Viswa Lab Highlights The Increased Importance of Lubricant Testing
Lubricant and additive companies are developing new cylinder oils.
These new additive packages will take care of the issues posed by the new...
Former Key Maersk Executive Joins Hapag-Lloyd
Hamburg-based global liner Hapag-Lloyd has appointed Anders Boenaes, a former executive of Maersk, as the company’s new senior managing director of the company, reports...
Remote Maintenance and Onboard Repairs With ‘AR Servicing!’
Bakker Sliedrecht services ships Anthony Veder remotely via augmented reality glasses.
The companies have run a successful pilot on gas tanker Coral Favia.
...
Freight Operators Urged To Look for ‘Alternate’ Brexit Ports
The UK government has issued a veiled warning in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit transition period ending on 31 December.
Immediate implementation...
Extended Blank Voyages To Surpass Pandemic Hit Transatlantic Demand
More carriers must blank voyages to avoid transatlantic rate collapse.
Shipping giants are extending the suspension of transatlantic loop to the end of...
[Watch] Emergency Declared As Stranded Bulker Spills Fuel Oil
Mauritius declared an environmental emergency on Friday over fuel oil leak from stranded Japanese bulk carrier off the country's coast, reports Kyodo News.
Danger for...
Trade War Between World’s Largest Economies Escalates
The economic war between the US and China morphs into a rapidly escalating political dispute, threatening their phase-one trade deal reached in January.
...
Fresh Onboard Covid 19 Cases Suspend Cruise Sailing
The comeback of cruising isn’t going to be as easy as some people thought.
The 535-passenger Roald Amundsen vessel belonging to cruise company...
Bulk Carrier Damaged After Contacting Pier
A bulk carrier contacted the pier while maneuvering to berth at Klaipeda port, Lithuania, on Aug 6, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Hong Kong bulk carrier...
Container Ship Disabled After Engine Failure
A container ship suffered engine failure and was disabled on Aug 6 east of Cam Ranh, Vietnam, en route from Saigon, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What...
How An Unexpected Hazardous Cargo Ship Halt Destroyed Beirut
According to a Reuters report, the chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years...
[Watch] Famed Cruise Ships Beached for Scrapping
In what is a sure sign of the times amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1991-built MS Monarch has arrived at a Turkish shipbreaking...
Tanker Captain Dies in Boarding Accident
On August 5, Sandy Hook Pilot Captain Timothy M. Murray was involved in an incident while boarding a tanker vessel inbound to the...
100 Million Years Old ‘Lifeless’ Seafloor Microbes Sprang Up To Life...
Researchers have successfully revived tiny microbes trapped dormant in a seemingly lifeless zone of the seabed for more than 100 million years, reports the...
The First Interplanetary Cargo Ship by Airbus
Airbus-France to build the huge satellite that brings the first Martian rock samples back to Earth.
The joint American-European project is expected to...
COVID19 Survival Tips for The Summer
With summer in full swing, health officials are asking people to rethink their summer habits to better protect themselves against the virus, reports Abby...
Rise in Crude Oil Prices By 1% Close To Five-Months High
Brent futures rose 57 cents, or 1.3%, to $44.72 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude rose 69 cents, or 1.68%, to settle at $41.70 per...
World’s Most Sophisticated Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Project
In a major development, Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent to construct a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (“WTIV”)...
[Watch] The Luxurious Eco-friendly Shipping Container Hotel
Perry, the founder and principal of Ecotech Design has completed an eco-friendly shipping container hotel in California, writes Carrie for an article published in...
How Ammonium Nitrate Triggered the ‘Beirut Explosion’?
The devastating explosion at a port in Beirut on August 4 evening has again put the clock back on how ammonium nitrate triggers massive...