Offshore Crew Supply Ship Suffered Engine Room Fire
Offshore crew supply ship with 42 passengers on board, suffered engine room fire Jul 9 in Okhotsk sea, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Offshore crew supply...
Spanish Bunkering Declines by 35pc Compared To Last Year in May
The fall in bunker sales at Spanish ports continued in May, with Barcelona again bearing the brunt.
Spanish ports supplied 457,000t of bunker...
General Cargo Ship Runs Aground
Russian General cargo ship ran aground at around Jul 9 in Saimaa Canal, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
General cargo ship STK 1008 ran aground at...
Container Vessels Follow Ad hoc Approach on the Asia-North Europe Route
THE Alliance (THEA) has followed rival 2M in adopting an ad hoc approach to extra capacity on the Asia-North Europe trade during the summer by...
Carnival Corporation Sells ‘Oceana’ for An Undisclosed Amount
Carnival Corporation subsidiary P&O Cruises has sold the Oceana cruise ship.
The cruise ship was built in 2000 and can accommodate 2,016 passengers...
Psychedelic Skies Rings the Bell To Protect Night Sky from Light...
Astronomer Juan Carlos Munoz reveals the full extent of light pollution over Chile, even while under lockdown, writes Gege Li for an article published...
[Watch] New Wärtsilä Reliq Adds Flexibility To LNG Market
Wärtsilä introduced its Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant.
It is designed to reliquefy boil-off gas (BOG) onboard gas carriers and LNG bunker vessels.
It...
LPG Marine Fuel for Retrofits To Aid Zero-emissions Transition
LPG marine fuel is available for diesel engines to be retrofitted.
This will aid a transition to zero-emissions shipping in the future.
The...
Cruise Vessels To Operate With 65% of Maximum Capacity from Mid-July
Following COVID-19 situation and the major disruptions that has brought within the cruise industry, Hurtigruten cruise operator informed that will bring 14 of its...
Shipowner Expecting A One-off Impairment for Its Fleet
Pacific Basin has issued a warning to shareholders and potential investors.
The company is expecting a one-off impairment of $198m on its handysize...
Singapore Strait Becomes Piracy Hotspot, 2 Attacks in a Week
ReCAAP ISC, in its weekly report for 30 June-6 July, informed of two CAT 4 incidents against ships, while underway in the eastbound lane...
UK MCA To Commence Phased Survey and Inspection Activity
UK MCA will commence a phased return to Survey and Inspection activity from 20 July.
The move comes following the suspension of operations...
EU Includes Shipping Pollution To Its Emissions Trading System
The EU takes decisive action to decarbonize shipping, criticizing the insufficient progress of IMO emission reporting requirements, says an article published in Safety4Sea.
EU Emissions...
Maersk’s 9,600 teu Container Ship To Set Demo Record
Maersk ships set container demolition records with its 9,600 teu ship Sine Maersk heading to Aliaga in Turkey for demolition, says an article published...
Insufficient Personnel Training Leads To Engine Room Flooding
A recently released article in the Maritime Bulletin reports about the vessel that suffered water ingress during Jack-up wind farm installation.
What happened?
Jack-up wind farm...
KNOT Bags Long-Term Suezmax Charter
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT), a joint venture between NYK and Knutsen, has concluded a 10-year time charter contract with PetroChina for a...
Sensor Differentiates Between Common Flu & COVID19
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are developing a new sensor to differentiate COVID-19 and flu simultaneously.
The development comes as...
Ammonia Bunker Fuel Compatible With Engines, Says Wartsila
Wärtsilä suggests ammonia can be used as bunker fuel in existing engines to cut down the carbon footprint of shipping.
Wärtsilä's scientists are...
Two Crew Abductions on the Same Day!
A cargo vessel was the latest target of pirates in the waters off Benin.
The attack came just one day after reports of...
COVID19 Positive Tanker Isolated
Crew members were found COVID-19 positive by rapid test onboard chemical tanker, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Crew become rapid test postive
Seven out of 9 crew of...