Category: Shipping

Diesel expensive: shipping will be hit hard

Diesel expensive: shipping will be hit hard

Gepostet von | 25 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Price increase of up to 23% It's not just at the petrol station and gas heating that we feel it: rising fuel and energy prices are having an impact everywhere. This will affect all import and export goods, but also every passenger. There have already been fuel surcharges for cruises before. Marine diesel is based on the same raw materials as diesel and petrol for cars. As high profits can currently be made from this, the supply for shipping is becoming scarcer, Bloomberg reported yesterday. As fuel is the biggest cost factor in shipping, any price increase will put pressure on already strained global supply chains. The cost of marine fuel in Rotterdam...

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DNV and partners invite you to World Maritime Day

DNV and partners invite you to World Maritime Day

Gepostet von | 22 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

"New technologies for greener shipping" is the motto of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO, www.imo.org) for 2022. The German Maritime Day fits in perfectly with the guiding principle of "Sustainable shipping: Together, clear, clean!" and it is no coincidence that the official United Nations World Maritime Day and the German Maritime Day fall on the same day, 29 September 2022. All information about German Maritime Day, the national maritime event in 2022, the background and motivations, the organisers, partners and supporters, the goals and ambitions and, of course, the extensive and detailed information about the...

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One Ocean Summit: 4 billion euros against plastic pollution

One Ocean Summit: 4 billion euros against plastic pollution

Gepostet von | 17 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

One Ocean Summit: Countries pledge €4 billion to combat marine plastic pollution The national banks of Germany, France and Spain, together with the European Investment Bank (EIB), have made a significant financial commitment of €4 billion by 2025 to develop the "Clean Oceans Initiative", which aims to identify practical ways to combat plastic waste in the sea. The "One Ocean Summit" took place from 9 to 11 February in the French port city of Brest. Experts, activists and politicians from 42 countries - including twenty heads of state, some of them from outside Europe - took part in forums and workshops on the topic of "Living in the...

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Frigate "Bayern" returns

Frigate "Bayern" returns

Gepostet von | 16 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Deployment to the Indo-Pacific: back after 43,000 nautical miles By sending the "Bayern" to the Indo-Pacific, the German Navy was able to show its colours and demonstrate on the ground that Germany stands up for the freedom of the sea lanes and compliance with international law in the region alongside its international partners. The commander, frigate captain Tilo Kalski (46), and his crew were en route for around seven months. Their route took them past the Horn of Africa to Australia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore. Most recently, the frigate "Bayern" moored in Haifa (Israel). The "Bayern" was the first German warship in almost two decades to...

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VSM Association News February 2022 published with a "bang"

VSM Association News February 2022 published with a "bang"

Gepostet von | 15 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Managing Director Dr Reinhard Lüken compares the shipbuilding industry to a symphony orchestra Read the full text here: Dear readers, the shipbuilding industry is like a large symphony orchestra in which the composer and conductor bring together the various "trades" in perfect harmony to create a masterpiece. To stay with this image, the year began with a bang, just like the famous second movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 94. The insolvency of four major shipyard sites not only shook the employees and affected regions to the core. It also emphasised the urgent need for action and thus brought the shipbuilding issue to the fore right at the start of the new federal government's term of office....

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