Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Iran Says Crew of Detained South Korean Tanker Can Leave
Shipping

Iran Says Crew of Detained South Korean Tanker Can Leave

DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Iran has agreed to allow the crew members of a South Korean ship it seized for alleged environmental pollution to leave the

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 1039

Liberia Becomes the First Ship Registry to Join Neptune Declaration
Press Releases

Liberia Becomes the First Ship Registry to Join Neptune Declaration

Press Release – The Liberian Registry has become the very first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 636

More Containers Lost in the Pacific as 41 Go Overboard from MSC Ship
Accidents

More Containers Lost in the Pacific as 41 Go Overboard from MSC Ship

An MSC containership has become the latest giant boxship to lose containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean. Cargo casualty firm WK Webster reports that the MSC

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 15614

A.I. for safety, efficiency and decarbonisation: Wärtsilä Voyage shares tech update at SMM 2021
Press Releases

A.I. for safety, efficiency and decarbonisation: Wärtsilä Voyage shares tech update at SMM 2021

Today, Pierre Guillemin, Vice President Technology at Wärtsilä Voyage, delivered the business’ standpoint on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 1349

Thordon Bearings Help Keep World’s Oldest Steam Driven Tug Operational
Press Releases

Thordon Bearings Help Keep World’s Oldest Steam Driven Tug Operational

Press Release – One of the world’s oldest tugboats, the 117-year-old, steam-driven Daniel Adamson, is set to return to service offering short cruises

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 1180

“K” LINE to expand sharing of ship operation data to enhance utilization of big data in the maritime industry
Press Releases

“K” LINE to expand sharing of ship operation data to enhance utilization of big data in the maritime industry

Press Release – Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to share operation data of all “K”

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 228

Hyundai Global Services selects ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT as engine optimization partner
Press Releases

Hyundai Global Services selects ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT as engine optimization partner

Press release – A new agreement with Hyundai Global Services (HGS) is set to dramatically expand the number of vessels deploying Tekomar XPERT, the

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 225

America’s First Black Sailors
Navy

America’s First Black Sailors

“British gold and promises of personal freedom served as futile incentives among the Negroes of the American Navy; for them, the proud consciousness of duty

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 2797

Large Bulker Ship
News

Baltic Index Down Near Four-Week Low

by Bharat Govind Gautam (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, on

February 2, 2021
Total Views: 1114

Monday, February 1, 2021
U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy Awards Crowley Fuel Delivery Contract to Remote Aleutian Air Station
Press Releases

U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy Awards Crowley Fuel Delivery Contract to Remote Aleutian Air Station

Press Release – Crowley Solutions has been awarded the five-year contract to deliver military specification fuel to the Eareckson Air Station located on

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 627

First Robert Allan Ltd. tug to operate in China’s busiest port, the Port of Shanghai
Press Releases

First Robert Allan Ltd. tug to operate in China’s busiest port, the Port of Shanghai

Press Release – Robert Allan Ltd. is pleased to announce that Shanghai Harbour Fuxing Shipping Service Company Sanlin Shipyard has successfully completed

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 479

Steel Cutting Ceremony of the Robert Allan Ltd. Design ASD 34/60 in China
Press Releases

Steel Cutting Ceremony of the Robert Allan Ltd. Design ASD 34/60 in China

Press Release – December 18, 2020 marked the start of steel cutting for the first Robert Allan Ltd. designed tug for Rizhao Towing and Barge Company,

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 318

Eagle Bulk Ship Escapes Pirate Attack in Gulf of Guinea
Piracy

Eagle Bulk Ship Escapes Pirate Attack in Gulf of Guinea

A bulk carrier belonging to NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping is reported safe and its crew unharmed after a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 5641

Singapore Retail Investors to Vote on PIL’s Fate
Shipping

Singapore Retail Investors to Vote on PIL’s Fate

By David Ramli and Ameya Karve (Bloomberg) — Creditors to struggling Singapore shipper Pacific International Lines Pte will vote Monday on a

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 1699

IMO greenhouse gas emissions
Shipping

IMO Hails ‘Extremely Smooth’ IMO 2020 Transition

Some observers have compared IMO2020- the restrictions on sulfur in marine fuels which took effect on Jan 1, 2020 -with the Y2K drama of two decades back.

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 1585

offshore wind farm
Offshore

Equinor and BP Secure Offshore Wind Partnership in U.S.

Norway’s Equinor says it has closed its previously disclosed agreement with BP to sell 50 percent stakes in its Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects,

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 1342

Woman Medevaced from Matson Ship Off Washington
Shipping

Woman Medevaced from Matson Ship Off Washington

The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a U.S.-flagged Matson ship after she was having difficulty breathing and temporarily lost consciousness off

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 4751

Containership docking Port of Long Beach
Ports

FMC Urges Biden Administration to Expedite Vaccinations for Nation’s Dockworkers

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Federal Maritime Commissioners Carl Bentzel and Daniel Maffei have written to US president Joe Biden urging

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 1039

ship navigation bridge
Shipping

Rogue Captain’s Mid-Ocean Detour Tips Investors to Humanitarian Crisis at Sea

By Alastair Marsh (Bloomberg) — Terence Tsai started hearing about the growing labor crisis in shipping in a roundabout way. First, in March, an

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 46360

Wave Prediction Becomes A Reality
Sponsored

Wave Prediction Becomes A Reality

WaveSignalTM, launched this week by Rutter Inc., is the latest addition to the sigma S6 line of advanced radar processing systems. WaveSignalTM uses x-band

February 1, 2021
Total Views: 3410