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One of the world’s largest shipping companies has ordered kite wind propulsion systems to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from three of its bulk carrier vessel.

Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” LINE) on Wednesday confirmed orders for three additional Seawing systems, bringing to a total of five the number of its vessels that will use Airseas’ innovative wind propulsion technology to reduce their emissions.

Under the agreement, the third, fourth and fifth Seawing systems delivered to “K” LINE will be installed on post panamax bulkers, following the two initial installations on capesize bulkers, which are scheduled to take place from the end of this year.

The systems consist of parafoils that fly around 300 meters above the sea level, harnessing the power of the wind to propel the vessel and reduce the main engine load, aiming to save an average of 20% fuel and emissions.

Drawing on aerospace expertise, the systems will use digital twins and advanced automation systems to ensure each can be safely deployed, operated and stored at the push of a button with minimal input needed from crew, Airseas said.

Furthermore, Airseas and “K” LINE signed a technological cooperation partnership to integrate Seawing and “K” LINE’s vessel data platform, named Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions, to maximize the performance of the systems.

“K” LINE had previously confirmed that the first of its vessels to be fitted with a Seawing will be a 210,000-dwt capesize bulker, with the installation to take place in December 2022. The second “K” LINE vessel to feature a Seawing will be a newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled 210,000 dwt bulk carrier, which is currently being built at Nihon Shipyard.

Airseas has a 20-year agreement with “K” LINE, with options for the Seawing to be installed on up to 50 of its vessels in total.

Michitomo Iwashita, Managing Executive Officer of “K” LINE, said, “At “K” LINE, we are committed to delivering the cargo needed by people and businesses around the world safely and efficiently, while minimizing our environmental footprint. We have adopted an ambitious net-zero GHG emissions target by 2050, and deploying technologies such as wind propulsion which is a key component of our strategy. We are proud to be partnering with Airseas, a leader in the wind propulsion field, that has done so much to bring the technology into the next generation via the development of Seawing. We look forward to seeing it deployed on our fleets in the coming years.”

Vincent Bernatets, Co-Founder and CEO of Airseas, said, “We are proud that “K” LINE has selected us as a long-term partner in their journey towards a lower carbon future, and we are delighted to see our partnership going one step further with these new orders and additional technical cooperation activities announced today. A true market leader, “K” LINE recognizes that ships being built now will need to meet the decarbonization standards of the 2040s and 2050s, as regulators and customers step up pressure for the industry to decarbonize. Wind propulsion systems like the Seawing help lay the long-term foundations for the sustainable shipping of the future by reducing emissions right now, in addition to delivering a strong return on investment in the short term via fuel savings.”

Source: https://www.marinelink.com/news/k-line-orders-airseas-kites-three-ships-498191


Against the backdrop of a former Massachusetts coal-fired power plant that is to host a cable manufacturing facility to support offshore wind, President Biden today announced a number of executive actions on climate aimed at addressing extreme heat and boosting offshore wind.

According to a White House fact sheet, the offshore wind actions include kickstarting the potential for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico and promoting offshore wind opportunities in the Southeast.

TWO GULF WIND ENERGY AREAS

In response to the President’s actions, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is now seeking public input on the identification of two potential offshore wind energy areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The first draft WEA is located approximately 24 nautical miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The area for review totals 546,645 acres and according to BOEM has the potential to power 2.3 million homes with wind energy. The second draft WEA is located approximately 56 nautical miles off the coast of Lake Charles, La. The area for review totals 188,023 acres and has the potential to power 799,000 homes.

The first draft WEA is located approximately 24 nautical miles off the coast of Galveston, the second is 56 nautical miles off the coast of Lake Charles, La.

The two draft WEAs represent a subset of the original 30-million acre Gulf of Mexico Call Area that the Department of the Interior announced for public comment in October 2021. The draft WEAs were reduced to avoid potential impacts on other ocean uses and resources, such as commercial and recreational fishing, maritime navigation, military activities, marine protected species, avian species, and existing infrastructure.

Public comments on the draft WEAs will be accepted for 30 days beginning July 20, 2022.

In addition to the draft WEAs, BOEM has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) covering the entire call area to consider the potential impacts from site characterization (e.g., marine mammal surveys) and site assessment (e.g., installation of meteorological buoys) activities expected to take place following lease issuance. The EA analysis will inform potential lease stipulations necessary to address identified environmental impacts associated with offshore wind leasing activities. Public comments on the draft EA will also be accepted for 30 days beginning July 20, 2022.

SOUTHEAST

The White House fact sheet says that the prior Administration cast uncertainty over the future of offshore wind and other clean energy development off the coasts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

“Today, President Biden is directing the Secretary of the Interior to advance clean energy development in these federal waters—ensuring that these southeast states will be able to benefit from good-paying jobs in the burgeoning offshore wind industry,” said the statement.

Expect an announcement from BOEM in the not too distant future.

NOIA REITERATES CALL FOR RENEWED OIL AND GAS LEASING

National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito issued the following statement following President Biden’s announcement:

“Our country is in dire need of a cohesive national energy policy. The opportunity is before us to produce reliable, affordable, lower carbon, and secure domestic energy. We can only get there through an all-of-the-above approach, which must include the resumption of domestic offshore oil and gas leasing.” said. On a positive note, the Administration continues to promote investment in the offshore wind sector, and the full supply chain of the offshore energy industry is well-positioned for the build-out of the U.S. wind sector. We look forward to advancing projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast.

“Companies along the Gulf Coast are innovating durable climate and emissions solutions across the wide spectrum of energy sectors. Resuming Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leasing will enable continued innovation, including the build-out of American offshore wind, and will reduce the need to secure our energy from foreign, higher emitting sources.”

Source: https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/biden-takes-new-actions-to-boost-offshore-wind-energy/


Florida-based shipping company World Direct Shipping has selected marine exhaust emissions technology manufacturer CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) as the preferred scrubbing system supplier for its containership Queen B III.

According to CROE, this is the third project that the company will complete for World Direct Shipping. Previous projects included the supply of scrubbers for the shipping company’s Queen B and Queen B II vessels.

By installing scrubbers on its vessel, World Direct Shipping aims to continue using heavy fuel oil (HFO) as known and reliable fuel while meeting the IMO/MARPOL regulations and safeguarding the environment.

It is estimated that CROE’s multistream scrubber will remove about five tons of SO2 emissions per day from the combined exhaust from the main engine plus three auxiliary engines.

In addition to reducing the SO2 emissions, several studies have now shown that scrubbers also reduce the larger airborne particles and, in conjunction with HFO, have a carbon footprint that is significantly smaller than when using low sulfur fuels such as very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) and marine gas oil (MGO), CR Ocean Engineering said.

According to the manufacturer, the Queen B III will be installed with an open loop scrubber with the ability to be modified later to a closed loop or hybrid.

It will also be designed to have a “bottom inlet” configuration and will be installed outside the existing funnel, thus allowing for maximum pre-assembly and faster installation.

Source: https://www.offshore-energy.biz/florida-shipping-company-hires-cr-ocean-engineering-for-scrubber-retrofit/


Ro-ro VICTORY RORO was intercepted by the EU Navy Operation IRINI ships – Greek and Italian frigates, in Mediterranean off Libyan coast, on Jul 18 according to track analysis. The ship was boarded and inspected on suspicion of illegal arms transportation to Libya. VICTORY RORO was en route from King Abdullah Port, Saudi Arabia, to Benghazi, Libya. Inspection found vehicles either specifically military, or converted for military use. VICTORY RORO was taken to Valetta outer anchorage Malta, arriving there on Jul 20. She left anchorage early in the morning Jul 21, and as of 0545 UTC Jul 21, was sailing into Strait of Sicily, destination unknown, probably one of the EU ports in Med region. VICTORY RORO was on the Alert list of IRINI, as probable arms trader, since at least March 2022, being under close surveillance.

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In his previous statement Russian President has said it was about the export of 5-6 million tonnes of wheat and 7 million tonnes of corn from Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines of the Summit of the heads of states of the “Astana Troika”, the Kremlin website reported.

“I want to thank you for your mediation efforts, for providing a Turkish platform for negotiations on food issues, on the problems of grain exports through the Black Sea. With your mediation, we have moved forward. Not all issues, however, have yet been resolved, but the fact that there is a movement is good itself,” the Kremlin press office quoted Vladimir Putin as saying.

Vladimir Putin speaking at the SPIEF 2022 in June, stated that Russia does not interfere with the export of grain from Ukraine and is ready to ensure the safe passage of merchant ships from the respective ports, provided that they would be cleared of navy mines by the Ukrainian side. At the same time, there is a possibility that the payment for this grain will be used for the purchase of weapons by the Ukrainian side, Russian President said.

Source: https://en.portnews.ru/news/332557/


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard task force returned to Anchorage Friday after a nine-day deployment conducting facility inspections in Northwest Arctic Borough.

From July 6 through 15, members of Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspected 24 bulk fuel storage facilities in 11 Alaskan communities, including Kotzeue, Kivalina, Noorvik, Selawik, and Utqiagvik.

Sector Anchorage has approximately 380 inspected waterfront facilities in their area of responsibility (AOR), 346 of which are not accessible by road.

“Fuel facilities are critical to the survival of these remote communities,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Houvener, a marine science technician and team lead. “They rely on fuel to heat their homes and schools during sub-freezing winter months. Many of these facilities are located in remote parts of the state with a lack of available resources and infrastructure, which means outside help isn’t readily available to them if something goes wrong. So, it’s important for us to ensure their facilities are not putting them or the environment at unnecessary risk.”

The primary goal of facility inspections is to ensure public safety and protection of our marine environment throughout Alaska. Repairs are expensive, and failure of these facilities could negatively impact remote Alaskan villages and potentially leave them unable to heat their homes and schools, operate their vehicles, and continue their way of life. Remote pollution incidents require significantly higher levels of resources to clean up.

“We were grateful for the opportunity to work with our partner federal agency, the Coast Guard, conducting joint inspections,” said Torri Huelskoetter, on-scene coordinator for EPA. “Our goals were to get eyes on the facilities, establish relationships within the communities, and work toward regulatory compliance. These communities face unique challenges. By going there and speaking with them, we can better address the issues they’re facing and work with them to meet compliance.”

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MSTF are multi-mission teams from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage deployed to service Arctic and Western Alaska regional hub communities and from there, service more rural and remote communities in a “hub and spoke” approach. Each MSTF is tasked with meeting the needs of the regulated community by providing commercial fishing vessel exams, bulk oil storage facility inspections, and port state control exams over an approximate two to three-week period.

Source: https://alaska-native-news.com/coast-guard-task-force-returns-from-conducting-facility-inspections-in-northwest-arctic-borough/62754/


Prysmian, the Italian energy and telecom cable systems provider, has won two contracts worth approximately €250 million (around $253,3 million) by Red Eléctrica de España, S.A.U., the transmission system operator of the Spanish power grid.

The contracts are for the development of two projects: a submarine power interconnection between the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera, and another submarine power interconnection between the Spanish mainland and Ceuta (a Spanish city on the north coast of Africa).

Prysmian wil design, supply, install, and commission a 66 kV HVAC(High Voltage Alternating Current) double circuit, three-core submarine power cable with EPR insulation and synthetic-wire armoring, to connect Tenerife and La Gomera at the world record depth of nearly 1150 meters for a 66 kV three-core cable.

Prysmian will also be responsible for manufacturing and installing a 132 kV HVAC double circuit, three-core submarine power cable with XLPE insulation, and synthetic-wire armoring, to connect the Spanish mainland and Ceuta through the Strait of Gibraltar with maximum depths of 900 meters. Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.

Both systems comprise 90 km of submarine route and approximately 11 km of land route for the double link between the Spanish mainland and Ceuta.

The subsea cables will be manufactured in Prysmian’s Norderham Plant (Germany) and Pikkala Plant (Finland). The land cables will be made at Prysmian’s local plant in Vilanova (Spain). Prysmian will use its Giulio Verne cable-laying vessel. The commissioning of both cable systems is scheduled for 2025.

“This award confirms the mutual trust and long-standing relationship between Red Eléctrica and Prysmian Group, because it is the latest of several projects developed together in Spain to enhance the national power grid’s reliability. We are proud to support Spain in meeting its Energy Transition goals by 2030, providing our state-of-the-art submarine and land cable systems,” stated Hakan Ozmen, EVP Projects BU, Prysmian Group.

source: https://www.marinetechnologynews.com/news/prysmian-subsea-power-cables-621189


The latest update on the progress of the third phase of Shahid Rajai port complex development plan shows an increase in the nominal unloading and loading capacity of the container terminal of this port from 6.3 million to 8.4 million TEU.

 

PMO News Portal – As part of the third phase of Shahid Rajaee port complex development plan, the third basin of Shahid Rajaee port along 1400 meters of wharf will be built, which has the capacity to berth ships with a tonnage up to 18,400 TEU.

The development of the third phase of Shahid Rajaei port complex is planned to be to be completed by the end of the year (Iranian calendar). the plan includes the completion of the final stage of the construction of wharf, the completion of dredging operations, and the installation of wharf facilities with a physical progress of 94%.

Promoting the status of Shahid Rajaei container port in competition with other ports in the region is one of the other benefits of the full implementation of the third phase of Shahid Rajaei port development plan. the main targets of the port complex development plan include increasing the nominal unloading and loading capacity of the container terminal from 6.3 million TEU to 8.4 million TEU, construction of three wharves with a length of 1,400 meters, dredging of basin No. 3, and landscaping and construction of infrastructure and superstructure facilities in an approximate area of 113 hectares.

Source: https://www.pmo.ir/en/news/58761/latest-update-on-the-development-plan-of-Shahid-Rajaei-Port-Complex


Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has announced a partnership with Berlin-based Fintech Kadmos to automate and digitalise its seafarers’ salary payouts.

Kadmos’ salary payment platform is designed for paying workforces that are dispersed worldwide. The technology will improve the way CSM crews receive and manage their salaries, enabling greater self-service opportunities while seafarers obtain more security and flexibility with their salary payouts.

This announcement comes soon after Kadmos closed a €29m Series A funding round which will accelerate further technological and product development.

This partnership will utilise financial technologies, developed by Kadmos’ engineering teams, for paying employees around the world. In choosing Kadmos’ salary payment platform, CSM will help their crews improve the security, speed, and transparency of home remittances while reducing reliance on cash.

Kadmos has developed its salary payment platform as a response to the outdated and costly ways in which seafarers are being paid. The aim of Kadmos is to help seafarers have more control over their money and improve administrative efficiency for shipping companies.

Mark O’Neil, CEO of CSM, said: “Columbia is incredibly excited to have teamed up with Kadmos’ young, dynamic and innovative team of experts who have developed an excellent and secure payment product. We strongly support and encourage new players in the shipping industry to challenge the status quo and to reform and update outdated practices in line with the dynamic expectations of their clients.

“This partnership and the implementation of Kadmos’ secure and digitalised payment solution to our fleet is part of our wider endeavour to increase the welfare of our crew on board whilst also looking at innovative ways we can limit the costs for our clients. Adding services like this to our portfolio underscores CSM’s commitment to be a leader in innovation and performance throughout the fast-paced maritime environment.”

By using the Kadmos app, CSM is able to offer its employees personal EU-based e-wallets and debit cards that can be used worldwide. The reduction of physical cash while simplifying and digitalising the way cash advancements are paid to crews, constitutes major developments in helping seafarers.

Additionally, the e-wallet allows seafarers to hold their money in stable currencies such as US Dollars or Euros. With Kadmos e-wallets, seafarers can transfer money easier than ever before while the debit cards tied to their accounts provide for greater flexibility when withdrawing cash or making purchases.

Source: https://thedigitalship.com/news/maritime-software/item/7959-csm-automates-crews-salary-payouts


European cargo ships are scrambling to deliver Russia’s crude while they can, ahead of the new sanctions against Moscow, set to start on 5 December.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Western nations, along with the US, have not used Russian energy or promised to wean off of Russia’s imports. Once the new set of sanctions is in place, the vessels loaded with sanctioned crude will not be able to secure insurance coverage, indicating that their sailing will not be legal anymore.

Since the war started, shipments to India, China, and Saudi Arabia have skyrocketed.

For instance, India went from importing zero barrels per day of Russia’s crude to one million barrels daily over the last month. China has doubled Russia’s crude imports from February to June.

European Cargoes
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As Europe gears up to halt Russia’s crude deliveries, tanker owners based in Greece have ramped up trade, per a report from Wall Street Journal. While the owners of Greek tankers account for a third of the global fleet, they moved about half of Russia’s crude volumes in May and June.

However, those crude flows are not on the rise. Greek tankers are now going significant distances for shipments, going up to Siberia, typically a destination for Russian and Chinese tankers. A Greece-based shipping executive informed the Journal that tankers may be able to make more money by traveling even further distances.

In the meantime, European tankers are participating in ship-to-ship transfers while at sea, a method that obscures the destination and origin of goods.

According to the report, dozens of such maritime exchanges have happened over the past few months near Greece, with traders adding that some tankers even switch off the transponders to hide their locations.

Besides, since the war hit, a rising volume of Russia’s oil has been sent to “destination unknown” as buyers try to avoid affiliations with Moscow.

Greek firms are providing almost the largest tanker fleet for the transportation of Russia’s oil, per Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Per the Journal, he passed on the information to attendees at a video conference at the beginning of the month.

Source: https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/european-ships-struggling-to-deliver-russian-crude-before-the-commencement-of-new-eu-sanctions/


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