TotalEnergies To Buyback $800m Worth Shares As Fuel Prices Boom

Soaring oil and gas prices drive the industry to increase income and feed investment budgets, reports Reuters. Share buyback TotalEnergies has decided to use part of its cash inflow for share buybacks worth at least $800...

Covid-19 Surge: Unvaccinated Patients Are Filling Up Hospitals

Hospitals are surging with unvaccinated patients infected with the Delta variant, affecting car accident victims and other non-Covid-19 patients who need hospital care, reports CNN. Rise in Covid cases America's recent increase in Covid-19 cases has...

Dr. Vis Blog 10 – The Price We Pay For Lost Opportunities

VG has developed the vessel energy efficiency management system called VEEMS. This has been developed over more than five years of continuous effort. It is perhaps the most comprehensive data collection, data interpretation and data...

Unsecured Spurling Pipe Covers Caused Fatality & Grave Injury

A loaded bulk carrier departed on an eastbound Atlantic crossing in winter. Four days into the voyage and with the weather deteriorating, says an article published in The Nautical Institute. Incident occurred Where the heavy...

Oil-cleanup Equipment & Regulations Need Fixing

The seas had turned rough as a sudden squall whipped up the winds enough to howl through the rigging. And with those winds came a powerful smell of oil. Soon I could see the...

Tesla Supplier CATL Unveils First Generation Sodium-ion Battery

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), a supplier to Tesla and other major electric-vehicle makers, unveiled the world’s first sodium-ion battery, to cut reliance on expensive metals such as cobalt and nickel, says an article published...

An Overview On Container Surveyor

Shipping Containers are used to store and transport different types of food items as well as non-food items. Anyone who is qualified, licensed, and authorized to conduct a survey or examination of freight containers...

Ship Engine Room Fire, Causes & What To Do

When you’re working onboard a vessel that is out to sea, an engine fire is one of the last things you want to deal with. That’s because while some fires start in areas that...

Demolition Crews Separate Another Section of Overturned Shipwreck

Demolition crews have finished cutting away the sixth of eight sections of a giant cargo ship that tipped over off the Georgia coast nearly two years ago. It has left just one more...

International Shipowners Officially Welcomed by San Marino Ship Register

From today, pleasure yachts and commercial ships will be able to fly the San Marino flag.  San Marino Ship Register (SMSR), provides support to the Maritime Authority of the Republic of San Marino...