Seven companies - Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Exeno Yamamizu Corporation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Tokyo Electric Power Company, and Mitsubishi Corporation - announced establishment of the “e5 Consortium,” with the goal of establishing new ocean shipping infrastructure services through various initiatives to develop, realize, and commercialize zero-emission electric vessels.

Moore Greece, an accounting and consulting firm specialising in the shipping, media and hotel sectors, released the first-ever Moore Maritime Index report on “Shipping trends based on the fleet size” that focuses on studying the possible trends and correlations between operating expenses, net income, vessel age, capacity and fleet size.

The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy of Greece, Mr. Giannis Plakiotakis, visited the port of Piraeus on the occasion of the first voyages of ships to Crete after the lifting of restrictions, accompanied by the Secretary General of Ports and Port Policy, Mr. Evangelos Kyriazopoulos, the Secretary General of Aegean and Island Policy Mrs. Christiana Kalogirou and the Chief of the Hellenic Coast Guard Vice Admiral Theodoros Kliaris.

Every two years SMM brings together industry stakeholders from around the world.

Seaspan Ship Management has selected Alfa Laval to help resolve steam balance and redundancy issues connected to sulphur-compliant fuels.

In the morning of May 11, an automated driverless truck for containers delivered the containers for loading the Vessel COSCO SHIPPING ROSE next to the shore bridge No. 102 and collected containers unloaded from the vessel under the shore bridge No. 101.