Gard Releases An Overview of Marine Incident ‘Hotspots’
A Gard Insight gives a global overview of navigation incidents.
Human error
The majority of the investigation reports tend to conclude that “human error” is the root cause of navigation incidents. Among the findings, human error...
Capital Product Partners Announces $600m Worth Acquisition Deal
Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPLP) stock gained after the international owner of ocean-going vessels reached a deal to acquire three 174,000 cubic meter latest generation X-DF LNG carriers from CGC Operating Corporation for a...
Boxship AIS On After 3 Weeks With New Information
Container ship reported disabled and adrift, abandoned, in Vityaz Strait separating PNG and New Britain island, still adrift, in the morning Sept 6, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
The ship is still adrift, but seems...
Pirates Attack Bulk Carrier
According to Dryad Global, Offshore Supply Ship TAMPEN, anchored near bulk carrier LYCAVITOS, was attacked and boarded, by at 3 armed persons, says an article published in Maritime Bulletin.
Repel the attack
Updates indicate that the...
China’s Import Export Growth Moderated In August Amid Port Congestions
China's export growth is expected to have moderated in August amid port congestion caused by fresh COVID-19 cases, a Reuters poll showed, while the pace of imports also slowed, highlighting the growing pressure on...
A Method So That Conventional Ships Don’t Pollute
American scientists claim to have devised a method that can convert the entire world freighter fleet into ships that do not emit CO2, says an article published on tech gaming report website.
Method without hydrogen...
HMM & Staff Reach Agreement After Tense Negotiations
Following 18 hours of talks, HMM’s management and unions representing the Korean flagship carrier’s seafarers and office staff have reached agreement on salaries, says an article published on loadstar website.
Employees want increment
Salaries will be...
DNV Gives Approval In Principle to Innovative Triple-Wing Design
Windship Technology, Britain’s leading True Zero Emission company for the shipping industry announced their patented triple-wing rig has received a coveted ‘Approval in Principle’ (AiP) status from shipping classification society DNV, says an article...
Ishin Suppies Japans First Carbon Neutral LNG tug Boats
Nihon Tug-Boat Co Ltd announced that the Nihon Tug-Boat-operated liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled tugboat Ishin was supplied for the first time with Carbon Neutral LNG (CNLNG) fuel by Osaka Gas Co Ltd and Daigas...
LNG Tanker Burns More Dirty fuel as Super-Chilled Cargo Price soared
* LNG about $200 above fuel oil for the marine sector -sources
* Ships mainly powered by ‘boil-off gas turning to fuel oil
* Small fuel tanks mean more bunkering stops -source
Liquefied natural gas tankers are...