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Royal Wagenborg renews and extends contract with Castor Marine

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Royal Wagenborg renews and extends contract with Castor Marine. Image: Castor Marine
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Royal Wagenborg has renewed and extended Castor Marine’s Global Ku VSAT connection for multiple years. This guarantees onboard internet connectivity, readying their fleet for future safe and efficient journeys. Since 1898 the Dutch family-owned shipping company has been crossing the oceans, developing to a modern environment-friendly fleet operator with about 200 vessels. Besides the extension of 52 Global Ku VSAT contracts, Castor Marine will equip an additional 15 Wagenborg vessels, currently on 4G, with VSAT. Castor Marine is proud of Wagenborg’s trust in its services.

Partners in digital transformation

For more than eight years the company has provided VSAT, Iridium, Inmarsat FBB, and IT services to the Wagenborg fleet. Theo Klimp, Fleet Director at Wagenborg Shipping recommends Castor Marine’s services: “Since 2014 Castor Marine showed us to be a solid and stable partner. As Wagenborg we are investing in crew welfare and technology to make our vessels smart and environmentally friendly. It’s great that we can achieve our goals in collaboration with Castor Marine as our communication provider. We are looking forward to work with Castor and use new communication solutions in the upcoming years to support and enable our digital transformation.”

Ivo Veldkamp, CEO at Castor Marine is grateful to continue the collaboration: “It’s a pleasure to be Royal Wagenborg’s communication and connectivity partner for such a long time. We’re proud to be providing VSAT and IT services to their global operating fleet and we’re looking forward to new developments in good collaboration. We also thank Wagenborg for their trust and loyalty. It fits in our ambition to build long standing relationships with our customers, based on trust, support and delivering high quality services around the clock.”

Increased bandwidth

To support Wagenborg’s strategy of smart shipping and being able to operate the global fleet more efficient and environmentally friendly, the bandwidth for the 52 vessels has been increased. This will also improve the onboard crew welfare system, as provided by Castor Marine for several years.

VSAT for European trading vessels

Wagenborg vessels trading in Europe will be equipped with a ‘Telenor Ka system based on iDirect and Intellian v60 Ka VSAT hardware’. These vessels currently use a 4G system and an L-band back-up system when sailing outside 4G coverage. To improve the crew welfare and support smart vessel operations 24/7 anywhere at sea, these vessels will also be provided with VSAT connections. The first installation was done in October 2021 and over 15 vessels will follow shortly.

SD-WAN Management

Castor Marine supports and manages Wagenborg’s SD-WAN routers centrally, which is ideal for monitoring, performing changes and software upgrades. In the SD-WAN setup for Wagenborg Shipping, all the business applications on the fleet are directly connected to Wagenborg’s headquarters in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The crew welfare network operates separate from the business network and is directly connected to the public internet, after passing Castor Marine’s content filters and firewalls.

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MOL launches inter-system linkage of ‘Lighthouse’ with Nippon Steel Corporation

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the launch of an inter-system linkage between “Lighthouse”, a platform developed for bulkship customers to provide information on ocean transport, and the supply-demand management system of Nippon Steel Corporation.

Lighthouse is a service that allows those involved in the transport process, such as shippers and vessel operators, to safely, unitarily, and in real time, share and monitor various kinds of information related to ocean transport, such as vessel schedules, weather, ocean conditions, as well as data related to cargoes and contracts, on a customized basis for each customer.

Until now, Nippon Steel obtained information on ocean transport in raw material procurement through information sharing from various shipping companies, including MOL with a limited frequency. Linking Nippon Steel’s supply-demand management system with Lighthouse enables the customer to constantly monitor and update a broad range of information on ocean transport, such as schedules and cargo information, not only for MOL-operated vessels, but also those of other shipping lines, allowing the conversion of more information into useful data.

MOL will use data and digital technology to help customers optimize their supply chains, not only in ocean transport, but also throughout the entire supply chain from raw material procurement to production, and to transform their business models for the better. Then, it aims to reduce the environmental impact of ocean transport and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by improving service and quality based on customer needs, by, for example, enhancing operational and transport efficiency.

MOL Group will continue to earn the trust of a wide range of stakeholders while offering high-quality transport services and new added value through the use of digital technology as a group.

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Oldendorff’s report on West Australia – East Asia iron ore green corridor

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Oldendorff Carriers has welcomed the release of a green corridor feasibility report on the West Australia – East Asia iron ore trade route, in partnership with other consortium partners including BHP, Rio Tinto, Starbulk and the Global Maritime Forum. The green corridor project focuses on the feasibility of ammonia as a low emission marine fuel option to reduce seaborne transport emissions on this major iron ore trade route.

The feasibility report can serve as an inspiration for further development of other green corridor initiatives, through public-private partnerships and regulatory follow-up actions. This type of collaboration is very useful in identifying what steps and initiatives are necessary to accelerate the decarbonisation of shipping. Oldendorff Carriers is committed to an ambitious decarbonisation trajectory towards sustainable levels.

The report shows sufficient potential for low emission ammonia availability, and that deploying ammonia powered vessels on this trade route is feasible. However, the safety aspects for the use of ammonia as a marine fuel, still needs to be validated and accepted. The report indicates that the Pilbara region of Australia and Singapore are potentially viable places for bunkering ammonia on this trade route. The shipping industry continues to debate which of the future fuels will be most appropriate for our sector. It is expected that there will be more than one fuel for shipping and there is still a lot of work to be done to develop a comprehensive understanding of how to make and use alternative forms of energy efficiently.

Scott Bergeron, Managing Director Global Engagement & Sustainability at Oldendorff Carriers, says: “Being one of the founding members of the West Australia – East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor Consortium was an excellent opportunity for Oldendorff Carriers to collaborate and share perspectives with the other consortium members on the feasibility of reducing emissions on this strategic iron ore trade. We are pleased to join in sharing this feasibility assessment to show how a well-considered green corridor can facilitate our collective desire to decarbonize shipping with an alternative fuel. While outside the scope of this report, the safety concerns and environmental risks of ammonia have yet to be adequately addressed. As the safety of our crew is paramount, these challenges must be overcome to enable adoption.”

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NYK takes delivery of new coal carrier Kagura

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The coal carrier Kagura for the Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. A naming and delivery ceremony took place on the same day and was attended by Shigeru Ashitani, representative director, vice president and senior managing executive officer of EnerGia; Hitoshi Nagasawa, president of NYK; and many other persons concerned.

Under a long-term transport contract with EnerGia, the vessel will use carbon offsets to theoretically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero for the entire contracted voyage, making the marine transport of coal under the contract carbon neutral. Specifically, CERs as credits for the GHG emissions of the entire contract voyage have been procured to offset the GHG emissions.

The ship’s name, Kagura, is derived from Iwami Kagura, a masked traditional performance art loved by the people of Japan’s Chugoku region. The vessel was named by EnerGia with the hope that the ship will be loved by people for a long time. NYK provides marine transport services that meet the needs of our customers, while at the same time promoting corporate activities that reduce environmental impact. NKY promises will continue to actively engage in activities to decarbonize marine transport and strive to realize our basic philosophy of “Bringing value to life.”

<Outline of Vessel>
Length overall: 235 meters
Breadth: 43 meters
Summer draft: 13.853 meters
Gross tonnage: 57,646 tonnes
Deadweight tonnage: 99,990 tonnes
Shipyard: Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Ship’s registry: Republic of Liberia

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