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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: COSCO and SHI have received the world’s first D-INF(S) type approvals from DNV for their data collection systems. The D-INF rules provide guidelines for the design, construction, and maintenance of a ship’s data infrastructure. By implementing the class notation, COSCO and SHI demonstrate their commitment …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal virtually launched Real-time Performance Monitoring Dashboard of MoPSW ‘Sagar Manthan’ – Digital platform having all the integrated data related to the ministry and other subsidiaries. It was inaugurated in the presence of …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has secured an order for providing Quality Assurance (QA) services for Indian Navy submarine during refit. The order is a major win for the classification society and paves the way for a new vertical within its Defence sector business. The …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: DNV has appointed Torgeir Sterri as new Offshore Classification Director for DNV Maritime, with effect from 1 March 2023. Lucas Ribeiro, former Area Manager for Iberia, Italy and Malta, will succeed Sterri as Regional Manager for West Europe. “Offshore classification has long been part of …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: PSA Mumbai on 9 March announced a partnership with O2 Power Pte Ltd (“O2 Power”) for the development of a 6.25 MW solar farm, which will power the terminal with renewable energy. The solar plant will be commissioned by the end of 2023. When completed, …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Jassper Shipping, a leading shipbroking provider, on 10 March announced that it has been granted Steamer Agency License from the Government of India for its vessel agency business. The licence grants Jassper to be on multiple strategic ports, and offer the entire suite of services …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) – a mutual insurer which provides professional indemnity cover for transport intermediaries operating in the marine, offshore, renewable and aviation industries – has appointed Jeff Woyda as its new Chairman. Woyda is taking over from Lars Säfverström, who has been …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Wärtsilä receives first CCS-Ready scrubber order, further propelling maritime decarbonisation. The technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for carbon capture and storage-ready scrubber systems – CCS-Ready scrubbers – the company has announced today. The major milestone marks the first time that Wärtsilä has …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: ISWAN’s team in South Asia hosted a successful and well-attended workshop aimed at raising awareness among young seafarers of the challenges they may face at sea on 1 March 2023. The half-day event, entitled ‘Setting Sail: Seafarers’ Education and Awareness Session’, took place at the …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The work to develop Greece’s first Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) commenced recently at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore with the conversion of GasLog’s DNV classed LNGC Gaslog Chelsea, recently renamed as Alexandroupoli. Following conversion, the FSRU Alexandroupoli will serve as an offshore storage and …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Boskalis has secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On behalf of its client, Boskalis will carry out a large number of the activities contributing to the development of this renewable energy project in the coming …

Visakhapatnam: Port Wings News Network: Shri Sudhansh Pant, IAS, Secretary , Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India visited Dredging Corporation of India Limited, Visakhapatnam on 25 February 2023 for reviewing the performance of the company. He planted a sapling in the premises of the company on this …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, under its Sagarmala Programme, has pushed a number of reforms and initiatives in the maritime industry to strengthen the country’s socio-economic and regulatory environment. One of the key initiatives of the Ministry is to promote and develop Ro-Ro …

Visakhapatnam: Port Wings News Network: Shri K. Rama Mohana Rao, IAS, Chairman, VPA/DCI on 13 February inaugurated the Visakhapatnam Sand Trap Dredging work that has been funded by CSR funds of VPA with a contract value of Rs.20 Cr for dredging 0.2 Million Cubic meters of Sand in 30 days. …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Having been in service around the clock as an inspection vessel at the Port of Gothenburg since 1979, it’s now time for M/S Hamnen to be converted to run on electrical power. This means the vessel can be expected to remain in the port’s service …