Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Unvaccinated Cruise Guests Get Second-Class Treatment at Sea
Cruise Ships

Unvaccinated Cruise Guests Get Second-Class Treatment at Sea

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) Royal Caribbean’s 4,275-passenger Freedom of the Seas has restarted sailings from Miami to the Bahamas with two classes of

July 7, 2021
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Island Offshore Walk-to-Work Vessel Wins Floating Wind Work in Norway
Offshore

Island Offshore Walk-to-Work Vessel Wins Floating Wind Work in Norway

Island Offshore has announced a contract award from Equinor for a service operation vessel (SOV) for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm project in Norway.

July 7, 2021
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Egypt’s Ever Given Sendoff Filled with Fanfare
Shipping

Egypt’s Ever Given Sendoff Filled with Fanfare

By Tarek El-Tablawy, Mirette Magdy and Abdel Latif Wahba (Bloomberg) — For a nation that provides safe passage for so many ships through its waters,

July 7, 2021
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Togo Sentences Pirates to Prison
Piracy

Togo Sentences Pirates to Prison

The Gulf of Guinea-bordering nation of Togo has thrown the book at a gang of nine pirates, sentencing them with up to 20 years in jail for their role

July 7, 2021
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Another Golden Ray Section Removed
Accidents

Another Golden Ray Section Removed

Crews have cut and removed the first section of the Golden Ray since a fire broke out inside the wreck back in May. Remaining are two cuts and three

July 7, 2021
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FILE PHOTO: General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain
Offshore

Ørsted Submits Bid for Maryland Offshore Wind Project

Ørsted has submitted a bid to develop its proposed 760 MW Skipjack Wind 2 offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland. Ørsted is currently developing

July 7, 2021
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sugar
Shipping

Surging Shipping Rates Seen Tightening Sugar Market

By Fabiana Batista (Bloomberg) — Sugar refineries waiting for sky-high shipping rates to ease before locking in purchases may find that supplies tighten

July 7, 2021
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containership Ever Given Departs Suez Canal
Incidents

Ever Given Departs Suez Canal After 106 Days

By Nadeen Ebrahim ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 7 (Reuters) – The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, resumed its journey and left the

July 7, 2021
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Wärtsilä Navigational Simulator becomes first Interactive ‘instructor-led’ cloud training solution to gain new DNV Class D Certification
Press Releases

Wärtsilä Navigational Simulator becomes first Interactive ‘instructor-led’ cloud training solution to gain new DNV Class D Certification

Wärtsilä Voyage’s NTPRO (Navi-Trainer Professional 5000) navigational simulator has attained certification according to the new DNV Class D standard

July 7, 2021
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
port vancouver
Shipping

British Columbia Wildfires Impacting Canadian Exports and Imports

By Marcy Nicholson and Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) — Hundreds of rail cars have been halted by wildfires that damaged tracks in western Canada

July 6, 2021
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msc ship in port
Environment

MSC Again Ranks Among EU’s Biggest Carbon Emitters -NGO

Swiss-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has moved up a notch Transport & Environment’s ranking of Europe’s biggest carbon emitters. The

July 6, 2021
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Turkish Captain Returns Home After a Year as ‘Legal Guardian’ of Abandoned Ship in Egypt
Shipping

Turkish Captain Returns Home After a Year as ‘Legal Guardian’ of Abandoned Ship in Egypt

Captain Kara was stuck in Egypt for more than a year as a court-appointed legal guardian of the bulk carrier MV Kenan Mete. A Turkish ship captain is heading

July 6, 2021
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Euronav Announces Ammonia-Fueled Tanker Project and New Ship Orders
Shipbuilding

Euronav Announces Ammonia-Fueled Tanker Project and New Ship Orders

Belgian tanker company Euronav (NYSE: EURN) has announced a partnership to help accelerate the development of new dual fuel ammonia-powered tankers. The Joint

July 6, 2021
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Florida Gulf Coast Ports Brace for Elsa
Ports

Florida Gulf Coast Ports Brace for Elsa

Update: Tropical Storm Elsa near hurricane strength – NWS The U.S. Coast Guard has set port condition Zulu for the ports of Tampa, St. Petersburg,

July 6, 2021
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port of los angeles and long beach
Shipping

Ocean Carriers Underway to Making $100 Billion Annual Profit in 2021

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers could be on course to make a profit of $100bn this year. And Drewry says their medium-term

July 6, 2021
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Israel Probes Suspected Attack on Containership in Indian Ocean
Shipping

Israel Probes Suspected Attack on Containership in Indian Ocean

JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) – Israeli defense officials were checking whether Iranian forces were behind a possible attack on a cargo ship under partial

July 6, 2021
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zim containership
Shipbuilding

Seaspan Goes for More with ZIM-Linked Shipbuilding Order

Seaspan does it again… The Hong Kong- based containership lessor company today announced long-term charters with Israeli liner ZIM Integrated Shipping

July 6, 2021
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Ever Given Suez Canal
Shipping

Ever Given Detention Order Lifted by Court

SMAILIA, July 6 (Reuters) – An Egyptian court has lifted the detention order on the Ever Given container ship, allowing its expected release from the

July 6, 2021
Total Views: 2837

VIKING arrives at DEFEA Athens to spread good news for defence contractors on safety at sea
Press Releases

VIKING arrives at DEFEA Athens to spread good news for defence contractors on safety at sea

Press Release – VIKING Life-Saving Equipment chooses inaugural DEFEA Athens as first live event to showcase consolidated high-performance boats,

July 6, 2021
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pemex fire
Ship Fires

Pemex Claims No Environmental Damage From The Offshore ‘Eye Of Fire’ Blaze

by David Alire Garcia (Reuters) – Just days after video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral,

July 6, 2021
Total Views: 4390