Cargill

Kotug starts zero-emission barging to Cargill via electric tugboat

Kotug, based in Rotterdam, and Vancouver, B.C.-based Shift Clean Energy are providing a zero-emissions barging solution that will bring cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam to agribusiness giant Cargill’s cocoa facilities in Zaandam, avoiding an approximately 20-kilometer road journey.

Kotug will deploy an all-electric E-Pusher type M tug and four barges to transport the beans.The vessel is equipped with swappable battery energy containers from Shift Clean Energy (Shift). The containers are...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/kotug-starts-zero-emission-barging-to-cargill-via-electric-tugboat/

Amazon, Walmart to advise Washington on ocean freight policy

Some of the largest and most powerful companies in the U.S. will now have a say in shaping transportation policy in a public forum at the Federal Maritime Commission.

The FMC announced on Thursday the first 24 members to serve on its newly formed National Shipper Advisory Committee (NSAC), evenly divided between importers and exporters. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Office Depot (NASDAQ: ODP) are some of the big-name online and retail companies representing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-walmart-to-advise-washington-on-ocean-freight-policy

Seanergy Maritime Takes Delivery of ‘Flagship’

Seanergy seals financing and fixture for the latest Capesize addition with Cargill, says a press release published on their website.

‘Flagship’

Greek Capesize specialist Seanergy Maritime has taken delivery of its latest Capesize acquisition, which is being financed and chartered by commodities giant Cargill. This vessel acquired is Hsin Chien Marine’s 2013-built (Mitsui) New Expedition, which has been renamed Flagship. The vessel is being financed through a leasing agreement with Cargill, who...

https://mfame.guru/seanergy-maritime-takes-delivery-of-flagship/

Major shipping organisations pledge their support, including Ardmore Shipping, Cargill, Pacific Basin and V.Group

Major shipping organisations pledge their support, including  Ardmore Shipping, Cargill, Pacific Basin and V.Group 

Catherine Spencer, Chief Executive of The Seafarers’ Charity,

LONDON – Wednesday, May 5, 2021: Leading seafarer welfare charities and shipping industry players have launched an emergency relief fund in order to support seafarers and their families devastated by the rampant COVID-19 pandemic in India and other countries.

Seafarers have been the invisible victims of COVID-19, with...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/05/major-shipping-organisations-pledge-their-support-including-ardmore-shipping-cargill-pacific-basin-and-v-group/

Truck Talk: No fuelin’ around edition

This week, we’ve got gas — natural gas, renewable natural gas and renewable diesel fuel. Amid the buzz around battery-electric trucks, drop-in fuels often get short shrift. That might be shortsighted. 

Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe here.

It’s a gas

Except for devoted fleets — think refuse haulers, school buses and some small and midsize fleets — natural gas gets little respect and practically no sustained growth. Though it is far cheaper and pollutes less, it is still a fossil fuel derived...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-no-fuelin-around-edition

+ More