Thursday, February 4, 2021
Press Releases

Wärtsilä and SAACKE sign strategic partnership to expand their marine solution offerings

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SAACKE, the Germany based global supplier of marine

February 4, 2021
Total Views: 365

News

2021 – Euronav Predicts Oil Freight Rate Weakness Will Continue All Year

by Charles Regnier (Reuters) – Belgium’s Euronav expects pressure on freight rates to continue until late 2021, the tanker operator said as it

February 4, 2021
Total Views: 2727

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Shipping

Abandoned Ship Crew Wages Hunger Strike in Kuwait

The crew of a Qatari-owned ship has launched a hunger strike after 11 months without pay and more than a year abandoned on board the vessel, according to the

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 4447

Offshore

U.S. to Restart Permitting for Major Offshore Wind Project

Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, reversing

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 2005

Shipping

Captain Livingstone: Guns, Germs, and Steel

The 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, written by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond, is a fascinating read covering 13,000 years of human

February 3, 2021
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Accidents

Bulk Carrier Crew Member Killed by Large Wave Off Nova Scotia

A crew member of a bulk carrier has died and three others injured after their ship was hit by a large wave several hundred miles off the coast of

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 14775

Shipping

U.S. Looks to Courts to Seize 2 Million Barrels of Alleged Iranian Oil

By Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — The U.S. has gone to court to seize 2 million barrels of oil that it claims came from Iran, as Joe Biden’s

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 1653

Shipping

16 Plead Guilty for Paying to Fix U.S. Coast Guard Mariner Credentialing Test Scores

Sixteen people have pleaded guilty in relation to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center that resulted in them unlawfully

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 5713

Press Releases

KONGSBERG technology helps reduce expenditure and emissions in drilling operations by more than 25%

Press Release – A collaborative, green solution developed between Kongsberg Maritime, COSL Drilling Europe AS and drilling equipment provider NOV is

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 531

Cruise Ships

COVID19 – Cruise Fanatics Fight To Become Shipboard Guinea Pigs

by Fran Golden (Bloomberg) When Royal Caribbean announced it was looking for volunteers to help test its post-pandemic health and safety protocols, Melody

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 5128

Navy

Golden 13 – The First Black Officer Training Course

In January 1944, there were nearly 100,000 Black Sailors in the United States Navy, but none were officers. That would change when a group of sixteen Black

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 2760

Shipping News

Asia Pushes U.S. Supertanker Port’s Oil Export Shipments to Record High

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) American oil exports from Louisiana’s offshore supertanker port jumped to a record in January as Asian buyers are stocking up

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 3143

Press Releases

Wärtsilä’s Hybrid Solution selected for new Isle of Man ferry

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a comprehensive range of solutions for a new 132 metres long RoPax ferry for the Isle of Man

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 770

Environment

Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Dire Forecasts

By Jonathan Tirone (Bloomberg) Climate change is causing oceans to rise quicker than scientists’ most pessimistic forecasts, resulting in

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 4195

Shipping

Sugar High On Wall Street As White-Sugar Futures Climb On Container Shipping Worries

By Marvin G Perez and Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) White-sugar spreads climbed to a record high as a shipping container shortage increased demand for supplies

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 2086

Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Press Releases

Container Crisis Upends Global Food Trade

By Isis Almeida , Ann Koh , and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) Food is piling up in all the wrong places, due to struggles facing ships hauling empty

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 12138

Shipping

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Expressly Applies Jones Act to Offshore Wind Projects in U.S. Waters

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has for the first time expressly found that the Jones Act applies to offshore wind projects on the U.S. Outer

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 6809

Shipping

Lake Constance Excursion Boat Repurposed as Vaccine ‘Shot Ship’

By John Miller ROMANSHORN, Switzerland, Feb 2 (Reuters) – An 89-year-old passenger ship, out of commission due to the coronavirus pandemic, was

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 1676

Shipping

Jones Act Supporter Pete Buttigieg Confirmed as U.S. Transportation Secretary

In a 86-13 vote, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Pete Buttigieg to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation as Transportation Secretary in the Biden

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 2191

Shipping

Global Food Trade Upended by Container Crisis

By Isis Almeida, Ann Koh and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — Food is piling up in all the wrong places, thanks to carriers hauling empty

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 5684