DNV GL honours drive support system
Another step in the right direction!
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Maritimes Cluster Norddeutschland e. V. donates value added tax
The work of seafarers on tankers, container ships, cruise ships and fishing vessels is hard and full of privation. Shift work, constant time changes and long periods away from their families make life difficult for seafarers and put them under particular physical and mental strain. Especially in these times of the global coronavirus pandemic, tireless support for the seafarers on board is very important.
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LNG for car transporters
The Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by building LNG-powered ships and expanding its LNG bunkering business as part of its "Environmental Vision 2050". Its LNG bunkering vessel Kaguya recently carried out the first ship-to-ship bunkering in Japan, making a piece of Japanese shipping history. The environmentally friendly fuel was used to fill the tanks of the new car carrier Sakura Leader, which has space for 7,000 vehicles and was delivered to the shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) by the shipyard Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding shortly afterwards. The 81.7-metre-long Kaguya, which only entered service in 2020 and is measured at 4044 GT, was...
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Change in the MCN Board of Directors
Change of state representation on the board of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN): Andreas Richter, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Ministry of Economics and Innovation, is succeeded by Dr Niels Kämpny from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation. This means that Lower Saxony will take over the annually rotating representation of the five coastal federal states on the MCN e. V. board and the chairmanship of the state coordination committee in 2021. "Back in 2016, when the MCN was founded, the state of Lower Saxony provided us with advice and support. In view of the current challenges in the maritime industry, which are reflected in our fields of action, we are looking forward to further dialogue...
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SPAIN: Sailing training ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO leaves port
The training ships' trips abroad also look very different in times of coronavirus. On 24 August, the training sailing ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO set sail from a quarantine zone in the port of Cadiz in south-west Spain on its 93rd training voyage. The special thing about it was that it was not just the fifth circumnavigation of the almost hundred-year-old four-masted topsail schooner. This round-the-world voyage is being organised to mark the 500th anniversary of the voyage of discovery of its namesake, who completed the voyage started by Magellan with five ships and 270 men after three years - with just 18 men and one ship. Times have changed. Before the expiry date...
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