The VLCC newbuilds by China Merchants will feature air lubrication and sail assistance, MarineLog. Virtual signing ceremony  The newbuilding order was signed in a three-way virtual...

Materials science has brought technology to the pockets of over 3.5 billion people. President Obama announced the Materials Genome Initiative. It uses open-source...

According to Platts data, oil product inventories in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Fujairah bunkering and oil hub in the Middle East jumped to...

Millions of workers are working from home due to COVID-19. Exposure to the disease at work and how close people are to others...

  EURACTIV organised a debate to discuss how LNG developers are scaling up technologies and bringing down costs to allow fuels like hydrogen to be...

Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore eases its crew change stance, reports Splash 247. Key Southeast Asian shipping hub The below are the latest enhancement...

Swift and bold OPEC+ cuts revive premiums in Asia’s physical oil market. Sale of two Russia’s ESPO crude cargoes for July loading at...

A new species has just been discovered on Twitter. It’s a type of parasitic fungus, which researchers have described in the journal MycoKeys....

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Natalie Shaw, Director Employment Affairs, ICS, opened the second panel discussing age discrimination. It deals with the potential...

A key IMO initiative supporting ship decarbonization will intensify its work on the ship-port interface to reduce emissions from ships. This is one of the...

British healthcare workers to take part in a global clinical trial to test the effectiveness of anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against coronavirus. ...

Having a full picture of vessel performance, meteorological and ocean conditions is vital for voyage optimization. Voyage optimization is dynamic and could be...

Researchers map ‘beginning of new ecosystem’ as algae bloom across surface of melting snow. Although often considered devoid of plant life, Antarctica is...

OneWeb announced a new distributor partnership expected to enable delivery of its high speed communications services. The services extend across Alaska and in...

Many “superspreading events” have occurred in the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to R, scientists use a value called the dispersion factor (k), which...

MAN Energy Solutions has launched a platform “mýa” to share, integrate and distribute streaming data originating from sensors on equipment such as engines. ...

Oil and gas (O&G) related stocks surged as oil price rose above US$30 a barrel for the first time in two months, reports The...

A cyber risk solution based contract is awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to CYSEC. Th contract aims at developing a solution...

A data from the British overseas territory, the number of vessels calling at Gibraltar for bunker fuel decreased by 17%. The Number dropped...

New digital yuan is a ‘game-changer’ for the world’s second biggest economy, according to experts. As contactless payments become the norm amid the...