Smart mooring
In Rotterdam, bollards with sensors will be installed in future to increase safety and efficiency
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Category: Shipping
Crew change in the South Atlantic
On 1 February 2021, Lufthansa is launching the longest passenger flight in its history. At the same time, it is one of the most unusual flights the airline has ever carried out. On behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, the Lufthansa Group's most sustainable aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, will fly 13,700 kilometres non-stop from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant on the Falkland Islands.
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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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