Thursday, October 15, 2020
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Turbine
Environment

Skyscraper-Sized Offshore Wind Turbines Coming From MHI Vestas

By Ronan Martin and William Mathis (Bloomberg) –MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S is set to join the giants of the offshore-wind world by building a

October 15, 2020
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shipping container
Shipping

Trade Imbalance Hits American Crop Exports With Lack of Containers

By Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — With the U.S. importing more goods than it’s exporting, shipments of American cotton, grain and hay are getting

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 137

msc ship in port
Shipping

Shipping Heavyweights Join TradeLens Platform as ‘Foundation Carriers’

Two of the world’s leading global container carriers MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM are now fully plugged in to the TradeLens

October 15, 2020
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Medium-Range Tanker Tests Biofuel Bunkers to Reduce GHG Emissions
Shipping News

Medium-Range Tanker Tests Biofuel Bunkers to Reduce GHG Emissions

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has teamed biofuel supplier GoodFuels to test biofuel bunkers on board the 2010-built MR tanker M/T Pacific

October 15, 2020
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FSO Safer Yemen
Environment

The IMO Can’t Prevent This Massive Oil Tanker From Spilling

By Aziz El Yaakoubi (Reuters) – A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating FSO tanker off Yemen’s shore that is

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 277

port of los angeles
Ports

Port of Los Angeles Struggles With Surge Of Unscheduled Ships

by Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – Incoming cargo to the Port of Los Angeles is surging as businesses restock depleted inventories and retailers prepare for

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 259

shell Prelude floating LNG facility underway
Offshore

Is Shell’s $17 Billion Bet On Floating LNG A Flop?

What new ship construction project has cost more than a US Navy Supercarrier and is equally troubled with delays and problems? Shell’s Prelude FLNG. by

October 15, 2020
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Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
Environment

Japan Doubles Down On Massive Hydrogen Ship Plan

TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Japan will seek to create a commercial hydrogen fuel supply chain by around 2030 to support reducing carbon emissions, Industry

October 15, 2020
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Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam lays keels for two new vessels for Belgian fishing fleet
Press Releases

Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam lays keels for two new vessels for Belgian fishing fleet

In a sign of growing optimism within the Belgian fishing fleet, on Thursday 8th of October, Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam held a keel-laying ceremony in

October 15, 2020
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Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM enable Maldives fisheries sustainability with Fleet One
Press Releases

Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM enable Maldives fisheries sustainability with Fleet One

Press Release – Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, and Cobham SATCOM, the market leading provider of radio and

October 15, 2020
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for New National Museum in Washington
Defense

U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for New National Museum in Washington

The U.S. Navy announced today plans to bring new museum to the U.S. Capital. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J.

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 237

Ships Wait to Unload at Port of Los Angeles as China Imports Boom
Shipping News

Ships Wait to Unload at Port of Los Angeles as China Imports Boom

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Incoming cargo to the Port of Los Angeles is surging as businesses restock depleted inventories and

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 398

Russian Tall Ship Completes Historic Northern Sea Route Passage
Shipping News

Russian Tall Ship Completes Historic Northern Sea Route Passage

A 100-year-old tall ship has successful transited the full length of the fabled Northern Sea Route. After departing from Vladivostok, Russia in mid-August, the

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 523

Bankrupt Hermitage Offshore Auctions Off Fleet
Shipping News

Bankrupt Hermitage Offshore Auctions Off Fleet

Bermuda-based Hermitage Offshore Services has announced the results of the auctioning off of its fleet of platform supply vessels and crew boats as part of its

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 828

somali piracy
Shipping News

IMB Piracy Report: Crew Kidnappings Surge in Gulf of Guinea

The number of seafarers kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea has surged so far this as pirates abduct bigger groups of seafarers further offshore, the

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 802

UN Access to Decaying Yemen Tanker Could Take Weeks, Say Sources
Offshore

UN Access to Decaying Yemen Tanker Could Take Weeks, Say Sources

By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) – A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating tanker off Yemen’s

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 409

Research Vessel Polarstern Return
Environment

Here’s One Way To Avoid COVID19 – Set Your Ship Adrift In Arctic Ice

After more than a year in the Central Arctic, this Monday, 12 October, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. The event

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 99

USS Cole Ceremony
Defense

OPED: Captain Of The USS Cole Reflects On The 20th Anniversary Of The Bombing

  As a former commanding officer of USS Cole (DDG 67), Adm. Christopher W. Grady led the ship through its first overseas deployment following the Oct. 12,

October 14, 2020
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wind turbine
Environment

Stocks Surge For China’s Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturers

(Bloomberg) Chinese wind power equipment makers advanced as the industry proposed an aggressive installation plan that would boost capacity 14-fold through

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 200

Bright outlook at Gibdock as bookings remain solid
Press Releases

Bright outlook at Gibdock as bookings remain solid

Press Release – Ship repair activity at Gibdock has continued to be rock solid, despite uncertainties through the first three quarters of 2020 relating

October 14, 2020
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