Yearly Archives: 2020
Booming Rates and Exports Causes Global Imbalance
China's exports recovered fast from the COVID-19 pandemic but delivering goods overseas has become difficult due to increasing shipping costs, reports CGTN.
1.6 trillion yuan...
Sailor Lost At Sea for 2 Days Speaks Out for the First Time
The sailor who was missing at sea for two days before being rescued clinging to the bow of his boat has spoken about his...
Wind To Re-disrupt The Global Shipping Industry
The next decade will see more innovation in ocean-bound technologies than possibly the past 100 years combined.
Advances in low-cost private satellites, artificial intelligence, advanced...
Storm Wrecks Container Vessel, 1,900 Boxes Lost And Damaged
Some 40 containers of the estimated 1,900 boxes damaged or lost from ONE Apus containership earlier this week are believed to contain dangerous cargo,...
Delayed Supply Chain Operation in the UK, Realistic or Unrealistic!
Companies that are ready for Brexit are increasingly concerned by the lack of preparation across the wider supply chain, and the knock-on effect...
Wärtsilä’s New Compact Reliq Reliquefaction Plant for LNG Carriers
The technology group Wärtsilä’s recently introduced Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant will be installed in two new LNG Carrier vessels for Norway-based Knutsen OAS Shipping.
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Container Shipping Has A Profitable Year Amidst COVID Challenges
There is money to be made by both carriers and tonnage providers as volumes defy usual seasonality and remain strong into the fourth quarter...
Novatek Arc7 Ice-class LNG carriers & Thermal-oil Heat Exchanger Systems
Novatek’s new Arc7 ice-class LNG carriers will require thermal-oil heat exchanger systems that can achieve a massive turnaround in -52C outside air.
The...
What An Ammonia Ready Vessel Looks Like
Ammonia has traditionally been produced from hydrocarbons.
There is potential for carbon capture to reduce the emission footprint of production('blue ammonia').
There is...
Accidental Lifeboat Release from Bulk Carrier, 2 Seriously Injured
Two seriously injured crew members transferred to hospital after a lifeboat accident, reports CBC News.
What happened?
Two crew members on Greek bulk carrier BLUE BOSPORUS,...