Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Shipping

Euroseas Reveals Staggering $200,000 Per Day Charter for Panamax Containership

Athens-based Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) say it has entered into a new record-setting time charter contract for its 2009-built panamax capacity MV Synergy

September 8, 2021
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Marine Weather

Super Typhoon ‘Chanthu’ Rapidly Intensifies Over Western Pacific

Typhoon Chanthu rapidly intensified has from a tropical depression to a Category 4 super typhoon over the north-western Pacific Ocean with maximum sustained

September 8, 2021
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Shipping

More Logistics Players Guarantee Space by Chartering Their Own Box Ships

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Entrepreneurial logistics players are turning away from the highly congested transpacific market to cash in on the

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 1579

Environment

SEA-LNG: A Banner Year for LNG-Fueled Newbuild Orders in 2021

Orders for LNG-fueled newbuilds have continued to gain market share in 2021, approaching 30% of new shipbuilding orders by gross tonnage, according to SEA-LNG

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 594

Finance

Neptune Is Said to Consider Merger With Rival Harbour Energy

By Dinesh Nair, Ruth David and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) — Neptune Energy Group Ltd., the private equity-backed explorer, is considering options

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 667

Lifesaving Incidents

Young Children Among Migrants Rescued From English Channel

DUNGENESS, England, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Two small children were among the dozens of migrants rescued from the English Channel on Tuesday after a summer

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 986

Finance

Saltchuk Ends Offer To Buy Overseas Shipholding Group

Shares of Overseas Shipholding ($OSG) fell over 20 percent to just $2.13 in early morning trading after Saltchuk Holdings ended discussions on a potential

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 2594

Oil Spill

Talos Says Its Assets Are Not the Source of Large Oil Slick Off Port Fourchon

Houston-based Talos Energy has again stated that its assets were not the source of an oil release in Bay Marchand Block 5, off the coast of Port Fourchon,

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 832

Environment

Maersk And Buffett Invest In Waste-Fuel Startup

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) – A.P. Moller-Maersk has agreed to buy a minority stake in a green-fuel startup backed by Warren Buffett, as the

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 2094

Press Releases

ABB containerized energy storage offers plug-in battery power for a wide range of ships

The Containerized Energy Storage System (ESS) integrates sustainable battery power for existing ships in a standard 20ft container  All-inclusive

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 552

Press Releases

Wärtsilä advances carbon capture and storage in maritime as part of LINCCS consortium

Press Release – Wärtsilä will take a central role in developing maritime carbon capture & storage (CCS) technologies as one of the leading partners

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 262

Offshore

Stronger Storms Test Aging U.S. Offshore Oil Facilities

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters)- Stronger hurricanes threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast energy hub are elevating the risks of oil spills from damage to area

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 703

Ports

Power Outages Slash U.S. Grain Exports Despite Mississippi River Reopening

By Karl Plume and P.J. Huffstutter (Reuters) Grain exports from U.S. Gulf Coast terminals in southern Louisiana remained severely limited on Tuesday, even

September 8, 2021
Total Views: 980

Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Offshore

Ida Ranks Among Worst Storms to Hit U.S. Offshore Energy Production in 16 Years

By Sabrina Valle and Arpan Varghese HOUSTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida’s damage to U.S. offshore energy production makes it one of

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 1457

Shipping

Cost of Shipping Cars By Sea at a 13-Year High

By Alex Longley and Damian Shepherd (Bloomberg) — The cost of moving cars across the ocean is surging. Vessels that carry autos and industrial

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 3185

Cruise Ships

Carnival Charters Cruise Ship to FEMA and New Orleans to Provide Housing for Storm Responders

Carnival Cruise Line has announced an agreement to chartered its ship Carnival Glory to the city of New Orleans and FEMA to provide housing for first

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 1443

RSV Nuyina
Defense

Australia’s New Antarctic Research Icebreaker Sailing Home After Delivery

Australia’s high-advanced new Antarctic icebreaker ‘Nuyina’ is underway on its 24,000km (13,000 nautical mile) maiden voyage home to Tasmania

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 5074

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Piracy

Two Crew Injured by Pirate Gunfire Off Gabon; One Missing

Two crew members of an offshore supply vessel were injured during a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Gabon, the International Maritime

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 3001

Shipping

FMC Commissioner ‘Troubled’ By Reports of Ocean Carriers Refusing Hazardous Import Cargoes

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in the United States has been alerted to reports that ocean carriers are refusing import cargoes of hazardous materials

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 1768

Defense

Turbo Activation: Ready, Set…SEALIFT!

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – Two years ago, the United States Transportation Command, in conjunction with the Navy’s Military Sealift

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 6420