A spectacular 3D replica of Michelangelo’s world-famous David sculpture has been installed at the centre of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai – a cultural highlight of the next World Expo and an exciting addition to the UAE’s vibrant and thriving artistic scene.

For one of their long standing customers of vacuum dryers, XLP member,Trans-Trading arranged a transport from Bodenkirchen/Lower Bavaria to a sawmill in Schwindegg.

The Today Show by Nor-Shipping, the new maritime and ocean industries online talk show, has revealed its first guests, with DNB CEO Kjerstin Braathen and DNV counterpart Remi Eriksen heading to the studio for a high level “Power Players” discussion.

The coronavirus also presents the logistics industry with challenges. Air-planes grounded, containers backed up in Europe's ports, global supply chains interrupted: Questions like how the industry will handle this and what solutions there are will be answered at transport logistic Online May 4–6, 2021.

caption:Wind feeder vessel open - Ampelmann & C-Job Naval Architects

Ampelmann and C-Job Naval Architects have joined forces to develop a one-of-a-kind offshore wind feeder vessel concept with motion compensation technology, specifically suited for the rigorous demands of operating off the east coast of the United States of America.

caption: Result from the application of the new buckling method using Seatrust- Hullscan

First classification society to include newly revised CSR
rules in its software

Caption: Through the Aurora project Norwegian energy company BKK aims to build a complete liquid hydrogen supply chain for the maritime industry. From left: Benedicte Staalelsen, Head of Political and Public Affairs; Ingrid Von Streng Velken, EVP innovation and development; and Bjørn Sundland, Director Business Development. Photo: Helge Hansen/BKK.

Europe’s first maritime value chain project for liquid hydrogen, Aurora, has been short-listed by ENOVA  as one of the Norwegian candidate projects for Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI).

Inland vessel in south america. © Imperial

The board of Imperial is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its South American shipping business to Hidrovias do Brasil S.A., an independent integrated logistics provider focused on waterways logistics services in Latin America. The closing date of the transaction was 16 April 2021.

Right now, work is in full swing at the XSI shipyard in Xiamen, China, where one of the world’s most climate-smart vessels is  taking shape. To manage the work in the best possible way and assure quality, Viking Line has a team of some twenty employees on site. Another 200 people from different partners are also involved in the work. Viking Glory is expected to be completed in late 2021 and be launched in service in early 2022.

The Seacor liftboat that capsized in stormy weather last week, has so far left four crew members dead and nine missing off the Louisiana coast. Six crew members have been rescued alive.

In a major step toward achieving sustainable shipping, the first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs commissioned by United European Car Carriers (UECC) was launched in an official ceremony Monday 12 April at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The remaining two vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2022.

Today, the heavy lift industry sees a new and powerful constellation unfold. Jumbo Shipping, the Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor, and SAL Heavy Lift, the German-based breakbulk and project cargo specialist, commence operations with their joint venture as the Jumbo-SAL-Alliance. Combining their fleets and all commercial activities, SAL and Jumbo are gearing up to create a new powerhouse in the heavy lift sector.

A semi-submersible drilling platform from China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI), SHEN LAN TAN SUO, has become the world’s first offshore unit to receive DNV’s Smart notation compliance certificate. The voluntary Smart vessel notation from DNV, provides a framework for assessing and visualizing digital vessel features and shows that a vessel is utilizing enhancements that improve operations, efficiency, and reduced environmental impacts.

Image courtesy ABS

For more than a century and a half, class societies have relied on paper documentation to accomplish their mission. Paper has its uses, but the limitations of its functionality in a digital environment have long been apparent. It is no longer cost effective for designers to produce designs on a drawing board. Instead, they’re created in CAD programs and managed in complex product models.

Image courtesy Suez Canal Authority

The Suez Canal Authority has secured a formal court order to seize the container ship Ever Given for "failure to pay an amount of $ 900 million," the Egyptian government-owned news outlet Ahram Gate reported Tuesday. The SCA had previously announced its intention to hold the vessel until the outcome of negotiations with the owners over damage compensation from the ship's infamous six-day grounding.