Containership Contacts Lock’s Gate, Kiel Canal

A container ship got pushed by a strong gust of wind and contacted Brunsbuettel lock, Kiel Canal, on Dec 11, reports Maritime Bulletin.  What happened? Container...

Bunker Availability Report – Week 50, 2020

Inchcape Shipping Services has published the below Bunker Availability Report - Week 50, in a recent press release published on their website.  Did you subscribe...

MOL Restructures Its Dry Bulk Division

MOL announces the integration of the Dry Bulk business, Wood Chip Carrier business, and Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd., and the establishment of a new...

Access To Vaccinations for Poor Countries Only from 2024, Reveals Study

Rich countries with just 14% of the world’s population have secured 53% of the most promising coronavirus vaccines. Because of advance purchasing agreements...

First Batch of Vaccines from China’s Sinovac Delivered

As the global race to produce a Covid-19 vaccine continues, China appears to have made huge strides, with one of its vaccine front-runners, Sinovac,...

Shockingly 331 Vessels Transit Through Arctic in 2020

Ships sailing through the Arctic region’s busiest lane along the Siberian coast made the highest number of trips on record this year. The...

Mitsui O. S. K Lines Appoints New Chairman & President

Mitsui O. S. K Lines appoints new Chairman and President. The shipping line mentioned the reason for change and the career biography of...

Virgin Voyages Postpones Debut of Sister Ships

Virgin Voyages has postponed its debut until the northern spring of 2021. It has temporarily abandoned plans to begin Mediterranean sailings next year. Richard...

Panama Canal Allocated $350M for Maintenance Costs

To preserve the parts, equipment and structure of the Canal, the administration budgeted $350 million for maintenance work in 2021, reports MENA FM. Maintenance program...

Oil Infrastructure Security Has An Ideal Solution Now

In mid-October, the U.S. embassy in Trinidad and Tobago became so concerned about a potential environmental catastrophe posed by a listing Venezuelan oil...

European Union May End the Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuels

The European Union may seek to end the tax exemption for bunker fuels , says an article published in Ship & Bunker. What the Report...

Eli Glickman, ZIM CEO, Introduces The Vision & Value

2020’s final Maritime CEO issue sees Eli Glickman, CEO of Israeli carrier ZIM on the cover, says an article published in Splash247. Who is Glickman Glickman has...

DSME To Build 10 LNG-powered VLCCs

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) said on Dec. 7 that it has signed a letter of intent to build 10 LNG-powered VLCCs...

Leading Chinese Dry Bulk Operator To Expand Its Fleet

Chinese dry bulk operator Ningbo Marine plans for fleet expansion. As a result it is to acquire a secondhand panamax bulker. Zhejiang Fuxing...

Cargo Ship Sinks After Water Ingress

A general cargo ship sank in Binh Dinh province waters, South China sea, on  Dec 10, reports Maritime Bulletin.  What happened? General cargo ship HUY HOANG...

The UN And AU Team Up To Fight The “Killer” Virus

As part of the information campaign on COVID-19, the commander of the Bangladeshi medical contingent at the Security Council-mandated UN peacekeeping mission in the...

EU Unveils 2030 Zero-emission Plans

European Commission presents its transport initiatives for the coming four years as part of longer terms plans to decarbonise the sector. By 2030...

The World May Run Out of Oil Supplies in The Next...

The world is on track to run out of sufficient oil supplies to meet its needs through 2050, despite lower future demand due to...

MOL Inks Transport Deal for Wind-powered Coal Carrier

MOL and Tohoku Electric Power sign deal for transport using coal carrier equipped with hard sail wind power propulsion system (Wind Challenger), says a...

China’s Long Journey To Decarbonize

Natural gas has yet to hit its peak by 2030 before it begins to decline, but still has a greater role in the...