Pandemic Reveals the Digital Skill Gap of the Oil Industry

The US oil and gas sector is facing several huge transitions all at once: the immediate crisis brought on by the pandemic and a...

[Watch] Pfizer Vaccine To Reduce Transmission by 50%, 2021 Winter Normalcy

According to a BBC report, BioNTech founder who is one of the creators of the Pfizer COVID Vaccine has said that the impact of...

EPIK GasDoc Project To Launch LNG Bunkering Business

EPIK to add LNG bunkering services to its proposed Newcastle GasDock LNG import terminal providing a platform for clean marine fueling at the...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding To Explore Roboship as Future Marine Vessel

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding is participating in ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project. Proof of Concept Test using actual vessels was conducted in sea off Toyosu,...

IMO Pledges ‘Key Worker Status’ for Seafarers at MSC Summit

Border closures and national restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic have left thousands of seafarers trapped on board ships, or unable to join ships. ...

IMO To ‘Hone in On’ Fuel Compliance & Sampling Regulations

  IMO to discuss MARPOL Annex VI changes on how PSC can draw fuel oil samples on board at the MEPC 75 meeting. Authorities...

EPS Makes History with First LNG Bunkering!

Eastern Pacific Shipping successfully carries out LNG bunkering for the vessel M/V CMA CGM Tenere during a scheduled port call in Rotterdam, reports LNG...

Anglo American Bags Time Charter for LNG-fuelled Cape Series

Anglo American announces the award of a ten-year charter contract for four LNG fuelled capesize+ vessels, introducing LNG into its chartered fleet for...

Maritime Collaboration Crucial To Transform Shipping

From ship owners and operators to ports and logistics service providers, the need for data sharing is essential to navigate the ever-increasing demands placed...

Market Forces Like Supply Chain To Determine Emission Policy?

IMO regularly comes in for criticism from many quarters but I had not heard an argument made for it to be sidelined so that...

Cargo Ships Beached By Typhoon

Two cargo ships were beached by typhoon last week at Cua Viet beach, Vietnam, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Two cargo ships HOANG TUAN 26 and...

Moderna Vaccine Provides Greater Hope Than Pfizer

On a day his state and others reported staggering coronavirus numbers, one Midwestern governor said he could see through the darkness to better days...

Cargo Ship Attacked, Vessel not Identified

A cargo ship has been attacked. It is probably an Aframax crude oil tanker but identification yet to be confirmed. According to a recent...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 46, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 46th week of this year. The report dated 13th November 2020 provides a valuable...

Great Eastern Signs Vessel Acquisition Contract

The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (G E Shipping) has announced the contract to buy a secondhand Capesize Bulk Carrier, says an article published...

[Watch] Girl Swims With 11-foot Long Python

Eight-year-old girl likes to cool off in her small backyard pool in Israel with her swimming buddy. Her pet  is a 11-foot yellow serpent. Disclaimer:...

Seafarer’s Employment Agreement & Updated Port State Inspections

The Australia Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) updated the temporary arrangements during COVID-19 relating to the maximum period of shipboard service allowed for seafarers under...

Cargo Ship Attacked, Crew Kidnapped

A general cargo ship with the flag of Ghana was attacked and boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened?  The...

Singapore HSFO Sales Topped 1mn Tonne

HSFO sales in Singapore topped 1mn t in October and is an increase of 130,000t from September. The premium of gasoil bunkers over...

IMO MEPC 75 -76 Meeting To Discuss GHG, Maritime R&D Proposals

More than seven months late and a whole meeting cycle out of phase, Monday will finally see MEPC 75 start its week-long session, writes...