Noise and vibration analysis, along with mitigation and measurement can help enhance operational safety as far as personnel task performance, habitability, proper functioning of equipment, and structural integrity at sea, are concerned.

The Port of New York and New Jersey announced that cargo volumes for 2017 surpassed the existing annual cargo volume record set in 2015 by 5.3%. During 2017, the port handled 6,710,817 TEUs compared to 6,371,720 TEUs handled in 2015.

As of now, India has four terminals receiving LNG and imports 20 million tonnes of the  fuel a year. However, during the course of the next seven years, India plans to build eleven more terminals. If that happens, India will increase its capacity to 70 million tonnes per year.

While the vessel 'Sultan Bey' was on a voyage from Alexandroupoli, Greece to Marseilles, France, with 003 mt of wheat in bulk, a motorman was injured while he was cleaning the fuel oil vent overflow containment tray. The motorman underwent a surgical intervention. He recovered well and was discharged from hospital.

A senior executive from COSCO Shipping Line Pakistan, was shot dead in the Pakistani financial hub of Karachi earlier this week, with police saying that this is a targeted attack. The man was Chen Zhu and he was the Pakistan general manager of Cosco Shipping Lines. Chen Zhu was in his car when he was attacked in the port city of Karachi.

Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions, along with Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Electric Power Co, Sumitomo Joint Electric Power, and Shikoku gas, will build an LNG terminal at Sumitomo Chemical’s plant in Ehime prefecture in Japan. In the future, a new joint venture company will be create called Niihama LNG and the construction of the LNG plant will begin.

Total informed that it has signed agreements to acquire interests for two exploration licenses offshore Guyana, the Canje Block and the Kanuku Block. These agreements come after reaching an agreement for the nearby Orinduik Block. The agreement is now subject to the approval of relevant authorities, with Total potentially owning exploration rights to an area covering over 12,000 square kilometers in the Guyana Basin.

Logistics provider, Agility became the first freight forwarder to cooperate on a joint solution by Maersk and IBM to provide efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade by using blockchain technology to manage container shipments. Agility will identify events regarding individual shipments and share and receive information about them.

Trina Oldendorff transhiped 25,000 mt of coal into the M/V Spar Rigel for transport to the Indian port of Haldia, where there is a maximum draft restriction of about 7.5 metres. The Trina Oldendorff then proceeded to discharge part of the remaining cargo in India.

Maritime software, services and data analysis provider NAPA, announced that DSME chose the 3D model-based NAPA Steel software to streamline design processes and be up to date with the 21st century naval architects and structure designers. DSME will use the software at both the initial design stages, and detailed design stages.