The ship industry briefing
The latest news, views and numbers you need to know this month
News in Numbers
$3.8tn
The digitalisation of industries such as manufacturing and transport (including the maritime and ports industry) could generate revenue opportunities worth $3.8tn, according to estimates from Ericsson.
2,000
At the start of December 2020, almost 2,000 containers aboard the Chidori Ship Holding-owned ONE Apus container ship were either lost or damaged after the vessel was hit by stormy weather in the Pacific Ocean.
2025
Oil major Shell could be aiming to double its LNG bunkering fleet by 2025, according to reports cited by Seatrade Maritime.
23,000TEU
Shipping and logistics company CMA CGM has said it will assign a new class of 23,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ships for the Asia-Europe trade, out of which three are already in service.
50,000
The energy needed to power one large container ship across the ocean in a single day is the same needed to power 50,000 homes, according to the International Chamber of Shipping.
Projects
MS Roald Amundsen is the first of two new explorer cruise ships built by Kleven Maritime for Norwegian explorer cruise line Hurtigruten.
Grimaldi Green 5th Generation-class (GG5G-class) vessels are new hybrid roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) ships being built by Nanjing Jinling Shipyard for Grimaldi Group for use in short-sea shipping.
OceanXplorer is an advanced exploration, research and media production vessel owned by OceanX, an ocean exploration organisation.
TECO 2030, an engineering and equipment development company, has launched a next-generation marine emission reduction system called TECO 2030 Future Funnel.
Maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Jiangnan Shipyard the approval in principle (AiP) for its Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) digital ship design, the first AiP for a digital VLGC design in China.
Quotes
Maritime UK Chair Harry Theochari, after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution:
"The market for green maritime technology is truly global, and the first country to make real progress towards maritime decarbonisation will reap substantial returns. The new green technologies to move vessels must be matched by green infrastructure at ports, so those vessels can recharge and refuel as people and goods come and go.
International Maritime Organization (IMO) secretary-general Kitack Lim, speaking about the plight of seafarers on UN Human Rights Day (10 December 2020):
"Failure to protect the rights of seafarers, fishers and other marine personnel and resolve the crew change crisis will have a detrimental effect on ship safety and the global supply chain. The longer the situation persists, the worse those effects will be."
