Yearly Archives: 2024
Ship Shortage Impacts Chinese EV Sales In Europe
A shortage of car-moving ships has pushed up shipping prices to record levels and limited the flow of electric vehicle exports from China to...
Delving Into The Safety Requirements Of Ammonia As Fuel
ABS director – fuels & technology, global sustainability, René Sejer Laursen details why ammonia is being considered as a viable alternative fuel, and how...
KSOE Kicks Off New Year With Orders For Two VLACs And Two LPG Carriers
South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has received orders to build two very large ammonia carriers (VLAC)...
War, Weather Put Ocean Shippers On Notice For Rough Seas In 2024
Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop - but it is hardly the only issue...
River Rhine In Germany Reopens To Shipping After High Water Recedes
The river Rhine in Germany has been reopened to shipping after being halted due to a rise in water levels following rain last week,...
Japan’s 1st LNG Ferry, Sunflower Kurenai, Eins Nikkei 2023 Grand Prize
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced that its LNG-fueled ferry, Sunflower Kurenai, won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Nikkei Excellent Products and Services...
Stolt Tankers Commits to Science-Based Targets for Net Zero in Maritime
Stolt Tankers, part of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, has committed to developing science-based targets in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) to contribute...
China’s CIMC Launches First LNG Bunkering Vessel for Canada’s Seaspan
Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering in China launches the first 7,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel, Seaspan Garibaldi, for Canada's Seaspan ULC on December...
Ships Should Renounce Israel or Risk Attack
Houthi rebel leader, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, orders forces not to attack vessels in the Red Sea declaring no connection to Israel. Ships with...
AAL Shipping’s First Methanol-Ready Mega Vessel Floated out in China
AAL Limassol, the first of AAL Shipping's six mega-size 32,000 dwt 'Super B-Class' vessels, was successfully launched at the CSSC Huangpu WenChong Shipyard...