Gard Announces This Year’s Winner of Maritime Law Writing Competition

Jessie Elizabeth Shifalo wins this year’s winner of Gard co-sponsored writing competition, reports Gard. Articles on marine law topics For the last six years, Gard (North America) has been a co-sponsor and a finalist judge in...

MOL & Tata Steel To Jointly Deploy Environment-friendly Bulk Carrier

MOL Drybulk & Tata Steel announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and deploy an environment friendly bulk carrier. MOL will partner with Tata Steel on this innovative project...

China’s Era of ‘Common Prosperity’ And What It Means For The Rich

the following article deals with China’s coming era of ‘common prosperity – and what it means for the rich for decades, a few people in the country were allowed to get wealthy first...

2 Seismic Firms Join To Develop Technological Pilot Projects

Magseis Renewables has entered two technology pilot projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind. The projects are planned to be done in collaboration with TGS. Magseis Renewables, a renewables-focused subsidiary of...

The Launch Of Concentrated Inspection Campaign On Ship Stability

The Member Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC). The Campaign generally focuses on Stability of Ship. The...

Havila Shipping Extends Vessel Contract With Nexans

Havila Shipping has entered into a contract extension with Nexans for Havila Phoenix. The extension period is of 100 days, with further options for 40 days. Havila Shipping has entered into a contract extension...

[Watch] Dangers To Seafarers In GoG & Singapore Strait

 The majority of all piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asia during the first half of 2021 occurred in the eastbound lane of the traffic separation scheme in the Singapore Strait, with bulk carriers...

Armed Robbery Escalate at Manila Anchorage

ReCAAP reports there have now been eight armed robberies against vessels off Manila since the start of the year. Ship masters and crew are strongly advised to exercise vigilance, maintain constant look-out for...

Is China’s Stringent Zero Covid Approach A Success?

No new local Covid-19 cases were reported in China for the first time since July China has been grappling with the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant since July 20 a cluster...

GasLog Adds Another LNG Tanker To Its Fleet

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has completed another LNG vessel for Greece-based shipping firm GasLog, reports LNGPrime. Virtual naming ceremony The yard held a virtual naming ceremony for the 180,000-cbm GasLog Winchester on August 17, according...