20 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Ready for Year End Shipping

According to an article published in WBUR, the third and final clinical trial for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine is still underway, but the company is...

How Sewage Tests Are Helping A City To Fight The Pandemic

According to a CNN report, a regular sewage analysis in Arizona city helped in curtailing the pandemic in the city and the adjoining areas Sampling...

Seafarers Living in Nightmare As Second COVID Wave Dashes Hope

Seafarers Happiness Index shows how the crew change initiatives taken in the last few months failed to make an impact. Although the happiness...

Real Time Reviewing of the Oxford COVID Vaccine Begins

According to a Reuters report, AstraZeneca Plc said on Sunday that Britain’s health regulator had started an accelerated review of its potential coronavirus vaccine. Reviewing...

Pirate Attack in the Singapore Strait Doubles

Armed pirates stormed three ships in the Singapore Strait in the span of 2½ hours between Sunday night (Oct 25) and Monday morning, reports...

Shipping’s IT Mindset Needs To Change To Favour Decarbonisation

The industry is undergoing unprecedented changes and disturbance; with physical events, technology changes and policy shifts acting on shipping and ports in almost...

Ferry Suffers Hull Gush After Contacting Pier

Balearia’s ferry BAHAMA MAMA, which is serving Malaga Melilla line, Spain, contacted pier while berthing at Malaga in the afternoon Nov 2, on arrival...

Bill Gates Launches Nuclear-Powered Shipping Venture Amidst IMO Push

Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world, has turned his attention to getting ships powered by nuclear energy. He announced...

Insights Of Future Scrubbers

A panel representing major EGCS manufacturing interests discussed scrubber performance, financial viability and future opportunities at Riviera’s Maritime Air Pollution, Europe virtual conference, reports...

LNG On a High with $125,000 per day, Future Bleak

Rates for LNG transport have jumped, buy joy could be short-lived. Tankers carrying crude oil and refined products are wallowing below cash-breakeven. Their near-term...

Europe Lockdown & U.S. Elections Keep Oil Market Volatile

Lockdowns in Europe and uncertainty over a US election could mean oil market volatility may be on the horizon. Oil prices gained nearly...

Seaman ‘Froze To Death’ After ‘Inherently Unsafe’ Crane Fall

Seaman fell off a ship's "inherently unsafe" crane platform into the River Clyde and died in the freezing water, reports BBC. Fatal accident hearing What happened?  Stanislaw...

Cargo Ship Runs Into Rough Seas, Suffers Partial Loss

Emergency port call after cargo shift, probably loss, France, writes Erofey Schkvarkin for the Maritime Bulletin. What happened? General cargo ship ARUCAS with cargo of packet...

[Watch] Hurricane Zeta Time Lapse

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MPA-ABS Renews AI Driven Decarbonization Research Partnership

Singapore’s MPA has signed a MoU with ABS to renew its partnership in maritime research, development and innovation. Both parties will also work...

Hunter Group Announces Its $168.4m Vessels Sale Deal

Hunter Tankers AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunter Group ASA has signed a MoA for the sale of Hunter Saga and Hunter Laga,...

LNG- Hydrogen the ‘Frontrunner Fuels’ for Low-Carbon Shipping

Apart from the ambitious target of the 2020 Global Sulphur Cap set by the IMO, shipowners and operators must also take into considerations...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 44, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 44th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...

Regional Regulations Cripple IMO’s Decarbonisation Goal

Ship owners and operators want International shipping stakeholders to collaborate through IMO to support its decarbonisation effort and avoid regional regulations, says an article...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 44, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 44th week of this year. The report dated 30th October 2020 provides a valuable insight...