Australia’s Crude Differentials Plunge

Australia's heavy sweet Vincent crude cash differentials plunged due to a reduction in its flash point following the resumption of the Cimatti oilfield in...

Weapons Ukraine Needs Most To Win The War

In light of the ongoing Russia crisis, the Scowcroft Center’s Forward Defense (FD) practice will share weekly assessments of the latest force developments surrounding Ukraine, leveraging the...

Maintenance Error Led To $3.8M Engine Failure

Insufficient tightening of a bolt during an engine overhaul on the Ferry led to a catastrophic engine failure with expensive consequences, according to a...

US To Warn China Against Bolstering Russian War Mission

The White House signalled that Biden will warn Xi Jinping against bolstering his ally Vladimir Putin in his war mission. Blinken said China...

Digitalisation Drive The Demand For Satellite Bandwidth

Vessel operators can enjoy bandwidth when and where they need it, but digitalisation will stretch communications capacity like never before. Supply of bandwidth...

EEXI Transition Clause For Time Charterparties

The deadline for compliance with the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) is looming. BIMCO recently issued the EEXI Transition Clause for...

Navigator Discharges A Vintage LPG Carrier

With the sale of its 23-year-old LPG carrier, Happy Bird, Navigator Holdings, a New York-listed company, is getting rid of its older boats as...

Piracy & Armed Robbery In Asia

Although the overall situation in Asia in 2021, compared to 2020, has improved with regards to the number of reported incidents related to...

Endurance Discovery By Inmarsat Fleet Xpress

Award-winning satellite communications service provides bandwidth and data speeds needed to enable image sharing, live-streaming from remote Antarctic Weddell Sea. Fleet Xpress from...

Gas Prices Destined To Rise For Years To Come

The global oil system has been disturbed enough that one of its central elisions is now of material effect to just about everyone...