As Floating Storage Unwinds Vessel-Supply Turns Attractive
In the Covid era, tanker markets change more quickly and really matters in quarterly reports is what executives say about the present and...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 32, 2020
The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 32nd week of shipping activities of this year. The report...
[Watch] Cargo Ship Struck Embankment
Cargo ship HONG PU 89 lost control and struck left-side embankment of Huangpu river, Shanghai, while sailing upstream. Both ship and embankment were damaged,...
[Watch] Damaged Bulker Spilling Fuel Oil Could Split!
Bulker that ran aground off Mauritius leaking tonnes of oil into the ocean is cracking, says an article published in PHYS.ORG.
Stranded ship cracking
According to...
Shipowner Condemns Charterers’ Callous Attitude Towards Crew
Charterers are criticized heavily for being indifferent toward the crews’ plight during this Covid 19 situation.
Safe Bulkers Chief Polys Hajioannou accuses the charterers...
Ecochlor Receives Type Approval for IMO BWMS Code
Ecochlor receives IMO BWMS Code Type Approval, says an article published on their website.
Type Approval
Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has issued Ecochlor, Type Approval for...
Nobel Winning Scientist Calls for Total Ban on Fuel Oil
Nobel prize winning Mexican scientist calls for complete ban on fuel oil writes David Alire Garcia, for an article published in Reuters.
Won Nobel Prize...
Wärtsilä Unveils Project To Manage Traffic in the Baltic Sea
Wärtsilä has contracted to upgrade the route-sharing systems of 50 tankers active in the Baltic Sea.
The installations form part of BALT SAFE,...
India’s Oil Demand Witnesses A Slip Due To COVID-19
India is one of the fastest-growing oil markets in Asia in recent years.
India's oil demand took a bigger hit in the first...
Are US Ports Safer Than Beirut in Handling Dangerous Cargo?
Chemical explosion at the port of Beirut killed more than 100.
In 1947, cargo in the hold of the freighter Grandcamp started smoking.
...
Maritime Advisory Released on Carriage of Dangerous Goods
Directorate General of Shipping has released a maritime advisory.
The advisory deals with safe preparation, storage, handling & shipment of dangerous goods.
SOLAS...
IMO Chief Talks About the Crew Change Crisis
Kitack Lim, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), is the latest high profile name to star in the Wallem-sponsored Maritime CEO Seafarer...
Maersk Implements a Flexible and Agile Network Update
Maersk revamps Europe to Middle East & Indian Subcontinent network to offer customers improved reliability, resilience and agility.
Updated network will connect more...
[Watch] Huge ‘SOS’ on Beach Saves Mariners
Missing mariners were located by a KC-135 tanker, thanks to huge S.O.S. written on the beach.
The three men went missing in Micronesia,...
General Cargo Carrier Goes Adrift
A cargo ship runs aground off Port of Ogdensburg, reports NNY360.
IMKE runs aground
The IMKE, a general cargo ship flagged out of Malta, is reportedly...
New Fuel Efficient DNV GL Approved AET Shuttle Tankers
In a major development, South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has delivered Eagle Paulinia to AET Tankers, a petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian...
30% Ship Emission from Domestic Voyages, Methane in LNG
According to Climate Change News report written by Megan Darby, 30% of ship emissions come from domestic voyages, researchers find, urging governments to tackle...
Major Maritime Hubs Update Their Crew Change Criteria
A couple of changes and updates have been implemented in the following countries with regard to crew changes, says an article published by BIMCO.
Crew...
Lab Designed COVID19 Antibodies Better Than Remdesivir
According to an article published in Science, while the world is transfixed by the high-stakes race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, an equally crucial...
300,000 Americans Will Die of COVID19 By 2020 End
Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives...
