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Quoting Sea-Intelligence data, Xeneta said that in the three months to July 24, capacity between Asia and the US East Coast was up 18.9% on-year to an average of 210,000 teu.

“Compared to the average weekly capacity in the same period last year, this is the equivalent of adding four 8 750 teu ships a week,” said Xeneta.

Asia-US West Coast capacity eased over the period, but remained the larger trade by far. In the same three-month period, Asia-West Coast capacity averaged 310,000 teu, down 1.7%.

The shift between the coasts was driven by significant delays and queues at US West Coast ports, but the problem was not solved, it just moved. Schedule reliability fell on the US East Coast with just 18.7% of services running on time in June with average delays of nine days for those arriving late, while on the West Coast, reliability improved to 24.8% in June with average delays of 9.9 days.

The latest data confirms that of the McCown report in July, which noted an Eastward shift in queues and delays on the US international container trades.

The shift of capacity means that 61.3% of Asia-US boxes came by the West Coast in the 12 weeks to July 24 2022, down from 66.1% at the end of the same period in 2021.

Data from May 2022 showed US East Coast imports up 11.9% year to date compared to 2021, and up 7.3% in May alone.

“As many of these containers have been moved away from the West Coast to the East Coast, there has been a corresponding drop in volumes imported through the US West Coast from the Far East. These are down 8.0% year to date and were down by 12.8% in May alone compared to May 2021. Total imports from the Far East to North America have risen 0.9% year to date,” said Xeneta.

Source: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/asia-us-east-coast-capacity-189

The rate of growth was fairly consistent with the 5.9% volumes increase seen in early July.

Export container volume grew 7.3% while the domestic volume increased 2.3% in mid-July. Among which, the port of Dalian posted a growth rate of 30.3%.

Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports increased 4.3% year-on-year while the international trade cargo throughput rose 5.9%.

Crude oil shipments at major coastal ports dropped 1.9% during the period of mid-July due to the continued price shocks in global crude oil market. However, the port of Dalian posted a substantial growth rate of 164.5%.

Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports further improved and achieved an increase of 24.2%.

In mid-July, cargo throughput and container volume at three major Yangtze River ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing increased 11.2% and 2.8% year-on-year, respectively.

Source: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports/container-volume-major-chinese-ports-61-mid-july

CMA CGM’s 16,285 TEU container ship named Zephyr is the vessel with the largest capacity (in terms of cargo) to ever sail via the Panama Canal.

The box ship completed a return trip via the expanded Panama Canal’s Neopanamax Locks on 1 July, after calling at US-based ports of Savannah and New York. The Zephyr sailed back via the canal southbound to the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic, en route to Qingdao in China.

The Zephyr is now the largest cargo capacity to transit the waterway, but Evergreen’s Triton (measuring 369 meters in length and 51.2 meters in its beam) is the largest vessel by dimension.

In 2016, this canal was expanded with a third lane, and the Neopanamax Locks were expected to serve ships with 12,600 TEUs (at max). However, the threshold has been surpassed significantly as experiences in operating the locks increased.

Implementing different water conservation efforts with increased rainfall in the watershed has permitted the canal to offer a 15.24-meters draft since May. The highest allowed for vessels that transit the Neopanamax Locks.

The Panama Canal’s data reflects that in 2021, the waterway contributed to a reduction of about 16 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, compared to the most prudent alternate channels.

In 2020, the canal saved about 3 million tons of C02. The savings are reportedly equivalent to the amount produced by about 3.2 million passenger vehicles driven in one year.

The Panama Canal’s CO2 Emissions Savings Dashboard calculated the annual data that keeps track of CO2 emissions vessels reportedly save by passing through the canal.

Per the canal authority, 180 maritime channels converge via the canal and link 1,920 ports across almost 170 countries. Container vessels are the leading users of the third set of locks and contribute 45% of all kinds of transits.

Source: https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/panama-canal-welcomes-the-largest-vessel-in-terms-of-cargo-capacity/

Three of Australia’s maritime unions are threatening to disrupt operations at ten of Australia’s seaports on Friday, August 5, in their long-running dispute with Svitzer Towage, one of the country’s leading operators of tugs. Svitzer, a part of the Maersk Group, and the unions have been without a collective bargaining agreement (known as an enterprise agreement in Australia) since their 2016 contract expired in 2019.

Media reports indicate that the company and the unions, the Maritime Union of Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers, and the Australian Maritime Officers Union, had met more than 50 times over the more than three years attempting to come to terms for the new contract. At one point, they reportedly had an agreement in principle that later collapsed. The long-running dispute has resulted in labor actions, but on August 5 the unions hope to broadly disrupt port activity across Australia.

Union officials are reporting that the duration and scope of the strikes will be determined at the local level. Workers in Melbourne and Brisbane reportedly will walk off the job for 24 hours, which is expected to create widespread disruptions in those ports. However, workers in the other eight ports involved in Friday strikes, at Cairns, Newcastle, Sydney, Port Kembla, Adelaide, Fremantle, Geraldton, and Albany, were expected to stop work for only four hours beginning at 9 a.m. local time. They have promised that tugboat services for naval vessels and cruise ships however would continue during the work stoppage.

In a statement released by the MUA, they accuse Svitzer of not negotiating in good faith while “lodging a laundry list of unreasonable demands, and threatening to slash the pay of its seagoing workforce by almost 50 percent.”

A spokesperson for Svitzer responded to the union allegations saying that the company had offered to “maintain crew salaries and core conditions” as part of a new contract. They contend the stalemate is over “reasonable productivity improvements” which the unions refuse to consider.

The new job action is timed to call attention to Svitzer’s attempt to abandon the collective bargaining process. Following the example set by other Australian companies, including Patrick Terminals in 2021, Svitzer threatened to seek government approval to end the bargaining process. Unlike other companies in Australia, Svitzer however is following through on its threat and is set to go before Australia’s Fair Works Commission starting on August 8 to make the case to end the enterprise agreement. The company said it needs certainty for itself and its customers, and that the unions have left it no option.

“Svitzer’s militant brinksmanship threatens to throw the smooth and efficient operation of almost every Australian seaport into complete chaos,” said the MUA’s National Secretary, Paddy Crumlin. “We are confident that the Fair Work Commission will look at the reckless and belligerent behavior of Svitzer throughout this process and respond to the company’s court action appropriately.”

The union says Svitzer’s desired course of action would devastate workers by slashing their pay, cause massive fatigue risks, and undermine the capacity to provide reliable and efficient towage services to international shipping companies and various port authorities.
Source: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/tugboat-unions-to-disrupt-australian-ports-in-long-contract-dispute

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has concluded its investigation of the incident this year that first came to light when leading marine fuel testing provider VPS said it had identified 60 vessels that had bunkered high sulfur fuel oil (HFSO) contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons. Each of these deliveries were made from two suppliers and 12 delivery barges in the Port of Singapore, between mid-February to mid-March 2022. They contained up to 2,000 ppm of chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants

As a result of its investigation of the incident, MPA has taken actions that include a two months suspension of the bunker supplier license of one of the two companies that supplied the contaminated fuel, Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd, for two months.

Back on May 5, MPA reported that the source of the affected HSFO fuel — which had been supplied to ships by both Glencore and PetroChina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd — had been traced to fuel loaded on a tanker at the Port of Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates.

FORENSIC FINGERPRINTING

Forensic fingerprinting analysis of the fuel samples taken from the tanker showed a match with samples taken from several affected ships that had received HSFO from both Glencore and PetroChina.

MPA also established that both Glencore and PetroChina, as MPA-licensed bunker suppliers, had carried out tests on the fuel supplied to ships prior to their sale based on the international standards of petroleum products of fuel – International Organization for Standardization 8217 (ISO 8217).

MPA found no evidence that Glencore or PetroChina had intentionally contaminated the HSFO.

Nonetheless, MPA found Glencore in contravention of MPA’s bunkering license terms and conditions

Today, MPA said that, between March 21 and 23, 2022, the fuel oil testing laboratory engaged by Glencore reported results showing that the samples taken from the parcels of fuel oil Glencore purchased, contained concentrations of COCs that ranged from approximately 2,000 ppm to 15,000 ppm. COCs are not commonly present in bunker fuel, especially at such elevated levels.

MPA’s investigation found that despite this, Glencore continued to supply bunkers blended with the fuel contaminated with high levels of COC to vessels in the Port of Singapore from March 22, 2022 to April 1. 2022.

By doing so, says MPA, Glencore contravened the terms and conditions of its bunkering license (bunker supplier) in failing to ensure that no bunkers supplied by it were contaminated. Glencore was given the opportunity to comment on these findings before MPA finalized its conclusions.

A total of 24 vessels were supplied with the affected fuel by Glencore from March 22 to April 1, 2022, and at least three vessels have reported issues with their fuel pumps and engines.

BUNKER SUPPLIER LICENSE SUSPENDED

MPA will suspend Glencore’s bunkering license (bunker supplier) for two months with effect from August 18, 2022. MPA has also asked Glencore to improve its internal procedures to ensure that prompt action is taken in future when it becomes aware of, or reasonably suspects, any irregularity in fuel quality.

MPA’s investigation also revealed that PetroChina had stopped delivery of the contaminated fuel promptly by March 19, 2022 once it received its own test results that the fuel it supplied was contaminated with COC. MPA has therefore decided not to take any action against PetroChina.

MPA has reminded all licensed bunker suppliers to adhere strictly to the terms and conditions of their licenses. MPA takes a serious view of contraventions of the bunker supplier licence terms and conditions, and will not hesitate to suspend or cancel the relevant licenses, where necessary. MPA has also reminded licensees to immediately report to MPA any irregularity in any bunker operation or contravention of any provision under the terms and conditions of their bunker supplier licence.

MPA TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY TO STRENGTHEN FUEL QUALITY CHECKS

To guard against contaminated fuel, MPA’s quality fuel assurance measures comprise the Bunker Quality Inspection System (BQIS) and the Intensified Bunker Quality Checks (IBQC). The BQIS tests the quality of bunkers supplied to vessels while the IBQC tests bunkers carried by bunker tankers before supply to vessels. On average, over 1,300 bunker samples are tested annually under the BQIS and IBQC to verify compliance with ISO 8217. While the occurrence of COC is rare in bunkers, MPA has now included that COC be tested for under both BQIS and IBQC.

MPA and the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) will co-chair an industry expert group to establish a list of chemicals to be tested and their corresponding concentration limits. The expert group is expected to make its recommendations on additional measures to strengthen quality assurance of bunkers delivered in Singapore. The Chemical Metrology Division from Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA), the International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC) and the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) have expressed support for MPA’s efforts to strengthen fuel quality checks and have confirmed their participation in the expert group. In addition, experts from testing laboratories and other relevant bodies will also be involved in the expert group.

MPA will also continue to share relevant information with the ISO, as part of the ISO’s ongoing review of the ISO 8217 standards.

Source: https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/contaminated-fuel-mpa-suspends-bunker-suppliers-license-for-2-months/

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he hoped the people of Lebanon can be comforted by justice over the Beirut port blast that killed at least 215 people two years ago, saying “the truth can never be hidden”.

Speaking at his weekly general audience, Francis noted that Thursday would be the second anniversary of the blast, which also wounded thousands of people and damaged large swathes of the capital.

“My thoughts go to the families of the victims of that disastrous event and to the dear Lebanese people. I pray so that each one can be consoled by faith and comforted by justice and by truth, which can never be hidden,” he said.

Despite the devastation wrought by the blast, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, a judicial investigation has brought no senior official to account.

With the probe frozen for months, many Lebanese see this as an example of the impunity enjoyed by a ruling elite that has long avoided accountability for corruption and bad governance, including policies that led to financial collapse.

Francis said he hoped that Lebanon, helped by the international community, could see a “renaissance” and be a land of peace and pluralism where members of different religions can live together in fraternity.

The pope was to have visited Lebanon in June but the trip was postponed, partly because of his health and partly because of the political situation in Lebanon.

Source: https://www.marinelink.com/news/truth-beirut-port-blast-cannot-hidden-498465

According to a statutory news post by classification society DNV, the focus will be on crew certification and competencies.

CICs are held every year and focus on a particular topic for a three-month period. Last year, this was ship stability. The CIC is usually initiated by the Paris and Tokyo MoUs with the majority of other PSC regimes joining.

Included in the routine PSC inspections

The CIC will be included in the routine PSC inspections from September to November 2022. A pre-defined questionnaire will be used to assess that ships comply with STCW conventions. Any deficiencies found during the CIC will be reported in the PSC inspection report with the related PSC Code.

DNV warns that deficiencies in STCW certification and other operational requirements are likely to trigger an ISM-related deficiency, because they are affecting the Safety Management System (SMS).

DNV: ‘We anticipate that the CIC will not be limited to certification or document control due to several fake crew certificates and lack of competence of seafarers regarding their certification in the past. Therefore, DNV’s view is that one part of the CIC will focus on the evaluation of competences of the master, officers and crew when performing duties and during emergency scenarios.’

It is expected to cover a variety of operational inspection areas, the classification society adds: ‘from efficient communication between crew members, and assessing navigational controls such as ECDIS, to voyage planning or safe navigation, and witnessing emergency drills.’

DNV recommendations

Check if all crew members’ certificates of competence are at hand and valid.
Check if the Muster List is up-to-date and crew members are familiar with their assigned duties.
Keep hours of rest updated.
Evaluate the effectiveness of familiarisation for the master and officers in charge.
Familiarise the crew with their duties and with the checklist PSC officers will use in the inspection when this is published (in August).

Source: https://swzmaritime.nl/news/2022/08/01/port-state-control-campaign-on-stcw-kicks-off-in-september/

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest Green and Digital Corridor to enable low and zero carbon shipping.

Signed by Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of MPA, and Mr Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre on the sidelines of the biennial World Cities Summit, the MoU will bring together stakeholders across the supply chain to realise the first sustainable vessels sailing on the route by 2027. The signing was witnessed by S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Singapore, and Mr Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam.

Singapore and Rotterdam are among the largest bunkering ports in the world, making them vital links on the Asian-European shipping lanes. While international shipping currently uses largely marine gas oil (MGO) and low-sulphur fuel oil, sustainable alternatives such as biofuels, including biogases, are increasingly being made available. Other alternatives such as synthetic methane, hydrogen, and hydrogen-based fuels including ammonia and methanol are in various stages of R&D for future trials and deployment.

Each alternative fuel has its own challenges relating to costs, availability, safety, and restrictions in range due to lower energy density compared to fossil fuels. To tackle these challenges, the two port authorities agreed to bring together a broad coalition of shippers, fuel suppliers and other companies to collectively work on potential solutions.

Beyond alternative fuels, the MoU also aims to optimise maritime efficiency, safety, and the transparent flow of goods by creating a digital trade lane where relevant data, electronic documentation and standards are shared. This will facilitate the seamless movement of vessels and cargo, and optimise just-in-time arrival of vessels from port to port.

The port authorities will work with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping as action partners, as well as other industry partners across the supply chain, including bp, CMA CGM, Digital Container Shipping Association, Maersk, MSC, Ocean Network Express, PSA International, and Shell for a start. This will enable the Green and Digital Corridor project to raise investment confidence, attract green financing, and kickstart joint bunkering pilots and trials for digitalisation and the use of low- and zero carbon fuels along the route.

S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Singapore, said, “Decarbonising shipping is an urgent climate action priority, which requires the collective efforts of the entire maritime sector. As a trusted global maritime hub, Singapore contributes actively to IMO’s efforts to make international shipping more sustainable, and global supply chains more resilient. This MoU with the Port of Rotterdam demonstrates how likeminded partners can work together to complement the efforts of the IMO. It will serve as a valuable platform to pilot ideas that can be scaled up for more sustainable international shipping.”

Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam, said, “Shipping is among the most important industries to decarbonise, owing to its large international reach and volume, which continues to grow. By bringing together parties across the supply chain along one of the world’s biggest trade lanes, we can enable carriers to switch to zero-carbon fuels and speed up the transition to more sustainable shipping”.

Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of MPA, said, “This MoU further strengthens the strong partnership between Singapore and Rotterdam. It reaffirms Singapore’s commitment towards facilitating a multi-fuel bunkering transition as part of the Maritime Singapore Decarbonisation Blueprint 2050, and accelerates our digitalisation efforts to optimise maritime efficiency and improve supply chain resilience. The pilot will complement efforts undertaken by the shipping industry, including partners such as Google Cloud, and the IMO to support decarbonisation and digitalisation transition for international shipping, as we work towards developing and scaling up green and digital solutions for wider adoption.”

Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping, said: “The Singapore-Rotterdam Green Corridor is fully in line with our strategy to accelerate the decarbonisation of the maritime industry by supporting first movers. We need bold projects like this to leverage the learnings and further develop green partnerships across the value chain. Connecting globally leading partners around one of the major trade-lanes will allow us to demonstrate concrete, scalable decarbonisation solutions that can inform and inspire industry as well as policy makers around the world.”

Professor Lynn Loo, Chief Executive Officer of Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), said, “International shipping will have to deploy at least 5% zero-emission fuels in its fuel mix by 2030 for the sector to meet a Paris-aligned net-zero target. To this end, green corridors provide a framework to harmonise standards and regulations, increase green fuels availability and strengthen their supply chains, and attract green financing for bunkering infrastructure buildout at ports involved. GCMD is excited to be an action partner in the development of the world’s first green and digital corridor. We will operationalise meaningful route-base, port-to-port pilots along this green corridor to help international shipping navigate and accelerate its transition towards a zero-carbon future.”

Source: https://ajot.com/news/maritime-and-port-authority-of-singapore-and-port-of-rotterdam-to-establish-worlds-longest-green-and-digital-corridor-for-efficient-and-sustainable-shipping

On the Atlantic side, volumes at Manzanillo International Terminal -Panama (MIT) were down 3.7% to 1.37m teu; Cristobal also registered a drop in volumes of 9.3% to 426,644 teu while Colon Container Terminal (CCT) operated by Taiwan’s Evergreen was the only terminal is showing growth, up 54.6% to 690.194 teu.

“The results of the first semester show a slowdown because of the restructuring of services of the shipping lines, and especially a general drop in imports and exports throughout Latin America,” said MIT general manager Manuel Pinzon.

“The consequences of the global supply chains disruptions remain, causing high average dwell times for transhipment cargo at terminals in the region and at MIT. This has been the trend during the first half of the year, and we don’t expect structural changes for the remainder of 2022,” he added.

At the Panama Canal Pacific entrance, all the terminals showed a decrease in volumes. Balboa, which is administrated by Panama Ports as well as Cristobal, registered a fall in cargo volumes of 9.3% to 1.07m teu and PSA-Panama was down 1.1% to 585,788 teu.

Bocas Fruit Co. in the province of Bocas del Toro saw its cargo dropped by 50.2% to 35,242 teu. The terminal handles shipments of bananas produced in Chiquita Panama’s farms and most of them are transported in refrigerated containers.

Source: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports/panama-port-container-volumes-fall-17-h1

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest Green and Digital Corridor to enable low and zero carbon shipping.

Signed by Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of MPA, and Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre on the sidelines of the biennial World Cities Summit, the MoU will bring together stakeholders across the supply chain to realize the first sustainable vessels sailing on the route by 2027. The signing was witnessed by S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Singapore, and Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam.

Singapore and Rotterdam are among the largest bunkering ports in the world, making them vital links on the Asian-European shipping lanes. While international shipping currently uses largely marine gas oil (MGO) and low-sulphur fuel oil, sustainable alternatives such as biofuels, including biogases, are increasingly being made available. Other alternatives such as synthetic methane, hydrogen, and hydrogen-based fuels including ammonia and methanol are in various stages of R&D for future trials and deployment.

Each alternative fuel has its own challenges relating to costs, availability, safety, and restrictions in range due to lower energy density compared to fossil fuels. To tackle these challenges, the two port authorities agreed to bring together a broad coalition of shippers, fuel suppliers and other companies to collectively work on potential solutions.

Beyond alternative fuels, the MoU also aims to optimize maritime efficiency, safety, and the transparent flow of goods by creating a digital trade lane where relevant data, electronic documentation and standards are shared. This will facilitate the seamless movement of vessels and cargo, and optimize just-in-time arrival of vessels from port to port.

The port authorities will work with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping as action partners, as well as other industry partners across the supply chain, including bp, CMA CGM, Digital Container Shipping Association, Maersk, MSC, Ocean Network Express, PSA International, and Shell for a start. This will enable the Green and Digital Corridor project to raise investment confidence, attract green financing, and kickstart joint bunkering pilots and trials for digitalization and the use of low- and zero carbon fuels along the route.

S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Singapore, said, “Decarbonizing shipping is an urgent climate action priority, which requires the collective efforts of the entire maritime sector. As a trusted global maritime hub, Singapore contributes actively to IMO’s efforts to make international shipping more sustainable, and global supply chains more resilient. This MoU with the Port of Rotterdam demonstrates how likeminded partners can work together to complement the efforts of the IMO. It will serve as a valuable platform to pilot ideas that can be scaled up for more sustainable international shipping.”

Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, said, “Shipping is among the most important industries to decarbonize, owing to its large international reach and volume, which continues to grow. By bringing together parties across the supply chain along one of the world’s biggest trade lanes, we can enable carriers to switch to zero-carbon fuels and speed up the transition to more sustainable shipping”.

Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of MPA, said, “This MoU further strengthens the strong partnership between Singapore and Rotterdam. It reaffirms Singapore’s commitment towards facilitating a multi-fuel bunkering transition as part of the Maritime Singapore Decarbonization Blueprint 2050, and accelerates our digitalization efforts to optimize maritime efficiency and improve supply chain resilience. The pilot will complement efforts undertaken by the shipping industry, including partners such as Google Cloud, and the IMO to support decarbonization and digitalization transition for international shipping, as we work towards developing and scaling up green and digital solutions for wider adoption.”

Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping, said, “The Singapore-Rotterdam Green Corridor is fully in line with our strategy to accelerate the decarbonization of the maritime industry by supporting first movers. We need bold projects like this to leverage the learnings and further develop green partnerships across the value chain. Connecting globally leading partners around one of the major trade-lanes will allow us to demonstrate concrete, scalable decarbonization solutions that can inform and inspire industry as well as policy makers around the world.”

Professor Lynn Loo, Chief Executive Officer of Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD), said, “International shipping will have to deploy at least 5% zero-emission fuels in its fuel mix by 2030 for the sector to meet a Paris-aligned net-zero target. To this end, green corridors provide a framework to harmonize standards and regulations, increase green fuels availability and strengthen their supply chains, and attract green financing for bunkering infrastructure buildout at ports involved. GCMD is excited to be an action partner in the development of the world’s first green and digital corridor. We will operationalize meaningful route-base, port-to-port pilots along this green corridor to help international shipping navigate and accelerate its transition towards a zero-carbon future.”

Source: https://www.marinelink.com/news/singapore-rotterdam-port-authorities-498453

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Asia-US East Coast capacity up 18.9%

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Panama Canal Welcomes The Largest Vessel In Terms Of Cargo Capacity

Tugboat Unions to Disrupt Australian Ports in Long Contract Dispute

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MPA TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY TO STRENGTHEN FUEL QUALITY CHECKS

Truth About Beirut Port Blast Cannot Be Hidden, Pope Says

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Included in the routine PSC inspections

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