Category: Shipping

Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

As reported by "The Maritime Executive" at the beginning of December, a study by various US universities shows the dangerous effects for socio-ecological marine systems of the port development projects being aggressively pursued by China, particularly in the Caribbean and around Africa. It is well known that China lures many developing countries into long-term debt through port, power plant and road investments in order to be able to exert intensive influence by acquiring ownership and utilisation rights. A good 20 per cent of all Chinese financing initiatives for development projects abroad - a volume of almost USD 65 billion - come from the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank...

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Mobile phone at the helm and WhatsApp on the bridge

Mobile phone at the helm and WhatsApp on the bridge

Gepostet von | 16 Dec 2022 | , , | 1

The 20,000 TEU container freighter "Ever Given", wedged diagonally into the embankment in the Suez Canal with the prominent white inscription of the shipping company EVERGREEN (Taiwan) on the frog-green side of the ship, is still a fond memory for anyone involved in shipping. Less spectacular and also having a much smaller impact on international goods traffic was an accident that occurred on 13 March 2022 to the "Ever Forward", a container ship from Hong Kong with a capacity of 11,850 TEU, which was also unmistakably labelled EVERGREEN, after a missed course change before entering Norfolk/Virginia: it ran squarely into the really sticky silt of the Chesapeake Bay at full speed and was unable to...

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Three stowaways on the rudder blade

Three stowaways on the rudder blade

Gepostet von | 14 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

It's a Christmas story - but unfortunately it's true! At the end of November, a Spanish coastguard patrol in the harbour of Las Palmas/Gran Canaria recovered three male refugees in very poor condition from the top of the rudder blade of a tanker and admitted them to hospital. No wonder - they had been clinging to the "Alithini II" for twelve days on the 2,700-mile journey from Lagos/Nigeria. It is actually incredible that they were not caught by a wave and disappeared unnoticed forever. The three are now on the road to recovery. But...

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US Navy: Warships on a collision course

US Navy: Warships on a collision course

Gepostet von | 13 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

It's only a short video, but it's sure to make even the most hardened sailor look up: Two warships in immediate need of manoeuvring! In early December, a situation arose in San Diego Bay in which the 16,000-tonne dock landing ship LSD 49 "USS Harpers Ferry" and the destroyer DDG 92 "USS Momsen" were on a collision course. A swift evasive manoeuvre by the destroyer resolved the situation before the much more inert amphibious craft could show any discernible reaction. Now the superior authorities in the U.S. Pacific Fleet are once again dealing with navigational safety on board. To experience - and learn. Video...

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Liquefied natural gas for Germany: LNG-FSRU sets course for Wilhelmshaven

Liquefied natural gas for Germany: LNG-FSRU sets course for Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 13 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Gas importer Uniper is expecting the special ship "Hoegh Esperanza" as the technical centrepiece for the new LNG land terminal in Wilhelmshaven in mid-December, according to a company spokesperson in Düsseldorf last week. FSRU The 294 metre long "Hoegh Esperanza" will serve as a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Wilhelmshaven. LNG delivered in liquid form will be converted back into gas on board and pumped ashore. Uniper announced last week that the ship's cargo, which is still on board, could be used to feed natural gas into the German grid before the end of the year. The first LNG tanker is scheduled to reach the...

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