Maritime Events/Companies

On October 20, the Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its Commitment Class combination container/roll on-roll off ship.

The container/roll on-roll off ship‘El Coquí’, which is among the first of its kind to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The ship is a key component in Crowley’s supply chain transformation in the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade.

A crowd of more than 300 people including representatives from the White House; U.S....

http://mfame.guru/crowley-christens-first-of-its-kind-ship/

The fuel firm Gastankerrederij Anthony Veder has entered into a partnership with Bunker Connect for the purchase and management of bunker capacity in the ports in the ARA area (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp).

The company Bunker Connect was established in 2016 with the aim of increasing transparency in the bunker market. Last year, the company was seen by PortXL as a promising start-up in the maritime sector. Bunker Connect offers an online platform where buyers of bunker...

http://mfame.guru/online-bunker-platform-for-productive-supply-chains/

• The annual meeting of INTERCARGO welcomed IMO’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategy.
• Keeping in mind the recent loss of 32 lives, it stressed on need of quality casualty reports.
• At present they have 138 full Members with 2,177 bulkers entered with the association.
• a total capacity of 202 mil dwt i.e. about 20% basis numbers of vessels and 25% basis dwt of the global dry bulk carrier fleet.

Reportedly, INTERCARGO held its Annual General Meeting, Executive and Technical Committees’...

http://mfame.guru/intercargo-challenges-for-the-dry-bulk-sector/

The American Shipper reports that the naming ceremony of NYK and Tokyo LNG Tanker Co. Ltd new LNG ship at the TSU shipyard in Japan, this Wednesday.

NYK and Tokyo LNG Tanker Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co., have a 20-year charter contract for the vessel.

At the ceremony, Takashi Uchida, president of Tokyo Gas, officially named the ship, and his wife cut a ceremonial rope holding the vessel in place.

Energy Gloryis the third vessel to be jointly...

http://mfame.guru/nyk-tokyo-gas-celebrate-naming-of-lng-vessel/