FEBRUARY 2013
|
Pacific Maritime Magazine
PRINT EDITION |
February 2013 Issue |
PMM Online is produced by Philips Publishing Group
|
Going to Gas- New Uses for LNG
By Jim Shaw
Federal Way, Washington-based TOTE’s recent announcement that it had contracted two LNG-fueled container ships from San Diego’s NASSCO shipyard is one in a growing number of such orders, although TOTE’s order for two 764-foot by 106-foot vessels represents the largest such LNG-burners ordered to date. In Europe the STX Finland shipyard at Turku floated out the 56,000-gt cruise ferry Viking Grace for Finland’s Viking Line in August, with the LNG-burning vessel to inaugurate service on the run between Turku and Stockholm later this month. The 715-foot by 104-foot ferry makes use of four duel-fuel Wärtsilä 8L50DF main engines driving twin fixed pitch propellers, with LNG to be the dominant fuel…. (Read Full Article)
|
|
PMM Online Tuesday, February 19, 2013:
Have a news tip to share? Contact maritime journalist Mark Edward Nero Mark.Nero@pacmar.com or (562) 508-7866.
|
Long Beach Cargo Volumes Rose in January 2013
by Mark Edward Nero
Cargo volumes at the Port of Long Beach surged in January 2013, with 17.5 percent more containers being moved overall – including a 19.5 percent jump in imports and an 8.2 percent rise in exports – compared to the same month a year ago….(Read Full Article)
|
|
POLA Monthly Container Volumes Drop 4 Percent
by Mark Edward Nero
January 2013 cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles decreased more than four percent compared to the same month in 2012, according to newly-released data, something the port attributes to a vessel service that shifted from LA to the adjoining Port of Long Beach…(Read Full Article)
|
Port of Seattle Cargo Volumes Drop
by Mark Edward Nero
Port of Seattle container terminals moved a total of 136,462 TEUs in January 2013, a drop of nearly 15 percent from the more than 160,400 shipped during same month the year before, according to newly released data from the port’s Marine Terminal Information System….(Read Full Article)
|
Port Metro Vancouver: Exports Up, Imports Down
by Mark Edward Nero
Canada’s largest seaport suffered a slight decline in import volumes last month compared to the same month in 2012, but it wasn’t enough to drag the port’s overall container numbers down into the red…(Read Full Article)
|
|
|