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NYK Car Carrier Vessel Conducts Rescue Operation in Mediterranean Sea
On July 14, Hermes Leader, a car carrier operated by NYK Line, rescued 336 people in the Mediterranean Sea.
On July 14, the vessel received an emergency call for help while sailing to port of Gioia Tauro, Italy after transiting the Suez Canal. The vessel immediately set a course for the given position and rescued 336 people in the afternoon.
After that, all of them were handed over to the coast guard at the port of Augusta in Sicily island in Italy on July 15.
-- About Hermes Leader --
Captain: Ivan Ivanov
Flag: Bahamas
Crew: 33 seafarers (Belgian, Filipino, Dutch, Greek)
Gross Tonnage: 71,177 tons
Type of Vessel: Car carrier
Ship management: Stamco Ship Management
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G6 Alliance Announces Asia - Europe Coverage Enhancements
In response to market demand, members of the G6 Alliance today announced a service enhancement in the Asia - Europe trade.
NYK will continue to make every effort to improve its service quality and reliability to respond to the diversifying needs of customers.
(1) Additional Gothenburg call and Antwerp call
The Loop 7 service will be upgraded to include port calls at Gothenburg (Sweden) and Antwerp (Belgium), thereby providing improved connections between Asia and Scandinavia as well as better transit time from Antwerp to Asia.
Qingdao - Shanghai (Yangshan) - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Gdansk - Gothenburg - Antwerp - Southampton - Singapore - Yantian - Qingdao
Effective from the following voyage: Hyundai Drive HDV 005W29, ETA Gothenburg August 27, 2015, ETA Antwerp August 30, 2015
The G6 Alliance continues to offer a variety of services between Asia and Europe covering all major port pairs with weekly sailings, and will make service adjustments where necessary. The G6 Alliance also offers services on the Asia???North America and Transatlantic trade lanes.
The G6 Alliance members include APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and Orient Overseas Container Line.
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NYK to Jointly Participate in Stones Ultra-deep-water Oil and Gas Project in the Gulf of Mexico
NYK has made the decision to invest jointly with the Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) in the chartering, operation, and maintenance of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel* in the Stones project, an ultra-deep-sea field in the Gulf of Mexico 2,900 meters below the surface and approximately 320 kilometers off the shore of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
The Stones project is owned and operated by Shell Offshore Inc., a group of Royal Dutch Shell plc., and NYK and MC have entered a consortium with SBM Offshore, which has been entrusted by Shell Offshore Inc. to lead the FPSO operation.
NYK currently participates in three FPSO businesses in waters off Brazil, and the consortium-owned FPSO used in this project (FPSO Turritella) will be the fourth FPSO venture for NYK. The Stones field will be the deepest an FPSO has ever operated, and to ensure safety, the vessel will make use of a state-of-the-art turret featuring a detachable buoy that allows the vessel to turn in place during normal weather conditions and, if a heavy storm or hurricane approaches, disconnect the mooring lines and risers from the well system and sail to a safe area.
In accordance with its medium-term management plan ???More Than Shipping 2018,??? NYK will continue to make use of its extensive technical expertise, knowledge, and know-how to be an integral part of the offshore business.
