Monday, July 5, 2021
Wärtsilä to develop regasification system for new offshore LNG terminal in India
Press Releases

Wärtsilä to develop regasification system for new offshore LNG terminal in India

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä will develop the regasification system for a new offshore LNG terminal to be built in the Bay of Bengal.

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 424

Alfa Laval and NMRI have succeeded in onboard CO2 capture testing using an exhaust gas cleaning system
Press Releases

Alfa Laval and NMRI have succeeded in onboard CO2 capture testing using an exhaust gas cleaning system

Press Release – As the marine industry strives for a decarbonized future, Alfa Laval and partners are investigating the technologies needed to achieve

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 471

ABB further enhances efficiency of Azipod® electric propulsion with digital solution
Press Releases

ABB further enhances efficiency of Azipod® electric propulsion with digital solution

Press Release – Already delivering decisive efficiency gains to an ever-increasing variety of ship types, ABB Azipod® electric propulsion now benefits

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 345

METIS establishes Singapore subsidiary as focus for shipowners in Southeast Asia
Press Releases

METIS establishes Singapore subsidiary as focus for shipowners in Southeast Asia

Press Release – Maritime data analytics specialist METIS Cyberspace Technology has opened a fully owned subsidiary in Singapore, in a move enhancing

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 140

ClassNK enhances support for shipping’s transition to zero-emission  Tool for EEXI compliance released
Press Releases

ClassNK enhances support for shipping’s transition to zero-emission Tool for EEXI compliance released

Press Release – Leading Classification Society ClassNK has proclaimed its roles to support the transition of the shipping business to

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 135

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Ship Fires

A Violent Mud Volcano Erupts In The Caspian Sea

King Neptune must be angry. Last week a crazy fire-eye ignited in on Mexico’s gulf coast, and last night a towering pillar of fire erupted in

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 7208

Robust growth puts Inchcape Liner Division in pole position
Sponsored

Robust growth puts Inchcape Liner Division in pole position

Inchcape’s global liner sector head, Hamish White, has overseen some major wins in the last 12 months despite the pandemic, and nails it, when he says

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 2163

Stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground, in Suez Canal
Incidents

Deal Reached for Ever Given to Depart Suez on Wednesday

By Yousry Mohamed (Reuters) The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March said on Sunday a formal settlement

July 5, 2021
Total Views: 5368

Sunday, July 4, 2021
Second Officer OSC Ship
Finance

Asyad May Sell 40% Of Oman Shipping Company

By Hadeel Al Sayegh (Reuters) Oman’s state-owned transport group Asyad is weighing the sale of a strategic stake in its subsidiary Oman Shipping Company

July 4, 2021
Total Views: 1228

Saturday, July 3, 2021
British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender in the Bosphorus Strait. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
Navy

Russian Warplanes Practice Bombing Ships In The Black Sea

By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) – Russian warplanes practiced bombing enemy ships in the Black Sea during training exercises, Russia said on Saturday, amid

July 3, 2021
Total Views: 4611

Norway Electric Ferry
Environment

Travel Norway’s Fjords On A Quiet Electric Ferry

By Gabriel Leigh (Bloomberg) Hop on a ferry in Norway and it’s increasingly likely that the rumble of a diesel engine will have been replaced by the quiet

July 3, 2021
Total Views: 5964

Friday, July 2, 2021
pemex fire
Accidents

Mexico’s Pemex Battles Crazy Fire Near Offshore Oil Platform in Gulf of Mexico

An update from Pemex said the fire was extinguished at about 10:45 a.m. By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — A fire has broken out near Pemex’s Ku Maloob

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 25342

u.s. coast guard
Accidents

Coast Guard Rescues Pilots After 737 Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing Off Hawaii

By David Shepardson and Ankit Ajmera July 2 (Reuters) – A decades-old Boeing Co 737-200 cargo airplane with two people on board made an emergency

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 9618

First Atlantic Hurricane of 2021 Threatens Caribbean
Shipping

First Atlantic Hurricane of 2021 Threatens Caribbean

By Jeff Kearns (Bloomberg) — Elsa, the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic storm season, is bearing down on the Caribbean as extreme weather continues

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 3487

Coast Guard Cracking Down on Boating Under the Influence This Holiday Weekend
Shipping

Coast Guard Cracking Down on Boating Under the Influence This Holiday Weekend

The U.S. Coast Guard and its partner agencies are kicking off a national campaign this Fourth of July weekend aimed at preventing accidents and fatalities due

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 1745

Danaos Takes Full Stake in Five-Ship Gemini Joint Venture
Shipping

Danaos Takes Full Stake in Five-Ship Gemini Joint Venture

Greek containership owner Danaos (NYSE: DAC) has exercised its option to acquire the remaining 51% equity in its joint venture Gemini Shipholdings Corporation.

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 1466

containers at port of los angeles
Shipping

Shippers Fret as ‘Opaque’ Detention and Demurrage Charges Soar

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – A doubling of detention and demurrage charges (D&D) during the pandemic has resulted in complaints across the US,

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 3002

port of los angeles-long beach. photo REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Shipping

U.S. Trade Deficit Increased to Second Biggest on Record in May

By Augusta Saraiva and Eric Martin (Bloomberg) — The U.S. trade gap widened in May to the second-largest on record as imports increased faster than

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 1334

arrow aground
Accidents

MAIB Blames Bridge Team in Grounding of Ro-Ro Freight Ferry in Aberdeen Harbour

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued its report into last summer’s grounding of the ro-ro freight ferry Arrow, resulting in

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 5467

OSG ATB
Finance

OSG Stock Soars After Saltchuk Takeover News

Shares of Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE:OSG) soared almost forty percent in early morning trading after they announced that Saltchuk is interested in

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 4324