The delivery saw two 1.9 MW Azipod units installed on each of the two 21,500 dwt transshipment bulkers, constructed at Chengxi Shipyard, as part of a package of electric, digital, and connected solutions from ABB.
The Bremen-headquartered group has launched a sister company to its heavy lift shipping company SAL Heavy Lift which will focus on offshore maintenance and installation of wind turbines and their corresponding components.
The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has signed a contract with the Green Award Foundation to administer and manage the 8,400+ strong database of ships and 59 incentive providers already registered on the Environmental Ship Index (ESI).
The shipping line has decided that nine out of the 16 vehicle carriers it put into a cold lay-up back in early/mid-2020 will re-enter traffic during Q1 2021.
The company's own Optima Seaways, together with the chartered Visby and Kerry, will ply between Rosslare and Dunkirk six times per week in both directions.
Green light has been given to the Hamburg-based group for taking over 50.01% of the Piattaforma Logistica Trieste (PLT), a 27 ha-big terminal within the Port of Trieste.
The Norwegian port, backed by Maritime CleanTech cluster and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, eyes securing about €25m from Horizon 2020, the EU's funding programme for research and innovation.
