Yearly Archives: 2020
BHP Seals the Deal for World’s First LNG-powered Shipping Fleet
According to an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian miner BHP is preparing to award a landmark contract as early as March...
IMO 2020 Sets the Ball Rolling for Change in Shipping Fuel!
At Rotterdam delivered 0.5% sulfur bunker prices that were 13.5% higher on average than HSFO prices in the same period a year.
At...
What Determines the Freight Rates for Containerships in 2020?
Container ship operators hope for higher freight rates in 2020, reports Supply Chain Quarterly.
Global freight rates
Container ship operators enjoyed a second straight month of...
MISC Plans LNG Dual Fuel Transformation by 2030
Malaysian energy shipping firm MISC is planning to cut shipping emissions by aiming to run half of its fleet with LNG dual fuel propulsion...
Oceanwide Expeditions Cuts Steel for its New Polar Vessel
Croatia’s Brodosplit shipyard started cutting steel for Oceanwide Expeditions’ new Polar Class 6 ship Janssonius, reports Marinelink.
Identical to Hondius
The design, size and 174-passenger capacity...
Climate Activists Overlook the Glaring Question ‘ Is Trade Bad for Shipping?’
The message of climate activists have regarding shipping is one of doom and utter negativity. This is because there is no point scoring from...
Avoiding Falling Dry at Low Tide – A Technical Guidance from DNV GL
Ports with a high tidal range, such as Bromborough, Greenwich, and Glasgow in the UK, or Rochefort and Les Sables-d’Olonne in France, along with...
How To Monitor and Scrutinize Scrubber Performance?
According to a Ship Insight report, Stein Kjølberg, the Global Concept Director for hull performance solutions at the Norwegian paint company Jotun has been...
Is Your Supply Chain Inline With the New Shipping Rules?
The new International Maritime Organization regulations for reducing the sulfur content of marine fuels from 3.5 percent to 0.5 percent has come into effect....
Ship Master Pleads Guilty To Operating Cargo Ship While Intoxicated
Bulker Master Pleads Guilty to Operating Ship While Intoxicated, reports The Maritime Executive.
What is the issue?
The master of the bulker Rainbow Quest has pleaded...