Better Treatment of Amazon Employees is Vital, Says Jeff Bezos
Earth today received parting words from Jeff Bezos, as the soon-to-be-former Amazon CEO turned over his shoulder on the slow walk to the rocket...
2 More Unresponsive Crew Recovered Off Capsized Vessel
Commercial divers on Friday recovered two more unresponsive crew members from the scene of a lift boat that capsized off the Louisiana coast this...
How Does Your Mask Look After Using for 6 Hours?
Masks that are worn repeatedly and for prolonged periods need to be washed often as they contain microbes from our skin and respiratory...
GPS Trials ‘Chemical Mist’ To Cut Methane Emissions
Texas-based oilfield services and technology company GPS International has completed Phase 2 field testing of its patent-pending method to cut methane from natural gas,...
Ship Sinks In East China: Five Missing
Five people are missing after a ship sank in east China was rescued, says an article published in Shine.
Rescued ship and missing people
The provincial...
Offshore Rig Receives World’s First DNV Smart Notation
A semi-submersible drilling platform from China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has become the world’s first offshore unit to receive DNV’s Smart notation compliance certificate,...
BHP Completes First Biofuel Refueling for Bulk Carrier
Multinational mining major BHP has completed its first refuelling of a ship with biofuel as part of a trial using sustainable biofuel supplied in...
Unloading 1800 Containers Onto Other Ships, Ever Given Forced?
The operators of the Ever Given might move its containers onto other ships, according to a report.
The ship is unable to deliver...
Pioneer Marine Disposes Fourth Bulker Raising $58.9 million
Athens based Pioneer Marine has disposed of another vessel raising a total of $58.9 m, says an article published in Spash247.
Mykonos Bay
Pioneer Marine has...
New Materials To Make Ships More Sustainable
Ships have a significant environmental impact during building, operation and when they’re scrapped, but new approaches and composite materials to replace steel – still...
Ship Scrap Prices Surge To Nearly $500/ton
Dr. Anil Sharma is a wealth of knowledge on ship scrapping, having started GMS 25 years ago, getting into the business of buying and...
Switch Bill of Lading, Instruments of Fraud & Risks Involved
In international trade goods are often bought and sold by traders and they often do not produce the goods.
The trader earns on...
Global COVID Cases Hit 7 Weeks in a Row, Says WHO
US Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing – particularly for younger people – while deaths are going down.
Cases in India are surging...
FOBAS Tests High TSP Fuel Samples
FOBAS tested several samples from Las Palmas and Houston whose TSP results exceeded ISO8217 limit of 0.10% m/m, says an article published in ShipandBunker.
Las...
Effects of Prohibitively Expensive LNG Retrofits
Retrofits to make ships LNG capable are currently prohibitively expensive with little appetite among shipowners to follow Hapag-Lloyd’s pioneering first such major conversion, reports...
Dealing With Hard And Soft Chokepoints
How or why Ever Given became wedged between the banks of the Suez Canal is still being investigated, but one outcome will be some form of...
Europe Announces Full Or Partial Closure Of Refineries
More full or partial closures of refineries have been announced in Europe as ExxonMobil evaluates the conversion of its Slagen refinery in Norway, says...
Ransomware Attacks In The Shipping Industry
Cyber hackers continue to hone in on the shipping industry, considered a vulnerable and highly lucrative target, as demonstrated by the 400% increase in...
Global COVID Infections Near 140 Million
The global Covid death toll has passed 2.97 million. Meanwhile, infections have passed 138 million world wide, according to analysts at Johns Hopkins University,...
Industry Standard On In-Water Cleaning Submitted To IMO
The Industry standard on in-water cleaning with capture has been submitted to support IMO’s work on the review of the Guidelines for the control...
