Oslo-based Xeneta, the leading ocean freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, has revealed a jump in long-term contracted rates for containership operators during the month of May, as 2018 rates expire and new contracts push the index upwards. According to the latest XSI® Public...
Month: May 2019
Dry Dockings To Reach Peak Season Pretty Soon
The ship repair segment is about to witness one of its frenziest periods in recent memory, ahead of a flurry of conversions and retrofits, as a result of the looming IMO 2020 rule. In a recent report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “the ship repair sector is showing a constant and gradual increase...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-dockings-to-reach-peak-season-pretty-soon/
Navy Building a Land-Based Test Site for Ford-Class Weapons Elevators, But Timing Won’t Help CVN-78
Sailors go over safety procedures for the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). US Navy Photo
The Navy is building a ground-based test site for the weapons elevators currently going through a difficult installation and certification process on carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), though it won’t be ready in time to allay the problems on Ford.
Though Ford commissioned as a U.S. warship nearly two years ago, work to install and certify a handful of new systems has...
Puerto de Mar del Plata, Argentina: adjudican a TC2, terminal en el muelle 2
El permiso de uso fue otorgado por tres años, aunque la tenencia provisoria es por uno
Inside ICHCA International – April/May 2019 issue
Inside ICHCA International – April/May 2019 issue
Welcome to the latest edition of Inside ICHCA International, our regular e-newsletter for association members, partners and cargo handling industry colleagues worldwide.
Unfortunately, despite its relentless focus on health and safety, the ports and logistics sector is still experiencing high levels of fatal and serious injuries. At a time of increased operational demands on cargo handling, the need to find innovative new solutions to safety...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/31/inside-ichca-international-aprilmay-2019-issue/
Dos desaparecidos tras una colisión entre dos embarcaciones en un pantano de Zaragoza
Una de las barcas estaba ocupada por cuatro personas que han resultado heridas de escasa consideración, según la Guardia Civil
SAAM adquiere remolcador del astillero Med Marine para reforzar su flota en Guatemala
Comenzará sus operaciones de atraque y desatraque de naves en septiembre próximo
Fitzgerald CO: Destroyer Repairs at Risk from Poor Shipyard Fire Safety
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) pierside at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard on April 16, 2019. US Navy Photo
Poor fire safety practices in the yard are putting at risk the two-year, $523-million effort to repair USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer heavily damaged in a deadly 2017 collision, warns the ship’s commanding officer.
Cmdr. Garrett Miller, commanding officer of Fitzgerald, noted a series of more than 15 fire safety incidents aboard...