Shortsea shipping specialist Wijnne Barends has taken delivery of the 5,000 dwt newbuild Lady Marie Christine.
The 115 m-long dry bulker is dual-fuel ready and can run on LNG. It is the first of four sisterships to be delivered to the Spliethoff Group subsidiary. It was delivered by a Chinese yard on January 24, 2022.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a ‘refusal of access direction’ to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
Wijnne Barends has taken delivery of the third in a series of four newbuild vessels from a yard in China – Lady Menna.
Construction is underway at the port of Raahe’s Syvälaituri 3 – deep pier 3 – in Finland, which will be primarily used to handle project cargo at the port.
Offshore wind engineering company Osbit has opened an assembly and service facility at the port of Blyth in the UK.
USA-based maritime, logistics and energy solutions provider Crowley has expanded its ocean shipping services with a route between the US Northeast and Central America.
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships came into force on June 26, establishing mandatory regulations to govern the way ships are recycled. BIMCO expects recycling activity to surge over the coming decade as a result.
