Report: Digitalizing maritime sector to strengthen resilience, cut emissions January 22, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
Better digital collaboration between private and public entities across the maritime supply chain will result in significant efficiency gains, safer and more resilient supply chains, as well as lower emissions, a new report shows.
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Accelerating Digitalization: Critical Actions to Strengthen the Resilience of the Maritime Supply Chain, the report was released by the World Bank and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) on 21 January.
Maritime transport carries over 90 per cent of global merchandise trade, totaling some 11 billion tons of cargo per year. Digitalizing the sector would bring wide-ranging economic benefits and contribute to a stronger, more sustainable recovery, according to the report.
The Hapag-Lloyd-owned 15,000 TEU container ship is currently being upgraded to run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) instead of fuel oil. It is the first retrofit of this scale.
Mardi Gras rounds off marvellous year for LNG in the port of Rotterdam
At around 1:00 PM on Tuesday 22 December, the brand new Mardi Gras will sail into Cruise Port Rotterdam. It is Carnival Cruise Line’s largest cruise ship and the first to be powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas). Having set out from Meyer Turku, Finland – the shipyard where it was built – the vessel, which isn’t carrying any passengers, is calling at Rotterdam on its way to Port Canaveral, Florida. Next year, it will set off on cruises from there.
The Mardi Gras is coming to Rotterdam to bunker. The arrival of the ship means the perfect ending of 2020 as the year of LNG at the port of Rotterdam. Other highlights include the arrivals of the Sleipnir, the world’s largest semi-submersible LNG-powered crane vessel; the Iona, the first LNG-powered cruise ship to arrive in Rotterdam; and the CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the first 23,000 TEU container ship to be powered by LNG.