Winds of Change: Ship Management Gears up for a Booming Industry
Offshore wind as a renewable energy source is not only one of the fastest growing sector, but it is also set to outpace other renewable energy as well.
It is estimated that wind (onshore and offshore) will contribute 18% of total power generation by 2050. The challenge now is to meet this requirement as the industry has put out a call for such professionals. This is where Wilhelmsen Ship Management comes in as we are strategically positioned to provide skilled and experienced manpower thanks to our wealth of experience in managing maritime assets.
Wilhelmsen Ship Management becomes a member of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) today announces its newest member, Wilhelmsen Ship Management.
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) is a provider of third-party ship management services, providing technical and crew management services for various vessel segments: LNG/LPG, Ro-Ro and PCC/PCTC, Bulk, Container, Cruise and Offshore.
They join fourteen members spanning the shipping value chain: ABN Amro, Bunge, Forum for the Future, IMC Industrial Group, Lloyd’s Register, Louis Dreyfus Company, Maersk, Oldendorff Carriers, Priya Blue, RightShip, The China Navigation Company, South32, Standard Chartered Bank, and WWF.
SSI brings together like-minded, leading organisations with shared goals and determination to improve the shipping industry. Members, ranging from shipowners and charterers, to environmental NGOs, banks, service providers and classification societies, work together toward the miles
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By Aaron Clark, Kevin Varley and Ann Koh (Bloomberg)
Seafarers stuck for months on vessels carrying Australian coal off China’s coast are trapped between authorities who won’t let them unload their cargoes and buyers who won’t let them leave.
Worsening relations between Beijing and Canberra have stranded 74 vessels, about 8.1 million tons of coal, and an estimated 1,480 mariners off Chinese ports, according to an analysis of shipping data by Bloomberg. The original charterer of two of the vessels wants them to sail somewhere else to relieve the exhausted seafarers, but so far the traders who own the cargo won’t agree.
Traders at odds with China import ban keep coal cargoes in limbo
Dust-up in the coal trade. Stock Image.
Seafarers stuck for months on vessels carrying Australian coal off China’s coast are trapped between authorities who won’t let them unload their cargoes and buyers who won’t let them leave.
Worsening relations between Beijing and Canberra have stranded 74 vessels, about 8.1 million tons of coal, and an estimated 1,480 mariners off Chinese ports, according to an analysis of shipping data by Bloomberg. The original charterer of two of the vessels wants them to sail somewhere else to relieve the exhausted seafarers, but so far the traders who own the cargo won’t agree.