Mike Schuler

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Shipbuilding

Chinese Shipyard Delivers ‘World’s Largest Containership’ at 24,346 TEUs

Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China has delivered what is believed to be the world’s largest containership by carrying capacity. The

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 16599

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Shipping

All-Female SpaceX Crew Makes Space Recovery History

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making a little bit of history this week with what is believed to be the first all-female crew involved the space recovery

March 15, 2023
Total Views: 13373

Ocean Network Express ship
Shipbuilding

ONE Adds to Orderbook with Order for Ten Large Containership

Despite falling freight rates and uncertainty regarding consumer demand, container shipping’s ordering spree continues with Japanese shipping line Ocean

March 15, 2023
Total Views: 2462

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Shipbuilding

ACBL to Build High-Powered Towboat

U.S.-based American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has announced plans for an 11,000 horsepower (HP) class inland towboat. ACBL has signed a contract with

March 14, 2023
Total Views: 3624

A cargo ship is moored in the Port of Long Beach while cranes retrieve cargo containers from the ship
Ports

Slow Trade Continues at Port of Long Beach

The Port of Long Beach is reporting another soft month in February amid to full warehouses, reduced consumer spending and the closure of east Asian factories

March 14, 2023
Total Views: 2855

Electric ship-to-shore cranes work the CMA CGM Unity, powered by liquefied natural gas, at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal
Ports

Port of Savannah Grows Container Market Share

The Port of Savannah saw total container volumes decline more than 14% in February, but still recorded its second busiest February ever. The Georgia Ports

March 14, 2023
Total Views: 2171

Monday, March 13, 2023
Offshore

New Wind Rotor Technology Accelerator Coming to Former Avondale Shipyard Site

New Orleans-based Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) announced it has secured a $10 million investment from Shell to launch an offshore wind technology accelerator

March 13, 2023
Total Views: 2999

Shipping

Anglo-Eastern Installs Starlink Internet Service on First of More Than 200 Managed Ships

Hong Kong-based ship manager Anglo-Eastern says it has rolled out SpaceX’s Starlink broadband internet service on an initial dozen vessels with more than 200

March 13, 2023
Total Views: 6450

Shipping

Scorpio Tankers Exercises Purchase Options for Six Ships

Product tanker shipping company Scorpio Tankers (NYSE: STNG) announced Monday that it has exercised purchase options on six ships that will reduce its debt by

March 13, 2023
Total Views: 2028

Friday, March 10, 2023
Ports

DP World To Install First High-Bay Container Storage System at Pusan Terminal

Global port operator DP World has announced the first commercial installation of its innovative BOXBAY high-bay storage system at its container terminal in

March 10, 2023
Total Views: 6599

Accidents

UN Re-Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for FSO Safer Oil Removal Operation

With yesterday’s news that the United Nations has secured the purchase of an oil tanker to receive oil from the decaying FSO Safer in the Red Sea, the UN

March 10, 2023
Total Views: 2312

Thursday, March 9, 2023
Shipbuilding

MSC Takes Delivery of MSC Tessa, One of the World’s Largest Containerships

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group has delivered one of the world’s largest containerships to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. The MSC Tessa is one of

March 9, 2023
Total Views: 11676

Shipping

Report Finds Vessels Speeding in Virginia Beach Slow Zones Before Right Whale Death

Ocean conservation organization Oceana has released a report showing that a majority of vessels sped through mandatory and voluntary slow zones off Virginia

March 9, 2023
Total Views: 8016

Shipping

ZIM’s First LNG-Powered Containership Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage

Israeli shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE: ZIM) has announced that its first LNG-powered newbuild has set sail on its maiden voyage. The

March 9, 2023
Total Views: 7181

Accidents

‘OS 35’ Shipwreck Survives Winter Storms

The Captain of the Port in Gibraltar has received a report about the damage to the OS 35 shipwreck caused by recent storms. The damage to the accommodation

March 9, 2023
Total Views: 6047

Offshore

General Dynamics NASSCO Enters Offshore Wind Partnership

Navantia Seanergies, a leading Spanish offshore wind energy company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. shipyard General Dynamics

March 9, 2023
Total Views: 1816

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Shipping

Captured CO2 Injected Below the North Sea in CCS World First

A consortium led by UK-based chemicals company INEOS is claiming the world’s first injection of captured carbon dioxide into a depleted oil field in the

March 8, 2023
Total Views: 3278

Accidents

Rig Fire at Mobile, Alabama Scrapyard

A fire has broken out on a semi-submersible rig that is being dismantled in Mobile, Alabama. Multiple fire units arrived on scene to discover a

March 8, 2023
Total Views: 4417

Environment

MOL and Vale to Install Rotor Sails on Capesize Bulk Carrier

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Vale International have announced a partnership to retrofit a 200,000-ton capesize bulk carrier with two 35-meter x 5-meter rotor

March 8, 2023
Total Views: 2895

Ports

Container Imports Expected to Slowly Climb from February Low

After experiencing one of the lowest levels of import cargo volume since the pandemic began, major container ports in the United States are expected to see a

March 8, 2023
Total Views: 2296