Friday, February 22, 2019
Brittany Ferries new LNG vessel Honfleur
Shipping News

Repsol To Supply Brittany Ferries’ New LNG Ship

Brittany Ferries has signed an agreement with Spanish energy company Repsol for the delivery of Liquefied Natural Gas to its Spanish operations. A letter of

February 22, 2019
Total Views: 59

Thursday, February 21, 2019
US Coast Guard Academy Enters The Space Race
USCG

US Coast Guard Academy Enters The Space Race

by Grant Wyman (USCG) There is a new landmark at the Coast Guard Academy and it is helping to launch the Coast Guard into an era of space operations.

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 228

maersk drilling rig
Offshore

Trump’s Atlantic Oil Effort Runs Aground In South Carolina

by Carlyann Edwards (Bloomberg) More than half the registered voters in Republican-controlled South Carolina supported Donald Trump in a poll last month, but

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 64

Royal Navy Warship Upsets China
Defense

Royal Navy Warship Upsets China

by Andy MacAskill (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday admitted that talk by its defense minister of deploying a warship in the Pacific had complicated the

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 84

Lou Vest, tanker, oneeighteen
News

Twelve Empty Supertankers Reveal The Truth About Today’s Oil Market

by Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) They are slowly plowing their way across thousands of miles of ocean toward America’s Gulf of Mexico coastline. As they do,

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 564

Russian Navy guided missile cruiser Varyag
Defense

Despite Putin’s Swagger, Russian Navy Struggles To Modernize

by Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin calls improving the Russian navy’s combat capabilities a priority. The unfinished husks of three

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 205

Maersk Shares Sink As Trade War Looms
Finance

Maersk Shares Sink As Trade War Looms

by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping company, A.P. Moller-Maersk, warned trade headwinds would slow growth

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 713

Rio-Arauca-tanker
Ports

Crews To Abandon Two Venezuelan Tankers Stuck On Portugal

by Catarina Demony (Reuters) – The crew of Venezuelan oil tanker, the Rio Arauca, that has been stuck in the middle of the river Tagus in Lisbon for

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 94

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Ship and Marine Finance Image
Shipping News

Hedge Funds Hunt for Shipping Debt in New Market Push

By Jonathan Saul and Maiya Keidan LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – A growing number of hedge funds are moving into shipping debt, an asset class few have

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 55

port of inverness
Ports

Interview: Sinclair Browne, Chief Executive Port of Inverness, Talks Port Operations, Technology, Brexit And More

Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Sinclair Browne is Chief Executive of the Port of Inverness, situated in the city of Inverness,

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 99

Shipping emissions
Shipping News

Scrubber Debate Heats Up as EC Calls on IMO to Restrict Use

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The pro-scrubber Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 has strongly criticised the EC for urging the International Maritime

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 26

p&o ferry spirit of france
Shipping News

DP World Buys Back Britain-Based P&O Ferries for $421 Million

DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – DP World has bought back British ferry and shipping freight operator P&O Ferries for 322 million pounds ($421 million),

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 91

UAE Eases Qatar Shipping Ban Amid Continuing Dispute
Shipping News

UAE Eases Qatar Shipping Ban Amid Continuing Dispute

By Alexander Cornwell, Lisa Barrington and Eric Knecht DUBAI/DOHA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has eased a ban on the shipping of goods

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 71

Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Several Injuries Reported as Offshore Wind Crewboat Collides with Cargo Ship Off Germany
Shipping News

Several Injuries Reported as Offshore Wind Crewboat Collides with Cargo Ship Off Germany

Several people have sustained injuries after an offshore wind crewboat collided with an 81-meter cargo ship in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Germany on

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 68

Hornsea 1 turbine
Shipping News

First Turbine Installed at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

The first turbine at the soon-to-be world’s biggest offshore wind farm has been installed and is now producing electricity off of England’s coast. When

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 49

solomon trader aground
Shipping News

Grounded Bulk Carrier Threatens UNESCO World Heritage Site in Solomon Islands

Authorities in the Solomon Islands have reported a breach in the hull of the grounded bulk carrier MV Solomon Trader, sparking fears of an environmental

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 87

STS transfer in bahamas
Shipping News

Excelerate Energy Claims First Ship-to-Ship Transfer of LNG in The Bahamas

Texas-based LNG company Excelerate Energy and Norway’s Equinor Energy have completed the first ever ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 213

Elbe Deepening Turns Crucial as Port of Hamburg Throughput Falls
Shipping News

Elbe Deepening Turns Crucial as Port of Hamburg Throughput Falls

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container throughput at the port of Hamburg declined for the second consecutive year in 2018. The port’s throughput

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 104

bulk carrier ballast water
Shipping News

Dry Bulk Market Prospects Worsen After Brazil Dam Disaster, Golden Ocean Says

OSLO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The prospects of dry bulk shippers carrying iron ore from mines to smelters have worsened due to the accident at Vale’s

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 37

Concordia Damen celebrates naming of innovative Sendo Liner
Press Releases

Concordia Damen celebrates naming of innovative Sendo Liner

Press Release – Damen Shipyards – On 15th February, at its yard in Werkendam, the Netherlands, Concordia Damen held a celebration to mark the

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 125