Fathom Spotlight: Slow Steaming - Can Larger Propellers Return Operation to NCR?

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Published on Friday, 06 March 2015 05:08
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by Fathom

Tuesday May 6, 2014

Larger Propeller = Larger Savings?

The drive for ship owners to measure the fuel consumption for the propulsion of their ships to the widest possible extent at any load has resulted in the adoption of slow or even super slow steaming as standard practice.

This slow steaming drive results in the operation of ships at lower than normal service ship speeds compared to the ascribed Normal Continuous Rating(NCR) speed, as per engine type, make or model, which can result in reduced propulsion power utilisation. The design ship speed at NCR, including 15% sea margin, used to be as high as 14.0 knots. Today,

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Melilla.- El contrato marítimo tendrá adjudicatario a finales de esta semana

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El presidente de la Ciudad Autónoma, Juan José Imbroda, avanzó ayer que el contrato marítimo tendrá adjudicatario a finales de esta semana, una vez que los técnicos de la Dirección General de la Marina Mercante terminen de valorar las justificaciones que han presentado Trasmediterránea, Baleària y Naviera Armas por las bajas ofertas económicas que hicieron respecto al presupuesto de licitación, que era de 25 millones de euros.

Helsinki Court Rules in Finnlines’ Favor

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Published on Saturday, 28 February 2015 09:36
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Helsinki District Court has ordered State of Finland to refund shipping company Finnlines Plc the fairway dues totaling about EUR 17.0 million including interest.

According to the ruling, the Finnish Act on Fairway Dues in force until 1 January 2006  has contained provisions which according to EU law were discriminatory. As a result, the company has been charged excessive fairway dues during 2001-2004.

If the judgment becomes final, it will affect Finnlines’ financial statements for 2015 positively with about EUR 16.5 million, the company said.

Fifty-two other shipping companies, both from Finland and abroad, filed claims for excessive dues and will be compensated a total of $ 100 from the state.

 

 

 

Box shipping remains challenging

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Crystal Chan
25 February 2015
 

Higher deliveries of container ships, especially ultra-large container ships (ULCSs), will make the sector more challenging in the short term.

IHS Maritime's Sea-web.com data show 1,906,008 teu of container ships that would be delivered this year, including 70 ULCSs.

Last year 1,517,125 teu of container ships were delivered, including 60 ULCSs.

Italian broker Banchero Costa noted that trade growth has been languishing at low single-digit percentages.

The company said, "The market remains challenging as on the supply side there is the lurking issue of overcapacity and damaging price wars."

In response, carriers have been consolidating via mergers or through alliances.

Hapag-Lloyd merged with CSAV to create the fourth-largest carrier. On the other hand Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM

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Santander.- Una nueva compañía de barcos turísticos acaba con el monopolio de décadas en la bahía

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Enrique Arriola, junto a su embarcación atracada en el puerto deportivo Marina del Cantábrico, a la espera de navegar por la bahía. / Javier Cotera

  • Con capacidad para 144 pasajeros, la primera nave de Santander Bahía Tours, que saldrá del dique de Gamazo en primavera, navegará esta semana en pruebas

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Esta primavera la compañía cántabra Santander Bahía Tours SBT romperá el monopolio que durante décadas ha existido en el servicio de paseos turísticos en barco por la bahía de Santander. De momento cuenta con un barco construido por Metaltec Naval, en Raos, que al tiempo explota el negocio, pero la intención es ir aumentando la flota con un barco al año.

Esta primera embarcación es un

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