The Maersk group’s global towage operator Svitzer has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Maritime and ABS to develop RECOTUG, the world’s first fully operational, and fully remotely controlled tugboat. Svitzer’s contributions to
Maersk today gave more details of the February 17 incident in which the 13,100 TEU containership Maersk Eindhoven lost 260 containers overboard while en route to the U.S. West Coast. The incident
A.P. Moller – Maersk today announced that it will launch of the world’s first carbon-neutral liner vessel in 2023 – seven years ahead of its initial 2030-ambition. All future Maersk owned newbuildings
Buying Time With LNG While LNG may not be zero carbon, it is arguably the cleanest currently available fuel delivering a significant reduction in GHG emissions. At the start of this year,
The Maersk group’s global towage operator Svitzer reports that, effective September 1, 2020, Lise Demant will leave her role as global CCO and take up the position of MD for Svitzer’s Europe
Vessel tracking services were this morning showing the U.S.-flag containership Maersk Idaho as still at anchor some 8 miles off Virginia Beach, Va., as its owner Maersk Line Limited worked on a
Backed by a start-up donation worth more than $60 million from the A.P. Møller Foundation, a group of leading industry players is taking the next step towards lowering shipping emissions by launching
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center received a report on Thursday evening that an explosion had occurred in the engineroom of the cargo ship Laura Maersk, 275 miles off
Kasper Friis Nilaus is to succeed Henriette Thygesen as global CEO of the Maersk group’s global towage operator, Svitzer A/S, effective June 15. Nilaus, who is currently VP and Managing Director of
With economies under stress from COVID-19, carbon emissions this year will be down for the first time since 2008. Tuomas Riski, Norsepower CEO, believes this gives shipping an opportunity to pivot on