Reckless Shipwreck Pollutes Sea With Tons of Plastic

The Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of tons of chemicals and plastics, sinks after burning for almost two weeks, just...

New Maritime Forum M7 Calls on Research & Trade Digitisation

Delegates from the shipowner associations of the G7 along with Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa have created a new shipping association, M7...

Dry Bulk Ships Generating 300%+ More Revenue

Dry Bulk Ships Generating 300%+ More Revenue says an article on Freight Waves. Freight rates have spiked The effects of COVID-19 on international shipping are still...

[Infographic] ITOPF: Oil Tanker Spill Statistics 2020

In 2020, there were only 3 incidents where more than 7 tonnes of oil were spilled, according to annual ITOPF statistics of oil spills...

Fresh Covid-19 Outbreak in Asia Disrupts Trade

Fresh Covid-19 Outbreak in Asia Disrupts Trade, says an article on Wall Street Journal. A fresh wave of Covid-19 clusters in Asia As Western economies roar...

[Watch] Blast & Fire Rips Through Docked Cargo Ship, Several Injured

A fire and a powerful blast ripped through a small cargo ship docked to refuel in the Philippine capital of Manila on Saturday, reports...

Diana -C Transport Inks Time Charter Contract

Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with C Transport Maritime Ltd., Bermuda, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the...

Rotterdam Carbon Capture Project Awarded $2.56B

The Dutch government on Tuesday confirmed that it has awarded 2.1 billion euros ($2.56 billion), nearly half of its 2021 annual budget for...

COVID-19 Vaccines Key for Economic Resurgence

Vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are emerging as an antidote for under-development. Over 90 per cent of the world’s countries have reported...

Texas Bans Vaccine Passports Complicates Cruise Restart Plans

Texas Bans Vaccine Passports Complicates Cruise Restart Plans, says an article on Maritime Executive. Texas joins states banning COVID-19 'vaccine passports With the legal case challenging...

Namura Launches Plan for Wind-assisted Bulker Storing Sails Below Deck

Namura Shipbuilding and compatriot owner NS United Kaiun Kaisha have partnered in a joint research project. The project aims at developing a wind-powered...

World’s First Zero Emission Ferry Starts Its Construction

The construction has commenced on the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry. The location is at the Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway. The construction...

Yang Ming’s Monthly Profit Surged Fifty Times To A New High

Yang Ming released its financial report for April, with monthly revenue of NT $21.698 billion (about RMB 5.036 billion) and a net profit after...

Covax: How many Covid Vaccines Have The US And The Other...

UNICEF has urged leaders of the G7 group of countries - who are meeting in Cornwall this weekend - to speed up the donation...

CNOOC Buys LNG Cargoes As Demand Rebounds

China's offshore oil and gas major CNOOC Ltd 0883.HK has bought more than 10 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery between July and next...

LNG Consumption Almost Doubled in 2020

June is the maintenance period for many Norwegian supplies and French LNG terminals. Although there is no need for gas for heating, there is a...

Brazil To Relent on an Open Loop Scrubber Ban

Brazil To Relent on an Open-Loop Scrubber Ban, says an article on Ship & Bunker Discharge of washwater from open-loop scrubber The authorities in Brazil...

Green Shipping Line Inks Jones Act Partnership Agreement With DEKC Maritime

GSL’s Eleanor class multi-purpose cargo vessel will be first of its kind in the United States, bringing new game-changing solutions to the emerging U.S....

Multipurpose Time Charter Index Up 4.3% During May

The Drewry Multipurpose Time Charter Index tracks one-year period charter rates across a basket of vessel types and sizes and forecasts the market movement...

FPS Appoints Koedood Marine Group To Supply Complete PEM Fuel Cell...

FPS Appoints Koedood Marine Group To Supply Complete PEM Fuel Cell System, says an article on their website. To supply complete PEM fuel cell system Future...