Monday, August 22, 2022
Shipping

New NYSHEX Data Tool Promises Greater Visibility Into Container Slot Availability

By Ira Breskin, The New York Shipping Exchange now offers performance-monitoring software.  NYSHEX’s first commercial software product, introduced earlier

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 461

Ports

Plan to Improve German Rail Transport Could Worsen Congestion

BERLIN, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Germany is set to make rail transport for power plants and refineries a priority this week to ensure supply, even

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1058

Piracy

Shipping Industry to Remove Indian Ocean ‘High Risk Area’ Designation as Piracy Threat Subsides

A group of shipping industry bodies have decided the remove the Indian Ocean “High Risk Area”, reflecting a signicantly improved piracy situation

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 2050

Ports

Felixstowe Strike: Disruption at Britain’s Busiest Container Port

LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – More than 1,900 workers at Britain’s biggest container port, Felixstowe, have begun eight days of strike action that

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1847

Press Releases

Ecochlor Launches “EcoOne® Container Unit” for Offshore Market 

Ecochlor is pleased to launch a containerized version of the EcoOne® filterless ballast water management system (BWMS). The EcoOne® Container

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1010

Press Releases

ABB and Keppel O&M verify next level of vessel autonomy with collision avoidance trials

Digital technologies from ABB have enabled the harbor tug Maju 510 to become the first vessel in the world to receive Autonomous and Remote-Control Navigation

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 200

Press Releases

Accelleron turbochargers adopted by Japan Engine Corporation for use in the latest UE Engines

Accelleron, the new face of ABB Turbocharging, and Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG), the global engine licenser, have signed a technical agreement that

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 277

Sponsored

Be Ready For Any Mission with Propspeed

For any type of vessel – whether it be passenger, military, patrol, search and rescue, fire or spill response or crew transfer vessel – when it comes

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 2461

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Ukraine Food Crisis Video
Incidents

Watch: Could The Ukraine Grain Deal With Russia Fail?

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) According to The Economist the absolute levels of global hunger in 2022 could be the highest ever, as an exceptional set of

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 3386

Ports

Workers At UK’s Biggest Container Port Felixstowe Due To Begin 8-Day Strike

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – More than 1,900 workers at Britain’s biggest container port are due on Sunday to start eight days of strike

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 2048

Offshore

Nord Stream 1 Pipeline To Shut For Three Days In Latest Fuel Blow To Europe

By Christoph Steitz and Thomas Escritt FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia will halt natural gas supplies to Europe for three days at

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 1787

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Shipping

Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine

ANKARA/KYIV, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 1618

Ports

UK’s Felixstowe Port Says Union Turned Down 8% Raise

By Siddharth Philip( Bloomberg) –The operator of the Port of Felixstowe said that its workers’ union had rejected a request to call off an eight-day

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 2037

Commercial Fishing

Fear For Future After Mass Die-Off Of Fish In Poland’s Oder River

WIDUCHOWA, Poland, Aug 20 (Reuters) – As thousands of dead fish neared the banks of the Oder River in the village of Widuchowa in western Poland on

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 2152

Interesting

Space Robotics Take A Deep Dive

(NASA)–What’s the difference between deep space and the deep sea? For a robot, the answer is: not much. Both environments are harsh and demanding, and,

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 1395

Shipping

Mozambique To Export First LNG As Global Natural-Gas Prices Soar

By Matthew Hill and Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) –Mozambique is poised to ship its first cargo of liquefied natural gas overseas, joining the ranks of

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 2414

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Navy

Denmark To Invest In New Warships

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark expects to invest 40 billion Danish crowns ($5.47 billion) in new warships as the NATO member seeks to bolster

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 4514

Friday, August 19, 2022
Shipping

Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepened

The Big River just got a whole lot bigger. Well, technically deeper. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has marked the completion of the first two phases

August 19, 2022
Total Views: 6412

Shipping

Baltic Dry Index Falls to Lowest Level Since 2020

Aug 19 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index declined to its lowest level since December 2020 on Friday, pressured

August 19, 2022
Total Views: 1251

Shipping

U.S. Ports See Another Month of Gains in July, But Pandemic-Fueled Growth is Fading

While inbound container growth appears to be flattening for now, the long-term outlook spells trouble for U.S. ports. Liner industry veteran John McCown,

August 19, 2022
Total Views: 826