China Vows To Cut Carbon Emissions By 5% By 2025

China promises to reduce carbon emissions from aluminium by 5% by 2025, reports Arab News citing the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Mission towards...

Jiangnan Shipyard Delivers Very Large Ethane Carrier

China’s shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard Group has delivered a very large ethane carrier (VLEC), Pacific Ineos Belstaff, to UK-based chemical company Ineos Group, in Shanghai,...

Belships Offloads Its Oldest Supramax

Norway’s Belships has announced the sale of its 2011-built supramax Belocean, the oldest ship in its fleet, says an article published in splash247. Belships sale The...

Refiners Focuses On Upgrades To Meet Demand Surge

Russia's refining sector will focus on increasing output and implementing state-directed measures in 2022 to mitigate "exceptional" seasonal price surges in oil products. ...

World’s First All-Electric Tanker Launched

Asahi Tanker, a Japanese shipping firm, has launched and named the first of two next-generation all-electric tankers that will be delivered in 2020 as...

World’s Largest Ethane Carrier Has Finally Arrived

The world's largest ethane carrier was delivered to UK firm Ineos this week by Jiangnan Shipyard, located just north of Shanghai as reported by...

Good News and Bad News On Covid-19

New research about Covid and children offers some promise and instils fear when mothers have Covid before they deliver. Chicago neurologists found babies...

[Watch] DARPA’s New Class of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

DARPA, the U.S. Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, awarded phase 2 contracts to build and test concepts for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) in...

Ballast Water Treatment Technology Advancing Rapidly In 2022

IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) first discussed ballast water treatment in 1991. 2022 could see a record number of ballast water treatment...

5 Key Technology Trends Transforming Shipping In 2022

Digitalisation has transformed maritime industries during a time when operations have been restricted through the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Up until...