The first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LBG) took place on 1 April - from a plant in Turku to Helsinki where it was used to bunker the gas-run patrol vessel Turva.
The Turkish terminal operator, managing 22 facilities worldwide, has ordered 27 Kalmar machines - 12 heavy terminal tractors, 11 reachstackers, and four empty container handlers.
The new machinery, offering 154t of lifting capacity and a maximum outreach of 54 m, will be shipped fully-assembled from Liebherr's plant in the Port of Rostock in March.
The British arm of the Italian Saipem has selected the German Baltic port as the site from which it will carry out laying 275 km of gas pipes, with depths ranging from four to 57 metres.
The trio has signed a letter of intent aimed at electrifying Yara's existing ammonia facility in Porsgrunn, hence making it a production base of zero-emission fuel for shipping, carbon-free fertilizer, and ammonia for industrial applications.
The company will now conduct a comprehensive viability assessment in order to have a design ready by mid-2022, so as to contract a shipyard which, in turn, would deliver the vessel in 2025.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has selected the Orca energy storage system (ESS) from Corvus Energy to be installed on-board the all-electric e5 tanker in construction by the Japanese KOA Industry and Imura Shipyard for the also Japanese Asahi Tanker.
The two have partnered to develop and produce sustainable, large-scale, and modularised Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems for the international marine market.
SEA-CARGO's side-door ro-ro SC Connector has been outfitted with Norsepower's two 35 m-tall Rotor Sails that can tilt down and back up if the ship needs to sail under a bridge or a power line.
DB Cargo, Mann Lines Multimodal, and UTLC ERA have linked Oslo with Xi'an through a multimodal service that rail-runs from China to the Port of Kaliningrad and then goes by sea to the Norwegian capital.
