VIKING to supply Greek Coast Guard tender
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has been declared the winning bidder in a tender covering three offshore high-speed ambulance boats that will support emergency services in the Aegean Sea.
Port of Mombasa to modernise four berths
It has been reported in Kenya that Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) intends to invest US$193 million to modernise four berths at the port of Mombasa. Our illustration here shows Mombasa’s second container terminal (www.africaports.co.za © ).
Carnival Horizon Manhattan Cruise Terminal Pier 88 / 90 NTSB Report
On the morning of 28 August 2018, the cruise ship Carnival Horizon, with a total of 6,361 people on board, was manoeuvring to berth No. 2 at Manhattan Cruise Terminal’s Pier 88 in New York City, New York, when its bow struck the southwest corner of adjacent Pier 90.
Electric tug e5 powered by battery and hydrogen fuel cell
At the end of October Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd and e5 Lab Inc reported that they had jointly developed a new design concept of what is known as the e5 Tug. Designed to minimize its environmental footprint this electric propulsion harbour tug is powered by a large-capacity battery and a hydrogen fuel cell.
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2019
Maritime transport sails stormy seas against political and structural headwinds
Shaky outlook for seaborne trade as uncertainty over world economy remains
Environmental sustainability agenda steers maritime industry towards cleaner fuel sources
A new publication from PIANC A Practical Guide to Environmental Risk Management (ERM) for Navigation Infrastructure Projects
This new publication from PIANC is by the organisation’s EnviCom Working Group 175, is priced at € 85.00, of 73 pages in length and available at: https://www.pianc.org/publications/envicom/wg175
WMO-IMO symposium addresses extreme maritime weather 23-25 October A major contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
From 23-25 October the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the IMO held the first joint Symposium on Extreme Maritime Weather. The theme was: Towards Safety of Life at Sea and a Sustainable Blue Economy.
How IMO perfects efficient port management
From London we learn that an intensive training event on port management and operational efficiency took place in France in mid-October. (See here illustration reproduced from www.imo.org ©). Accent was clearly on Africa.
Pilot transfer arrangements New AMSA Marine Notice
On 21 October the Australian Maritime Safety Authority issued a new Marine Notice reminding shipowners, operators, masters, crews, recognised organisations, marine pilots and pilotage providers of the obligation to provide safe pilot transfer arrangements.
Kenya Ports Authority to consider shore power in Mombasa and Lamu
It was reported on 22 October that Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is examining the possibility of providing shore power to ships calling at the ports of Mombasa and Lamu. Here the aim is to reduce CO2 emission levels at these ports, which handle the majority of Kenya’s international shipping.
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VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has been declared the winning bidder in a tender covering three offshore high-speed ambulance boats that will support emergency services in the Aegean Sea.
The international tender was concluded after a cooperation between the Hellenic Coast Guard and the Greek Emergency Response Organization (EKAB) in an initiative supported and financed by the European Union under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme 2014-2020.
It is understood that all three ambulance boats are scheduled for delivery during the summer of 2020, to take up station operating from remote Greek islands in the Aegean.
The vessels will be fabricated using the successful VIKING Norsafe Munin S1200 design and will be equipped with twin-diesel stern-drive engines to achieve speeds of up to 40 knots, as well as cutting-edge navigation instruments.
It has been reported in Kenya that Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) intends to invest US$193 million to modernise four berths at the port of Mombasa. Our illustration here shows Mombasa’s second container terminal (www.africaports.co.za © ).
While the berths have not been identified it is understood that they currently handle containers and breakbulk general cargo.
Financing will come from commercial rated loans being offered by the European Investment Bank and French development agency AFD, according to Daniel Manduku, the managing director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
The port of Mombasa recently opened a new container terminal which is being operated by a division of the Italian shipping company, MSC. The port is the main gateway port for neighbouring landlocked countries in the East Africa region – Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, southern Ethiopia and parts of eastern DRC.
