Yearly Archives: 2020
US To Impose Strict Measures On Cyber Risk Management
United States requires all ships, U.S. flagged ships and foreign flagged ships that call on ports in the U.S, to ensure proper addressing of...
Propeller Fuels Announces First Overseas Expansion
UK-based bunker supplier Propeller Fuels is set to expand to Greece.
The supplier is about to open an office in Athens in its...
MAN Energy To Offer EGR System for Low Speed Dual-fuel Engine
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that it is to offer its proprietary EGR system as an emissions solution for its new, low-speed ME-GA...
Piriou Unveils Hydrogen Propelled Crew Transfer Vehicle
Piriou has developed a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the offshore wind industry that has a hydrogen hybrid propulsion system.
The hybrid propulsion...
Tanker Newbuilding Deliveries Fall To 6-year Low in Bearish Markets
Alphatanker predicts 25 tankers in this year’s orderbook will be delayed to 2021.
Absolute tanker deliveries are likely to total just 171 ships...
The ‘Cold’ Truth About COVID-19 Vaccines
The "cold chain" is just one of the challenges in distributing vaccines worldwide.
Business heats up for freezer makers as COVID-19 vaccines approach...
Can Industry Profits Go Back To Pre COVID Rates?
On 15th August an Italian ministerial decree allowed cruises to restart.
In 2017, 203 luxury cruise ships in Europe consumed about 3,267 kilotonnes...
Jet Glut Rises Marine Fuel Volatility During Covid 19
The collapse in air and road travel has led to jet and motor fuels finding their way into the bunker pool.
It is...
VLCC Tanker Market Hovers, Time for A Fall!
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 47th week of this year. The report dated 20th November 2020 provides a valuable insight...
Microbes’ Mystery DNA Helps Defeat Viruses
The new understanding of retrons’ natural function could boost efforts to put them to work, according to an article published in ScienceMag.
Retrons and their...