News

The latest maritime and offshore news.


Thursday, October 29, 2020
Employees working at cargo ship Kypros Land which is loading soybeans to China at Tiplam terminal in Santos
Shipping News

American Soybean Cargo Makes Rare Journey to Top Exporter Brazil

By Isis Almeida, Tatiana Freitas and Alfred Cang (Bloomberg) –The U.S. has started selling soybeans to Brazil after the world’s top exporter lowered

October 29, 2020
Total Views: 158

Cruise Ship Breaking
Cruise Ships

The Messy, Booming Business of Recycling Cruise Ships

(Bloomberg) –Carnival Fantasy was a ship famous for its outlandish décor, all-night revelry and its size—back when 2,000 was an incredible number of

October 29, 2020
Total Views: 4729

World’s Top Wind Turbine Maker Ups the Stakes in Offshore Race
Environment

World’s Top Wind Turbine Maker Ups the Stakes in Offshore Race

By William Mathis and Nishant Kumar (Bloomberg) — Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturer, will buy out its offshore

October 29, 2020
Total Views: 166

Royal Caribbean Posts Third Straight Billion-Dollar Loss
Cruise Ships

Royal Caribbean Posts Third Straight Billion-Dollar Loss

Oct 29 (Reuters) – Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group’s revenue turned negative for the first time and it posted a billion-dollar net loss for

October 29, 2020
Total Views: 198

Holland America Line Cruise Ship Nieuw Amsterdam In Port Everglades, Florida. Photo by Jack Konrad
Cruise Ships

With Stocks Plummeting The Cruise Lines Lobby Washington To Lift No Sail Order

(Bloomberg) – The world’s biggest cruise lines have roughly doubled the number of lobbyists they’re dispatching to congressional offices and several

October 29, 2020
Total Views: 202

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Zeta Roars Ashore in Louisiana
Shipping News

Zeta Roars Ashore in Louisiana

Oct 28 (Reuters) – Hurricane Zeta smashed into Louisiana on Wednesday with 110-mile-per-hour (175 kph) winds and what government trackers called “a

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 194

Preliminary Report Sheds Light on Container Loss from APL England
Accidents

Preliminary Report Sheds Light on Container Loss from APL England

A preliminary report from Australian maritime investigators into the loss of containers from the APL England says that the ship experienced heavy rolling and

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 1194

hurricane zeta october 28
Shipping News

U.S. Gulf Energy Producers Braces for Another Storm Strike

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Energy firms shut two-thirds of offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production, turned off undersea pipelines and

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 76

bristol channel container incident
Shipping News

Lost Container Incident in Bristol Channel, England

Authorities in the UK are continuing to monitor the response to an overboard container incident in the Bristol Channel in southwest England. The incident was

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 499

Maersk Launceston
Interesting

Maersk Launceston Captain Arrested in Greece

The captain of the Maersk Launceston has been arrested following the ship’s collision with a Greek Navy minesweeper on Tuesday near Piraeus, Greece. An

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 958

Golden Ace Roro Car Ship Salvage
Accidents

Photos: Towering VB10000 Arrives at Golden Ray Wreck Site

The heavy lift vessel VB10000 has arrived in St. Simons Sound, Georgia for the highly anticipating cutting and lifting operation in the salvage of the Golden

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 3878

general cargo bulk carrier
Shipping News

Cargill Looks to Wind Propulsion to Cut Carbon from Shipping

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Cargill, one of the world’s biggest charterers of ships, is working with technology partners to fit

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 154

Elon Musk Starlink Internet Logo
Shipping News

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Mariners Eagerly Await Starlink But How Many Can Afford It?

By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – SpaceX is offering its Starlink broadband satellite internet service to test users for $99 a month, plus $499 for a setup

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 1727

Maersk COVAXX Partnership
News

Maersk Enters Partnership To Supply COVID-19 Vaccines

COVAXX, a Long Island biotech company developing a multitope synthetic peptide-based vaccine to fight COVID-19, has announced a global logistics partnership

October 28, 2020
Total Views: 66

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Police Continue to Question Nave Andromeda Stowaways
Shipping News

Police Continue to Question Nave Andromeda Stowaways

Officers in the England have been granted more time to question the seven men arrest after the maritime security incident on board the Nave Andromeda on

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 181

Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus
Interesting

Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus

Update: Maersk Launceston Captain Arrested A Greek Navy minesweeper was badly damaged after colliding with a much larger containership off Piraeus port on

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 1719

Dayang Topaz: Crew Jump Overboard After Vessel Hits Platform in Malaysia
Interesting

Dayang Topaz: Crew Jump Overboard After Vessel Hits Platform in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Two crew of a Malaysian offshore support vessel died on Tuesday after their ship hit a rig operated by state oil firm

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 2592

wind turbine
Environment

Green Power to Draw $11 Trillion Investment by 2050: BNEF

By William Mathis and Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — Green power is set to draw around $11 trillion of investment in the coming decades as the cost of

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 120

Shipping Digitalization Could Help Cut Carbon By Eliminating Food Waste
Shipping

Shipping Digitalization Could Help Cut Carbon By Eliminating Food Waste

By Ann Koh and Heesu Lee (Bloomberg) –One of the largest container port operators is calling on the shipping industry to tackle a growing yet often

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 112

Maersk to Manage Global Distribution of COVAXX’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Shipping News

Maersk to Manage Global Distribution of COVAXX’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Container shipping giant Maersk has partnered with COVID-19 vaccine developer COVAXX to distribute up to a billion doses of the COVAXX synthetic vaccine

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 123