Copenhagen, 2019-02-11 − MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply 18 × MAN B&W 9S50ME-C9.6 TIER II-compliant main engines for 9 × 7,800 lane-metre RoRo vessels intended for operation in the Mediterranean Sea. The customer is the Grimaldi Group, the Naples, Italy-based shipping company and leading operator within the RoRo segment. MAN Energy Solutions’ two-stroke licensee – Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Engine & Machinery Business Unit) – will build the engines in Korea, while...
It will be completed by the end of 2021 – the future-proof, modern, sustainable and automated container terminal in Copenhagen. The terminal substantially strengthens CMP’s role as the leading actor within freight handling in the capital region and throughout Eastern Denmark.
The area in Outer Northern Harbour is fairly anonymous, however, the on-going groundworks are a reminder that this is where the container terminal of the future will be just three years from now.
“We are making a major...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/denmarks-most-modern-container-port-under-construction/
Unni Einemo introduces the panel
IBIA’s 2018 Annual Convention in Copenhagen will remain for a multiple of reasons in the hearts and minds of all present as well as those reading various reports in the media for ever. It was one of the most timely events over the last 25 years!John Faraclas writes:
John Faraclas
Moreover, the last five years an unprecedented situation is being built up with the environment – an issue which ranks number one in the shipping industry to and for all intents and...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/24/2020-shipowners-have-a-cause-to-be-awake-at-night/
John Faraclas – photo by Theo Kapetanakis
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 84 points and now stands at 1,147 points; Geopolitics still in disarray and IBIA dominated the week with its 2018 Convention in Copenhagen. John Faraclas’ daily and weekly recap:
The Greeks, as I have mentioned in similar situations in the past, have an expression: “…AND it’s the 9th of the month (καί ο μήνας έχει εννιά). Reality bites and the BDI lost also on a weekly basis; 310 points down from 1,457 on the 2nd of...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/09/plummeting-markets-thanks-to-the-capes-et-al/
Join us next week in Copenhagen where we will discuss what preparations the industry can make to transition into a new regulatory environment. Panellists and delegates will voice their key concerns around 2020 compliance and discuss how the rising price of fuel and the current availability & compatibility concerns are affecting shipowners and operators’ decisions.
The forum will ask key industry members how their operational profile will change to meet the IMO’s requirements, and what steps...