Friday, January 15, 2021
Port of Los Angeles Reports Fourth-Busiest Year on Record in 2020
Ports

Port of Los Angeles Reports Fourth-Busiest Year on Record in 2020

The Port of Los Angeles reported its fourth best year on record in 2020 as a late-year surge of pandemic-induced consumer spending helped boost volumes to near

January 15, 2021
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Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Offshore

Total Quits American Petroleum Institute Over Climate Policies

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – France’s Total SE on Friday became the first major global energy company to quit the main U.S. oil and gas

January 15, 2021
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Equinor to Test Floating Solar Farm in Sunny Norway
Offshore

Equinor to Test Floating Solar Farm in Sunny Norway

Norwegian energy producer Equinor is taking on a project to test floating solar power off the not-so-sunny coast of Norway. Equinor announced Thursday that it

January 14, 2021
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Panama Canal’s LNG Bottleneck Could Last Until March
Shipping

Panama Canal’s LNG Bottleneck Could Last Until March

By Sabrina Valle and Elida Moreno RIO DE JANEIRO/PANAMA CITY, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Congestion delaying LNG shipments via the Panama Canal is expected to

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 25248

Drunk Man Arrested After Coast Guard Locates Stolen Tiki Hut Bar in Florida Keys
Shipping

Drunk Man Arrested After Coast Guard Locates Stolen Tiki Hut Bar in Florida Keys

A U.S. Coast Guard crew from Station Key West have recovered a floating tiki hut bar that was reported stolen near in the Florida Keys Unsurprisingly, the

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 23716

offshore wind
Shipping

Brooklyn Waterfront Lands Role in New York State’s Offshore Wind Push

By Josh Saul and Will Wade (Bloomberg) — New York is poised to become a hub for offshore wind energy with the state on Wednesday tapping Norwegian giant

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 1936

KVH Partners with Kilo Marine for KVH Watch Maritime IoT Solution
Press Releases

KVH Partners with Kilo Marine for KVH Watch Maritime IoT Solution

Marine technical services provider Kilo Marine will offer KVH Watch connectivity to monitor and troubleshoot vessel equipment in real time KVH Industries,

January 14, 2021
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More crew change complications emerge as virus mutates
Press Releases

More crew change complications emerge as virus mutates

Press Release – Crew changes are once more becoming difficult as much of the world locks down again following the emergence of several new and more

January 14, 2021
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A bunker vessel prepares to supply fuel to Hin Leong's Pu Tuo Shan VLCC supertanker in the waters off Jurong Island in Singapore
Shipping

Shell Unit Named Singapore’s Top Marine Fuel Supplier of 2020

SINGAPORE, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Shell Plc’s Singapore bunkering unit, Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd, moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 1072

ocean cleanup project
Environment

Maersk Extends Partnership to Help Cleanup Plastic Pollution at Sea

Maersk and the Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup are extending their partnership to rid the world’s ocean of plastic pollution. Founded in 2013, The

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 5004

U.S. Adds Chinese Oil Giant CNOOC to Blacklist
Offshore

U.S. Adds Chinese Oil Giant CNOOC to Blacklist

By David Shepardson, Alexandra Alper and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – The United States announced sanctions on Chinese state-owned

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 1277

Oil tanker is docked in Venezuela
Shipping

Pacific Island Nation Says Tanker Used False Flag to Transport Venezuelan Crude

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — The island nation of Palau says a tanker that recently loaded Venezuelan crude was using a false signal to disguise

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 6713

Global Drone Inspection to take on specialist demand for drone and ROV services from RIMS BV
Press Releases

Global Drone Inspection to take on specialist demand for drone and ROV services from RIMS BV

Press Release – RIMS (Robotics in Maintenance Strategies) BV, an established class approved supplier of UAV inspections in the maritime industry have

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 662

FrontM signs up as new Inmarsat Fleet Connect dedicated bandwidth application provider
Press Releases

FrontM signs up as new Inmarsat Fleet Connect dedicated bandwidth application provider

Press Release – FrontM and Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, have signed an agreement for FrontM to join the

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 179

ClassNK certifies “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions” as its first Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions
Press Releases

ClassNK certifies “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions” as its first Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions

Press Release – Leading Classification Society ClassNK certified “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions”, jointly developed by Kawasaki Kisen

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 156

Thinking green in ro-ro – UECC opening doors to a sustainable future
Press Releases

Thinking green in ro-ro – UECC opening doors to a sustainable future

Press Release – Those who have been following the development of sustainable shipping will recognize the UECC name. Those who have been following UECC

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 146

Ground-breaking tech meets owners’ needs for optimal routing and usability
Press Releases

Ground-breaking tech meets owners’ needs for optimal routing and usability

Press Release – End-users trialling the VoyOpt™ voyage optimization service say it beats the competition in terms of the number of data sources it

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 213

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
shipping container
Shipping

Surging Shipping Rates Add New Headwind for the Global Economy

By Enda Curran and Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Shocks to supply chains are engulfing a wider swath of the global economy as the pandemic rages on,

January 13, 2021
Total Views: 3250

semisubmersible drilling rig at sea
Offshore

Ocean 100: The 100 Companies That Dominate the Ocean Economy

By Umberto Bacchi Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Just 100 companies account for most of the profits from the world’s seas, researchers said

January 13, 2021
Total Views: 5723

DNV banner at a convention
Shipping

DNV GL Dropping the ‘GL’ Amid Corporate Rebranding

International classification society DNV GL has announced plans to change it name to DNV. The current name has been in place since the 2013 merger between DNV

January 13, 2021
Total Views: 1891