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Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Maritime Association of Nationwide Shipping Agencies (MANSA) has lauded Mumbai Port and its Indira Container Terminal Pvt Ltd’s (ICTPL) initiative to introduce a vessel berthing facility at night at the offshore container terminal. The first such vessel M.V. Precious Ace was berthed on April 30 …

Chennai, 05 May 2021: The steep rise of Covid-19 infections in India and the continuously worsening situation in the country has prompted Rystad Energy to significantly downgrade its short-term global liquids demand estimate. India’s struggle will slash an extra 575,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil liquids demand in April …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Reacting to the trade data of April, 2021, Mr Sharad Kumar Saraf, President, FIEO said that the impressive growth reiterates our assessment that order booking position of our exporters is extremely good and with gradual improvement of situation in the country, will push exports …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: PSA Marine has unveiled the first-of-its-kind Liquid Bulk module (“LqB”) under PSA Marine’s ONEHANDSHAKE™ platform, which will revolutionise the way industry players within the liquid bulk logistics chain interact, and empower them to effortlessly transact with one another. Annually at the Port of Singapore, an …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Freight volumes are continuing to rise at the Port of Gothenburg in the majority of segments, despite the impact Covid-19 is having on global logistics. This can be seen from the volume report for Q1 2021. In March 2020, the full force of the Covid-19 …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Chief Executive Officer – Chairman of the Executive Board of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov, and Chairman of the Board of JSC “NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy”, Nurlan Sauranbayev, held a working meeting, where they discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation in the transport sector and logistics. …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Ocean Network Express (ONE) on 28 April announced the successful completion of a second trial of sustainable marine biofuel onboard the M/V MOL Experience. The specifications of the second trial were different from the first trial, with the mixing ratio three times higher in biofuel …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port, in a major push and with a vision of going digital, launched the Mobile App – JNP-CPP and eWallet for Centralized Parking Plaza (CPP). It was launched in the virtual meeting of all stakeholders / transporters …

Chennai, 28 April 2021: Offshore wind as a renewable energy source is not only one of the fastest growing sector, but it is also set to outpace other renewable energy as well. It is estimated that wind (onshore and offshore) will contribute 18% of total power generation by 2050. The …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Hapag-Lloyd published its Sustainability Report 2020 on 27 April 2021 and has once again made significant progress in environmental, social, qualitative and economic terms: Since the beginning of last year, Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet has been operating using IMO 2020-compliant low-sulphur fuel oil, thereby reducing its sulphur-oxide …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Abu Dhabi Maritime on 26 April announced the launch of a new digital service to streamline the management of Abu Dhabi’s slipways — ramps for moving boats and other water crafts to and from the water — while also easing congestion at peak times. As …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Leading flag administration, Panama Maritime Authority has authorised Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, to conduct specific surveys through remote inspection techniques. As the maritime world continues to reel under the shadow of the pandemic induced travel restrictions, IRClass ensured that …

  Chennai: Port Wings News Network: UNCTAD examines the complex factors behind the unprecedented shortage of containers hampering trade’s recovery, and how to avoid a similar situation in the future. When the Ever Given megaship blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for almost a week in March, it triggered a …