Star Bulk To Capitalise On Scorpio’s Dry Bulk Exit

Star Bulk is the latest company seeking to capitalize on Scorpio Bulkers's exit from dry bulk, taking on seven of its ships, reports Ship&Bunker. The...

Pan Ocean Shares To Rise in 2021, Uptrend BDI

Ocean shipping in favor in 2021, shipbuilding in 2022; top pick is Pan Ocean. Shipbuilding and ocean shipping stocks have been following a...

Samsung Heavy Wins A $206 M Order

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. wins a 230 billion-won ($206 million) order from an Oceanian company. Under the deal, two 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit...

Guidelines for Floating Structures Issued

  Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has issued the guidelines for floating structures with a vision to set up world-class floating infrastructure all along...

Covid 19 Vaccine Stopped, Less Effective Against New Strain

Drugmaker AstraZeneca is racing to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine in the face of new variants of the virus. The process has become more...

Songa Container Announced Sale of Post-Panamax Boxship

Arne Blystad’s Songa Container has announced the sale of 2013-built 4,957 teu post-panamax boxship Songa Toscana, says an article published in splash247. Valuation The vessel was sold...

Experts Warn of Jumping Conclusions As COVID Oxford Vaccine Rollout Halted

According to a BBC report, South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed "disappointing" results against...

Towards Ammonia Fueled Ship Commercialization

Introducing 3 mil mt/year of fuel ammonia by 2030 with cost cut target Finalizing detailed ammonia procurement plans in next several years: official ...

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...

Ammonia Ships and Decarbonization, Expert View

  ABS had awarded a newbuild with the world's first 'ammonia-ready' designation from a classification society. The vessel, ordered by Avin International, will initially be...

Recent Trends in Shipping Industry, Experts Opinions

The shipbuilding industry currently sees the Chinese financing phasing out the western one. Smaller ship owners opt for alternative financial schemes with shipping...