Yearly Archives: 2021
How Ship Safety Onboard Containerships Are Changing
A new class notation from DNV GL attests to special fire detection and firefighting measures implemented on board a containership. The notation was first...
BIMCO & ICS Release New Biofouling Benchmarks
Cleaning a ship’s submerged parts from barnacles and other growths, while the ship is in the water, can transfer invasive species to local marine...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 5, 2021
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 5th week of this year. The report dated 05th January 2021 provides a valuable...
NYK Line To Build LPG Dual-fueled VLGC Duo
NYK announces the order of its first two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fueled very large gas carriers (VLGCs) to Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd, says...
Submarine Collides With Bulk Carrier
A Japanese submarine collided with a commercial ship while surfacing in Pacific coast on Monday, reports CNN.
What happened?
According to government officials, a Japanese submarine...
New Real-Time Ship Performance Optimisation System
Norway-based e-navigation specialist, Navtor, has released a new ship performance optimisation and fleet management system, NavFleet, based on a cyber secure platform which simultaneously...
Dropped Object Event Onboard
A dropped object event occurred when a crane wireless remote control unit fell from the main deck to the ROV winch room deck below,...
[Watch] Online Launching & Naming of Tanker
Thun Tankers together with Geos Group, Shipyard Ferus Smit and MF Shipping Group launched their first NaabsaMAX online.
Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 5, 2021
The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 5th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...
UK Seafarers Have To Apply for New Style Certificates
This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides information on the change to the format of STCW Certificates of Competency (CoC).
It also gives information...