1. Encouraging younger people into the maritime industry and adapting to meet their needs is vital for the future of the industry, says MCTC. One of the biggest challenges as we head into 2025 will be attracting young people to the industry and meeting their needs as alternative lifestyles rise in popularity, says leading maritime catering company MCTC.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/20/encouraging-younger-people-into-the-maritime-industry-and-adapting-to-meet-their-needs-is-vital-for-the-future-of-the-industry-says-mctc/
2. Cypriot Antonia Panayides named one of Lloyd’s List’s Top 10 Maritime Lawyers for 2024. International law firm Reed Smith is pleased to announce that Cypriot, Mrs. Antonia Panayides, a London-based partner in the Transport Industry Group at Reed Smith, has been recognised as one of Lloyd’s List’s Top 10 Maritime Lawyers for 2024. This world class recognition underscores her exceptional contributions to the maritime legal sector and her pivotal role in tackling some of the industry’s most pressing challenges.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/20/cypriot-antonia-panayides-named-one-of-lloyds-lists-top-10-maritime-lawyers-for-2024/
3. ClassNK releases “ClassNK Technical Journal” – introducing the latest GHG trends and ClassNK’s initiatives. ClassNK has released “ClassNK Technical Journal No.10 2024 (II)”, providing a comprehensive overview of the latest trends and its activities on key topics such as GHG regulations, alternative fuels’ characteristics, availability, and cost projections, as well as cybersecurity, which has recently been introduced as IACS Unified Requirements.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/20/classnk-releases-classnk-technical-journal-introducing-the-latest-ghg-trends-and-classnks-initiatives/
4. 2025 ONE Transatlantic Service. Ocean Network Express is pleased to announce three North Europe Transatlantic services, effective from February 2025, which will be operated together with CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, Oriental Overseas Container Line and Evergreen Line as part of a Vessel Sharing cooperation.
Jeremy Nixon, CEO of ONE, commented, “AS ONE we look forward to our new collaboration with CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and EMC in the Transatlantic trade starting in February 2025.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/20/2025-one-transatlantic-service/
5. Port of Long Beach achieves busiest November. Buoyed by six straight months of historic volumes, the Port of Long Beach is on course to reach 9.6 million cargo containers by the end of 2024 without congestion or other disruption and exceeding the previous record set during the pandemic in 2021.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/20/port-of-long-beach-achieves-busiest-november/
6. MSC boss Soren Toft takes the chair at World Shipping Council. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) chief executive Soren Toft has been elected as the new chairman of the liner lobby group, the World Shipping Council (WSC).
Randy Chen, vice chairman of Taiwanese containerline Wan Hai, has been elected vice chair.
https://splash247.com/msc-boss-soren-toft-takes-the-chair-at-world-shipping-council/
7. Swedish police boards Chinese bulker to observe cable outage investigation. Swedish police on Thursday boarded the Yi Peng 3, a 23-year-old panamax bulker owned by Ningbo Yipeng Shipping and linked to the severing of two data cables in the Baltic Sea after being invited by Chinese authorities.
https://splash247.com/swedish-police-boards-chinese-bulker-to-observe-cable-outage-investigation/
8. Qube Ports faces more strikes across Australia. Strikes at major Australian ports are set to continue in an ongoing dispute between unionised workers and Qube Ports over contract negotiations.
Work stoppages will take place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Gladstone, Melbourne, and Port Kembla.
https://splash247.com/qube-ports-faces-more-strikes-across-australia/
9. Biden Pushes Historic High Seas Treaty to Senate. President Biden has taken a significant step toward ocean conservation by transmitting the High Seas Treaty to the Senate for ratification, marking a potential watershed moment for marine protection.
https://gcaptain.com/biden-pushes-historic-high-seas-treaty-to-senate/
10. US Container Imports Continue ‘Unusually Strong’ Streak. U.S. container ports recorded their fourteenth consecutive month of growth in November, with inbound volumes surging 13.1% year-over-year across the nation’s ten largest ports, according to the latest report from John McCown.
https://gcaptain.com/us-container-imports-continue-unusually-strong-streak/