freight, to zero emission vessels operating on inland waterway transport (IWT) which accounts for just 6%.

“The market is huge,” she said. “According to figures there is a fleet of 332 diesel pushers on the Danube alone pushing more than 2000 non propelled barges. We estimate each of these vessels is emitting 196,317 KGs Tank To Wheel (TTW) of CO2, per navigation, while our electric pusher design slashes this at a stroke as it emits zero CO2. The beauty of our design is also in its ease of use, it can be bought and then built at a local shipyard near the customer or we can built it in Lithuania. We believe our electric pusher is a first mover in the market and can play a critical role in the drive to transform the IWT of Lithuania as well as the Danube and Rhine.”

Mikalauskienė said the pusher design is pending class Approval in Principle with Bureau Veritas and can operate at a range of 300 kilometers before needing to stop. The 26m long vessel is powered by three DNV approved batteries with a combined weight of 74 tonnes, two held in TEU containers on deck which can be replaced via crane at harbor, and one permanent battery below deck which can be charged at quayside. The vessel has a pushing capacity of 2,000 tonnes and a top speed of 22km/h downstream at 85% engine load. The electric batteries create an engine power of 500 HP/400 KW compared to a diesel equivalent which has 1,000 HP/800 KW.

“The biggest challenge we faced was weight and draft,” she said. “The Lithuanian inland waterway is presently very shallow so we had to design a vessel that was as light as possible, no more than 195 DWT, with a draft not greater than 1.2 meters. So we have created a super-efficient hull design which will operate brilliantly on shallow waters in Europe and around the world. Through trial and error using rigorous computerized fluid dynamic (CFD) testing we have produced the smoothest possible hull resistance. We’re also using thin lighter steel, approved by class, to reduce weight while at the same time keeping safety of paramount importance. In addition, we have innovated the wheelhouse, using a jack up design made of aluminum, again to spread and reduce weight.

Mikalauskienė said another innovation on board is the use of a wind turbine to generate 5kw of additional electricity for lighting, the galley and crew facilities.

“All the WBE team are incredibly proud of the design and we would like to thank all the parties involved,” she said. “Over time as green energy becomes cheaper the cost of charging the batteries will also significantly reduce giving big future savings over diesel.”

SOURCE: https://www.marinelink.com/news/electric-eel-electric-pusher-vessel-498915

Rescuers in San Vicente recovered the bodies of two children who were believed to have drowned on Saturday, August 20, while swimming in the waters off Barangay New Canipo in San Vicente town, northern Palawan.

The victims were a 4-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl from the said barangay, according to a report released by the Palawan Police Provincial Office (PPO) on Sunday.

The boy was found on the same day by rescue personnel of the municipal police, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of San Vicente, and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

He was rushed to the district hospital by barangay officials, but was reportedly declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.

The body of the girl, on the hand, was retrieved around 10:15 a.m., the next day, August 21, some 100 meters from the shoreline.

Investigation by the municipal police said they left their homes with their playmates on Saturday around 5:30 p.m. Around six o’clock, however, their friends went to the victims’ parents for assistance and told them about what had happened.

SOURCE: https://palawan-news.com/2-children-drown-in-san-vicente-town/

August 25 2022,“It was very clear that young thought leaders in the maritime industry have strong visions of what it takes to attract a broad pool of talent. Their message is clear, the maritime industry needs to improve the overall approach to human sustainability, human wellbeing, and work conditions at sea,” says Chair of the selection committee, Christine Loh, Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

The top 30 competition participants and nine previous winners of the essay competition attended a virtual seminar in August 2022 to elaborate on their vision for the maritime industry. Their discussions resulted in a clear call on industry leaders to collectively improve on diversity and inclusion, flexibility, purpose and values, decent work conditions and safety, and overall better career opportunities spanning sea and shore.

“It gives me great hope for the future of the maritime sector to experience the passion and insightfulness from young thought leaders with strong aspirations for making human sustainability a strategic priority across the industry. We will continue to engage with the next generation of maritime leaders to amplify their voices and perspectives on how the maritime industry can improve,” says Susanne Justesen, Project Director, Human Sustainability at the Global Maritime Forum.

The essay competition aims to give students and young professionals aged 18-30 a voice in the debate about how the maritime industry can sustainably address maritime challenges and opportunities – and to give the industry a chance to listen. This year three winners from India, England, and the Philippines highlighted ways in which the maritime industry can significantly improve its approach to human sustainability.

Shaharaj Ahmed, a 22-year-old Economics Student at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, from the Philippines. In his essay entitled: “Cultivating humane labour practices in the maritime industry,” Shararaj argues that enforcing humane labour practices is the maritime industry’s most critical human sustainability issue. Many seafarers work longer hours and receive lower pay than stipulated in regulations or contracts. Shaharaj proposes to address these problems through stronger enforcement as well as the use of digital technology such as blockchain to give seafarers control of their data.

Apurva Chaubal, a 24-year-old Associate Voyage Manager with Maersk Tankers from Mumbai, India. In her essays, entitled: “Mental Health & Inclusion: Prioritizing the Need for Awareness & Training,” she discusses how seafaring can be restored as one of the most prestigious careers worldwide by addressing the concerns raised by existing seafarers, including long work hours, low pay, loneliness, and mental health, for example by providing tools such as a global mental health hotline.

James Helliwell, a 27-year-old Project Engineer with Shell in London. In his essay, entitled “Future Fuels must be safe for seafarers,” he underlines the need to put human sustainability and seafarer safety at the forefront before introducing new zero emission fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen which bring new safety risks. James advocates for the urgent need to do more research on how people onboard ships can interact with these fuels safely.

The winners of the essay competition will participate in Global Maritime Forum’s Annual Summit on 22-23 September in New York, representing the generation of maritime talent. The high-level meeting will convene more than 200 leaders from across the maritime spectrum to identify ways in which maritime stakeholders can take action to create the future we want and need.

Read more about the essay competition in this insight article: “Young maritime leaders determined to see the industry improve its approach to human sustainability”

Source: https://www.xindemarinenews.com/m/view.php?aid=41272

The U.S. Navy has added a third vessel to its fleet of medium-sized uncrewed workboats, which were first developed and unveiled by the Pentagon-run “Operation Overlord” program. The newly-christened Mariner is the first newbuild in this adapted flotilla: all are crewboat designs, and the first two – Nomad and Ranger – began their lives working in the Gulf oil patch.

Mariner is a modern 200-foot crewboat built at Gulf Craft and adapted to the Navy’s needs before delivery. The vessel was built to a commercial series design with a high degree of automation, lending itself well to further upgrades for uncrewed operation. It has eight TEU of container capacity on the back deck and two more forward for modular payloads.

Mariner was christened in a ceremony Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Academy, where she is on display to introduce the concept of uncrewed operations to cadets and more senior personnel alike. She will soon join the Navy’s other USVs in San Diego, under the supervision of Surface Development Squadron One.

A fourth purpose-built Overlord USV is under construction now at the Austal USA yard in Alabama, with oversight from L3Harris. SURFDEVRON One also has two slightly smaller USVs, the trimarans Sea Hunter and Sea Hawk, built by Leidos under a DARPA program.

With its growing uncrewed fleet, the Navy hopes to accelerate up the learning curve with USV operations by operating multiple vessels at once. Rear Adm. Casey Moton told Defense News that Mariner is equipped to allow remote-control testing to proceed without pulling a destroyer off duty to serve as a command platform.

In addition to working out the details of how to make the technology function for months at sea without any service, the testing program is designed to help the Navy figure out how it wants to use medium USVs in the high-end fight – whether as supply boats, scouts, auxiliary magazine ships, and in what size and configuration. Congress has asked for a clearer vision of what these vessels might be used for, and why uncrewed systems are a funding priority (as opposed to simply more crewed hulls). A high-profile uncrewed appearance at the Rim of the Pacific international naval exercise this year was intended to showcase these systems’ capabilities and explore how they could be deployed in a teamed environment, and the Navy says that it will be examining the data and results from those maneuvers carefully.

SOURCE: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-christens-its-third-autonomous-crewboat

P&O Maritime Logistics and Unifeeder will help debottleneck customer supply chains with the unique MCV vessel in the Middle East region

– By establishing this new route using modified and efficient MCVs, P&O Maritime Logistics will play a crucial role in helping to reduce port congestion

– The MCV “micro” feeder has the unique ability to bypass congestion by calling smaller berths, turning around at least twice faster compared to larger vessels on this shortsea route

– The partnership with Unifeeder marks the first time P&O Maritime Logistics will be trading in the Red Sea with containers on a liner basis between Port of Jeddah and Port Sudan

P&O Maritime Logistics will help debottleneck customer supply chains by ensuring there is a faster cargo turnaround, enabled by the company’s unique and recently modified Multi Carrying Vessels (MCVs) that now can carry containerised cargo. In partnership with Unifeeder, P&O Maritime Logistics will increase connectivity across the Red Sea between Port of Jeddah and Port Sudan.

As a “micro” feeder, the new MCV line has the unique ability to bypass congestion. The shallow draft MCVs utilise less space and can access areas of the port where larger ships cannot fit due to their size and length. This is useful when connecting feeder ports, such as Port Sudan, with hub ports, such as Port of Jeddah.

Using MCVs can advance and bring additional volumes for main line carriers and reduce waiting times. P&O Maritime Logistics began modifying MCVs following the successful trials with the Topaz Lena, where they found they could deliver faster turnaround times to their customers with their cargo, demonstrating agility during industry-wide changes and brought forward innovative solutions for their customers. In this case, the port turnaround time can be reduced by 70-80%.

P&O’s ships first crossed the Red Sea in 1842 after winning the Mail Contract from UK to India, carrying mail, passengers and precious cargo. The new liner service highlights P&O Maritime Logistics’ return to the Red Sea after 180 years and its expansion into the container carrying market as it is the first time the company crosses the Red Sea carrying containers.

Two of P&O Maritime Logistics’ recently modified MCVs, the Topaz Lena and the Topaz Volga, have been contracted for the new route and work has already started for both vessels.

By connecting Port of Jeddah – a key port between Europe and Asia – and Port Sudan, P&O Maritime Logistics delivers a faster-than-anticipated service to Unifeeder, DP World and other customers by offering a liner route between the terminals – helping to reduce port congestion. The MCVs call at different terminals at both Jeddah and Port Sudan, underlining the possibility to export this solution to other port combinations worldwide.

Martin Helweg, CEO of P&O Maritime Logistics said: “P&O Maritime Logistics provides additional capacity and alleviate the already-stretched global supply chains. This is particularly useful on lower-volume, higher-frequency trade routes, such as the Red Sea, where our MCVs can provide a more efficient service to our clients. Seeing such niche feeders operating successfully forms a blueprint for further expansion with new and existing clients.”

The new contract also marks another milestone for Unifeeder’s continued close collaboration between the two maritime companies, following previous successful contracts in Europe. Helweg continued: “As we continue to work closely with our parent company, DP World, on expanding our containerised service, our partnership with Unifeeder, also a DP World company, is an example of our ongoing efforts to respond and adapt to wider industry changes.”

The collaboration between P&O Maritime Logistics and Unifeeder demonstrates DP World’s position as a truly multimodal and end-to-end solutions provider. The businesses can create new routes, modify ships and expand offerings to better serve our customers and to help them combat logistical challenges.

“Having worked together in Europe, we are familiar with P&O Maritime Logistics’ expertise and their modified MCV fleet will be particularly helpful in streamlining our operations.”

P&O Maritime Logistics are modifying a further two vessels and could have as many as ten modified upon request. The company will also leverage the container modified MCVs with other partners worldwide.

Source: https://www.maritimeeconomy.com/post-details.php?post_id=aGlpag==&post_name=PO%20Maritime%20Logistics%20expands%20its%20cargo%20transport%20service%20with%20new%20contract%20for%20containerised%20cargo%20transport%20across%20the%20Red%20Sea&segment_name=6

Stellium and Voyager Portal have announced a partnership to deliver an integrated platform to make Stellium’s SAP Transportation Management (TM) technology available for bulk shipping operations.

“Bulk commodity shipping is a highly complex and fragmented mode of marine transport,” said ,” says Matthew Costello, CEO of Voyager Portal.

“Over 90% of ships crossing the ocean will transport bulk commodities such as crude oil, gas, petrochemicals, agricultural products, heavy equipment, and minerals. Given the complexity and variability of each shipment, the operations teams often work exclusively with email and XLS for tracking, planning and execution activities.”

Voyager Portal offers software to assist bulk shipping teams in digitally managing their operations with their external parties in a shared collaborative environment. Its low-code workflow technology allows users to design and execute their own processes, then surface the data for Exceptions Based Management and reporting.

The platform covers operational workflows such as vessel nominations, survey appointments, terminal clearances, ETA tracking, demurrage and cargo claims.

“Our team has extensive first-hand experience implementing SAP TM for our customers. Through our many business consulting and system integration engagements we have become acutely aware of both the importance of bulk shipping to our customers, and also the inherent risks that exist with this unique mode. With Voyager and SAP TM, our customers’ planning, production and sales teams can have a true end-to-end picture of their transportation operations in one place,” said Randeep Nambiar, CEO of Stellium.

Source: https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2022/08/25/stellium-and-voyager-portal-to-integrate-systems/

“Jeddah Islamic Port represents an ideal launchpad towards Moroccan ports in view of its presence on the Red Sea maritime trade network, in addition to its world-class operating capabilities that include four terminals and 62 multipurpose berths with depths ranging from 7.5 meters to 18 meters over an area of 12.5 square kilometers, and an annual throughput capacity of 130 million tons,” Mawani said.

JIP handled 60.6 million tons of cargo, as well as a total of 4.88m teu of containers, a figure which included 2.76m teu of transhipment boxes, in 2021. Mawani did not say which periods were being compared in the recording of the 117% growth.

In January, it announced the launch of new shipping services from JIP, bolstering partnerships with some of the world’s largest shipping lines, such as Hapag Lloyd, CMA CGM, COSCO and ONE, and connecting the Middle East to Europe and North Africa, and the Indian subcontinent, through key ports, especially Tangier Med in Morocco and Algeciras in Spain.

It said one of the new lines would link JIP with the Indian Ocean and northern Europe. “The service will consist of seven vessels with a capacity equivalent to 8,500 standard containers per vessel, approximately 48 vessels per year, which will allow a greater cargo capacity,” it said.

Source: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports/saudi-moroccan-trade-jumps-thanks-jeddah-islamic-port

The green hydrogen produced in Chile in the coming years will be used in the first place to meet domestic demand and in a second stage for energy exports to other parts of the world, making the Port of Hamburg one of the centres for the supply of green hydrogen in Central and Western Europe.

The signing took place during a tour by German authorities in the region and was attended by the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Ximena Fuentes, the Minister of Energy, Claudio Huepe and the Marketing Director of ProChile, Claudia Serrer.

“Our objective is to jointly create the necessary conditions for the early export/import of hydrogen and its derivative products to Hamburg and Central Europe and promote the rapid development of a self-sustainable hydrogen market in both regions,” said Claudio Huepe, Minister of Energy of Chile.

The Mayor of Hamburg, Peter Tschenscher, said: “The MoU between the Government of Hamburg, the Hamburg Port Authority and the Chilean Ministry of Energy is a solid basis for a successful future co-operation. With its great potential to produce green hydrogen, Chile is on the verge of becoming an exporter of global magnitude.

“Hamburg is Europe’s third largest port and offers excellent conditions for the import and distribution of energy carriers, such as hydrogen based on renewable energies. Together, Chile and Hamburg can create a strong energy partnership between South America and Europe”.

Chile and Germany understand that green hydrogen transport will be one of the most appropriate ways to move towards the decarbonisation of hard-to-reduce sectors such as shipping, aviation, steel, amongst others.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s K Line Wind Service (KWS) and compatriot Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) have signed an MOU for future collaboration on vessel management in the offshore wind construction and maintenance fields.

Japan is currently seeing a surge in momentum for offshore wind construction as part of the country’s commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.

POC is planning to own three offshore installation vessels, as well as an additional vessel under a joint venture with Belgium’s DEME Offshore. It also plans to expand into cable laying vessels, and other vessels necessary for future offshore wind construction work.

Under the MOU, POC will outsource to KWS the management of vessel operation, maintenance works, and crewing and will also utilise offshore support vessels owned by KWS. The companies will also investigate the construction and co-ownership of a service operation vessel (SOV) and other vessels required for maintenance work after the start of wind farm operations.

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