Maersk Tankers Announces Sale of 6 LR2 Tankers

Maersk Tankers has on behalf of Maersk Product Tankers entered an agreement for the sale of six new Long-Range 2 (LR2) product tankers in...

Seanergy Secures $37.45m Loan Facility

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., received a commitment letter from one of its existing lenders for a $37.45 m facility, says a press release published...

ADNOC Expands Fleet With VLCC Duo

ADNOC Logistics & Services acquired two additional Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), bringing the total number of VLCCs added to its fleet in 2021...

Partnership To Deliver ‘Next Phase’ Maritime Digital Solutions Launched

Inmarsat, the world-leading mobile satellite communications provider, and OneOcean, the global leader in compliance and navigation services for the maritime industry, announce a partnership...

Container Vessels Resume Course After Engine Mishap

Following engine failures on both the MSC Ariane and Maersk Eureka the two vessels are back in service, reports the Container News. Vessels to enter...

Pantheon Tankers Collaborate With Seafair To Improve Seafarer Management

Pantheon Tankers have engaged Seafair to build customized software to improve seafarer management, says an article published in Seafair’s website. Seafair’s engagement aims at helping...

Safe Arrival Of Fire-damaged Antarctic Supply ship

Australia’s fire-damaged Antarctic resupply ship has docked in Western Australia carrying expeditioners who haven’t seen home in more than a year, says an article...

Crude Oil Futures Higher On Improved Demand Outlook

Crude oil futures were higher in mid-morning trade in Asia April 14, despite a pause in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout and mixed...

High LNG Prices Making Pipeline Gas Supplies Competitive

  LNG supplies to Greece in the first quarter of 2021 more than halved year on year, as pipeline deliveries via the Southern Gas Corridor...

Drug Smuggling In Commercial Shipping

Illicit drug producers continue to develop complex trafficking patterns, targeting commercial vessels and their crew to transit their supply through multiple stopover and transit...

Baltic Freight Index Surges With Rising Vessel Rates

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, ticked higher on Wednesday on higher activity across...

IMO Council Expands Under Approved Amendments

Amendments to IMO Convention will be forwarded for adoption at IMO Assembly in December 2021. The approvals were made at the 33rd extraordinary...

Høglund Signs FGSS Deal For LR2 Tankers

Høglund has signed a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International to supply the fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for four LR2 product/crude oil tankers, reports...

Rapid COVID-19 Tests To Curb Further Transmission

Quick tests show value for stopping COVID’s spread, says an article on Nature. Less effective than PCR test Rapid coronavirus tests performed by hand-held test kits...

Chip Shortage Hindering Pick-Up Trucks Sale

Chip shortage means people waiting in line for Ford pickups, says an article on Wral. Three-fold Problem Capital Ford spokesman Mark Roberts said the problem is...

Aramco Signs $12.4 Billion Pipeline Deal

Aramco signs a $12.4 billion pipeline deal with EIG-led consortium, says an article on Reuters. Both companies to benefit Saudi oil giant Aramco on Friday entered...

Major COVID Variant Found in Pets

The variants of SARS-CoV-2 that keep emerging aren’t just a human problem. B.1.1.7, a recent variant of the pandemic coronavirus that transmits more readily between...

FSRU Höegh Giant Arrives At H-Energy Terminal

India’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) has arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra. The FSRU Höegh Giant, which sailed from Keppel Shipyard...

First LNG Powered Container Vessel in Hutchison Ports BEST

Hutchison Ports BEST, a semi-automated terminal, has welcomed LNG-powered vessel CMA CGM Scandola as the first container ship using LNG to arrive at...

Commercial Vessel Capsizes, 1 Dead & 12 Missing

A 129-foot lift boat with 18 personnel on board caught in rough weather, capsized off Port Fourchon, La. One person was dead and six...