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This week, Evergreen Line’s Ever Sigma container ship discharged the 9 millionth TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) to pass through the Port of Los Angeles in the span of 12 months, setting a new annual record for the most container throughput of any port in the western hemisphere.

Although the Antarctic is considered as a pristine wilderness compared to other regions, new findings by scientists from the University of Hull and the British Antarctic Survey have revealed that recorded levels of microplastics accumulated in the region are five times higher than expected.

Singapore LNG Corporation successfully completed its first small scale reload, at its Terminal on Jurong Island, filling the fuel tanks of Cardissa, a 6,500 cubic-meter LNG bunker vessel owned by Shell. SLNG terminal is originally designed to accommodate LNG vessels from 60,000m3 to 265,000m3 in size.

Cepsa has started bunker supply activity in the Port of Gibraltar using mass flow meters for ships, a new precise measurement system that guarantees the quantity of product supplied. In addition to the high levels of fuel supply precision, the system reduces refueling operation times by up to 3 hours and is totally transparent, as it is monitored continuously and simultaneously.

Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have joined forces for the design and production of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles in support of the U.S. Navy’s Extra Large UUV program.

Statoil issued the 7th edition of its Energy Perspectives report, intended to provide an assessment of long-term perspectives on the international energy market. The report shows substantial future changes in the global energy mix and it describes three different scenarios for global macroeconomic development, energy demand, energy mix, and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.

Heineken, Nedcargo and GoodFuels announced the launch of a joint pilot initiative, aiming to demonstrate the advantages of operating inland transport barges, using sustainable drop-in marine fuel. Under the project, the 104 TEU inland barge ‘For Ever’ will transport Heineken beer from Zoeterwoude to Rotterdam, fueled with 30% biofuel.