Friday, March 15, 2019
Texas LNG
Shipping News

Texas LNG Export Plant Passes Environmental Test

March 15 (Reuters) – Texas LNG’s proposed Brownsville liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas took a step toward receiving federal

March 15, 2019
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Oil tanker is docked in Venezuela
Shipping News

Shipbroker McQuilling Ends Tanker Contracts with Venezuela’s PDVSA

HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) – A second maritime firm has told Venezuela’s state-run oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela it would end all charter

March 15, 2019
Total Views: 65

dnv gl remote surveys
Shipping News

DNV GL Rolls Out Remote Surveys for Entire Classed Fleet

Classification society DNV GL announced Friday that it’s started offering remote surveys for some inspections on board all DNV GL classed vessels. This

March 15, 2019
Total Views: 74

shore-to-ship drone delivery
Shipping News

Wilhelmsen Launches Shore-to-Ship Drone Delivery Pilot Project in Singapore

Wilhelmsen Ships Service and global aeronautics company Airbus this week launched a pilot project testing the world’s first shore-to-ship drone delivery in

March 15, 2019
Total Views: 194

Thursday, March 14, 2019
us oil exports
Shipping News

Environmental Review Could Delay Gulf Coast’s First Deepwater Oil Export Project Up to 18 Months

By Collin Eaton HOUSTON, March 14 (Reuters) – A Carlyle Group $1 billion deepwater crude export project faces a delay of up to 18 months after regulators

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 25

michelle ann sinking
Shipping News

Incident Video: Towing Vessel Sinks Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The U.S. Coast Guard has closed a portion of the lower Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a towing vessel sank Thursday. Coast Guard Sector

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 389

Watch: Fishing Boat Topples at Repair Yard in Spain
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Watch: Fishing Boat Topples at Repair Yard in Spain

This incident happened last week in A Coruña in Galicia, Spain. According to the uploader, the 34-meter French fishing vessel was in port for repairs when it

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 242

msc cruises
Shipbuilding

MSC Cruises Inks 2 Billion Euro Order for New Luxury Ships

MSC and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri have announced the signing of the final contracts for the construction of four luxury cruise ships to join MSC Cruises

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 52

tanker at sea
Shipping News

New Supertankers Carrying Gasoil West Hits Record With More to Come -Vortexa

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – * Ship builders in Asia are sending a record number of supertankers west carrying middle distillate oil products, such as

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 11

North Sea Giant goes green
Blog

Wärtsilä Helps ‘North Sea Giant’ Go Green

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä announced the installation of energy storage systems onboard the offshore construction vessel North Sea Giant which the

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 80

aurora battery powered ferry
Accidents

French Authorities Try to Stem Slick from Sunken Ship

PARIS, March 14 (Reuters) – French authorities battled on Thursday to contain an oil slick after the Italian Grande America ship capsized in the Atlantic

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 91

aurora battery power ferry
Environment

Batteries Included: Sweden’s Emissions-Free Ferries Lead the Charge

By Ilze Filks HELSINGOR, Denmark, March 14 (Reuters) – A quiet revolution has taken place in the Oresund Strait between Sweden and Denmark where two of

March 14, 2019
Total Views: 37

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Bulkship Management AS chooses Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for its entire fleet
Press Releases

Bulkship Management AS chooses Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for its entire fleet

Oslo-based Bulkship Management AS has chosen Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for compliance in ballast water treatment. The company has signed a comprehensive fleet

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 34

grande america sinking
Shipping News

Oil Slick Spotted Near Sunken Grande America Off France

French authorities said an oil slick measuring several miles long has been spotted in the vicinity of the sunken ship Grande America in the Bay of Biscay

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 77

IMB Piracy Centre: Five Crew Kidnapped from OSV in Latest Violent Attack Off Nigeria
Piracy

IMB Piracy Centre: Five Crew Kidnapped from OSV in Latest Violent Attack Off Nigeria

Pirates kidnapped five crew members from an offshore supply vessel last week off the coast of Brass, Nigeria, marking yet another violent attack highlighting

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 136

shipping container
Ports

Opinion: Trans-Pacific Beneficial Cargo Owners Deserve 18,000 TEU+ Container Vessels

By Albert A. Melvin (Opinion) – The deployment of 18,000+ Ultra Large Container Vessels in the Trans-Pacific trade would substantially decrease the

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 226

containership
Shipping News

Scrubbers Seen Costing Megaships ‘At Least 200 TEU’

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Scrubbers installed on ultra-large large container vessels (ULCVs) could take up “at least 200 teu” of container

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 169

Video: Can this Tiny Car Pull a 13,000 Metric Ton Ship?
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Video: Can this Tiny Car Pull a 13,000 Metric Ton Ship?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-6Bs-NAhw Going into the video I honestly wasn’t sure what the outcome would be. The car in the video is a Citroen

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 574

oil tanker
Shipping News

Iran’s Oil Tanker Fleet Being Squeezed as Sanctions Bite

By Jonathan Saul and Parisa Hafezi LONDON/DUBAI, March 13 (Reuters) – Iran is running short of options to replace its aging fleet of tankers and

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 43

shipbreaking alang
Shipping News

Norway Wealth Fund Turns Spotlight on India Shipbreaking

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, March 13 (Reuters) – The ethics watchdog for Norway’s $1-trillion wealth fund will focus this year on shipbreaking on

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 79