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HMM Oslo heads for Europe with a full load

HMM Oslo, the company’s second 24,000TEU ship, has left for Europe, according to a company statement on 31 May, with all its slots full, repeating a feat achieved by sister vessel HMM Algeciras.

HMM Oslo began service on 11 May, loading containers in Busan New Port, Hyundai Pusan Newport, before moving on to Shanghai, Ningbo and Yantian in China. The ship then moved to Singapore before departing for Europe on 28 May.

HMM Oslo loaded 19,504TEU altogether. The company’s first 24,000TEU ship, HMM...

https://container-news.com/hmm-oslo-heads-for-europe-with-a-full-load/

China central bank injects 670 billion yuan via reverse repos for week, rate unchanged

China’s central bank kept the interest rate on seven-day reverse repurchase agreements unchanged at 2.20% on Friday. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it injected 300 billion yuan ($41.96 billion) into money markets on the day, according to a statement published on its website. The central...

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-central-bank-injects-670-billion-yuan-via-reverse-repos-for-week-rate-unchanged/

Mangrove Shipwreck, Vegetation Houses Show How Nature Reclaims Abandoned Places!

Green about the hills © Alamy

As the world goes missing in action and shuts down due to the COVID19 pandemic, nature reclaimed its lost spaces, animals started visiting cities. In the same way nature has reclaimed its abandoned spaces making life flourish which made it attractive to people once again, says an article published in BBC Science Focus

We humans transform landscapes and leave our unmistakable marks on the world, writes Hayley Bennett from UK for an article published in the Science Focus.

But these marks are not...

https://mfame.guru/mangrove-shipwreck-vegetation-houses-show-how-nature-reclaims-abandoned-places/

Bollinger delivers first of three USCG FRCs to be homeported in Guam

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the 154’x25′ USCGC Myrtle Hazard to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 162nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 39th fast response cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program.

For the FRC, which has a draft of 9’6″, Bollinger is using a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. Main propulsion comes from twin MTU 20V4000 M93L diesel engines,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/bollinger-delivers-first-of-three-uscg-frcs-to-be-homeported-in-guam/

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