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The P3 Network operational vessel sharing agreement proposed by MSC -CMA CGM and Maersk Line is subject to regulatory review

CMA CGM confirms its objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by the end of 2015

Carnival Corporation & plc today announced plans to significantly increase installations of its industry-first exhaust gas cleaning technology to more than 70 vessels. The expansion covering over 70 percent of its entire fleet represents an increase from the 32 ships announced in September 2013. Carnival Corporation is investing as much as $400 million to design, build and install the systems, being used for the first time in the restricted space found on cruise ships. The systems will enable Carnival Corporation to meet new regulations that place a cap on sulfur content of fuel oil at 0.1 percent, resulting in significantly reduced air emissions. The systems will help the company meet its environmental sustainability goals, as well as mitigate escalating fuel costs. The systems, known for their ability to clean - or "scrub" - exhaust from high-sulfur fuel, are scheduled to be installed over the next three years. The current installation schedule initially includes 22 Carnival Cruise Lines vessels, nine Holland America Line vessels, seven Princess Cruises vessels and three Cunard vessels. In addition to those 41 ships, two other Carnival Corporation brands, AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises, will also install the systems - 10 ships for AIDA Cruises and six ships for Costa Cruises. On May 5, ...

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco personnel and CMA CGM along with other local industry partners tested the Bay Area's capability

For 150 million people living in coastal areas around the world, rising sea level will become a genuine threat according to a new international study which found convincing evidence the sea level has been rising over the past 200 years - and continues to rise. Warming of the ocean and the melting of the glaciers and ice sheets are the cause of the sea level rise, said Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva from the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC), who co-authored the scientific research paper. "There is a huge inertia in the climate system, so even if we stop the warming of our planet now - if we stop emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere today - the global sea level will continue to rise for the next few hundred years. "We are facing a colossal challenge - to deal with carbon emissions as soon as possible," said Dr Jevrejeva. With about 150 million people living within one metre of high tide globally, sea level rise is one of the most damaging aspects of a warming climate. The vulnerability of extensively populated coastal areas, the threats to infrastructure, and population migration are major concerns for society, Dr Jevrejeva said. "Fifteen of the ...

The CMA CGM Group is improving its ASAF service which will deploy 12 vessels of 5,700 containers (TEU) in direct service to West Africa starting May 9th thus becoming the first carrier with vessels of this capacity to call West Africa directly.

IMO decision to move forward with Tier III rules underscores MAN view that pushing technology readiness is right thing to do. "We are ready for IMO Tier III", said Dr Stephan Timmermann, MAN Diesel & Turbo Executive Board Member responsible for Marine Systems and After Sales. "We have the technologies in place to support our customers for this new era of environmentally efficient shipping. I am pleased that the adoption of the IMO regulations will save us from mushrooming national regulations. Now we have a clear set of rules", added Timmermann. The company's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Hans-O. Jeske, underpinned its technological readiness: "Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Selective Catalytic Reduction are technologies we not only have available but have operational experience with." In this respect, Danish vessel Petunia Seaways is equipped with an MAN SCR system that has reliably operated for 9,000 hours to date and follows the world's first Tier-III-compliant, two-stroke engine that was built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation in Japan for a general cargo carrier in 2011. Similarly, the company received its first commercial order for an EGR system, to be applied aboard a 4,500-teu Maersk Line container newbuilding, in 2012. The system will be fully integrated with ...

CMA CGM announced that has decided to upgrade its fixed-day weekly service connecting North Europe with the Caribbean and Central America by extending its scope to include direct calls in Saint Petersburg

Maersk's new shipping alliance

KVH Industries, Inc, introduced the TracPhone V3-IP terminal for its mini-VSAT Broadband service. The maritime VSAT antenna now comes with the smallest and most integrated belowdecks equipment - KVH's new Integrated CommBox Modem (ICM), a streamlined unit that includes an IP-enabled antenna control unit, built-in CommBox Ship/Shore Network Manager, and ArcLight spread spectrum modem with IP voice capability, Ethernet switch, and Wi-Fi connectivity. All of the TracPhone V3-IP's belowdecks equipment is built in to a single 2U enclosure. The system is on display and available to order at the Sea Asia conference and exhibition in Singapore this week. KVH's new TracPhone V3-IP costs less, is easier to install, and provides reliability. The system's completely integrated design offers a simple alternative to the complexity inherent in competing maritime VSAT systems, which typically require a local technician to configure a full rack of hardware from different third-party manufacturers of modems, antennas, controllers, switches, adapters, and servers. It also makes the advanced features of KVH's best-of-breed network management solution, the CommBox Ship/Shore Network Manager, available to every TracPhone V3-IP customer without an additional hardware investment. With a compact antenna dish that is just 37 cm (14.5") in diameter, the TracPhone V3-IP brings sophisticated ...