Crude Shipments Boost Corpus Christi Port To 2020 Tonnage Record

Corpus December exports at 1.9 million b/d. Corpus export activity around 4.41 million b/d end-2020. Houston exported 685,250 b/d in December. The Port of...

IMSA Launches Remote Cyber Vulnerability Scanning for Ships

In response to the IMO's cyber security requirements, the International Maritime Security Associates (IMSA) has developed a suite of cyber security tools and services...

MSC Bags Maritime Sustainability Certificate

MSC has been awarded the Maritime Sustainability Passport certificate and seal by the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), recognising the company’s responsible...

Sudden Waves Over Poop Deck Puts Crew Overboard

Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report on two man overboard from the bulk carrier MV Stara Planina, in January 2020. The two crew members...

ABS Joined The International Windship Association

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has joined the International Windship Association (IWSA), the not-for-profit organisation that promotes and helps facilitate the uptake of direct...

QFI Signed A Joint Development Agreement With MSC

Emulsion bunker producer Quadrise Fuels International plc (QFI) on Thursday (21 January) announced it has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with MSC Shipmanagement...

Carnival Opts for Wärtsilä Waste Treatment

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a framework agreement with Carnival Corporation, the global cruise ship operator, covering the supply and installation of Wärtsilä’s advanced...

The CHEK Project Conducts Tests To Develop Energy Efficient Ships

A new research effort, which is focusing on combining emerging technologies to promote low-carbon shipping, will test its technologies on in-service vessels, reports The...

Challenges Of Autonomous Shipping

For shipowners increasingly looking into the potential of automation in shipping, integrating new solutions with existing vessel hardware can be a struggle. We find...

Project WASP on Dutch Cargo Ship

Boomsma Shipping has completed the installation of a first two eConowind’s VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion units on its 6,477-dwt general cargo vessel Frisian Sea. Tessa Remery,...

The Need for Oil Spill Compensation Reforms

Indigenous communities face many barriers to receiving compensation for oil spills from ships in their territories — in fact, only one relatively small claim...

Better Results Expected for the Global Bunker Market in 2021

The World Bunker Index MABUX displayed irregular fluctuations over a week due to COVID-19 pandemic’s spread related worries. Border closures & shutdowns continue...

New Hydrogen Cargo Ship Concept from Havyard

Havyard Group ASA along with a European player partners in order to develop hydrogen zero-emission vessels, says a press release published on their website. Climate...

Measures To Minimize Hazardous Electrical Shocks On board

An electrical shock is the worst of all kinds of accidents on board ships. Author Anish lists out precautionary steps to minimize such on...

CDC Warns The New UK Variant May Be Deadlier

Scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are speaking with UK health officials to learn more about British data that suggests...

HSFO – VLSFO Spread at $80 – $100/tonne

The latest upward trend in oil prices has offered some welcome news to those who invested in scrubber technology, with the spread between HSFO...

‘Impossible’ Recovery

Winter in the North Pacific is notorious for bringing extreme weather and heavy seas, and large container ships are traveling at maximum speeds, Clive...

1 Killed in Ambush Attack on Cargo Ship, 15 Kidnapped

A statement said that three crew members are still in the ship and pirates are waiting for negotiations for ransom. One crew member...

DHT Holdings, Inc. Acquires 2 VLCCs

DHT Holdings, Inc. announces that it has entered into agreement to acquire two VLCCs built in 2016 at DSME (Daewoo) for USD 136...

77% of Crew Change Through Charter Flights During Covid 19

As Covid-19 border and travel restrictions decimated commercial aviation flight schedules some 77% of shipping businesses turned to charter flights for crew change. ...