[FAQ] Different Ship Types & Their Roles
Throughout history ship design has been dictated by the demands of trade and local conditions and available materials. Wood and sail have been the dominant choices through most of history until the 19th century...
Following A 0.50% Sulfur Limit, Trident Alliance Wound Up in 2020
Emissions enforcement lobbying group the Trident Alliance was wound up at the end of 2020, a year after the 0.50% sulfur limit came into force.
The organisation was wound up and its website shut down at the...
US Revamps Vaccination Criteria Amid Surging Deaths
U.S. federal officials agreed to send states additional coronavirus vaccine doses requested by several governors, as the country tries to ramp up the pace of inoculations.
Officials also recommended that states broaden vaccination...
COVID19 Causes ‘Biggest Emissions Fall’ Since Second World War
The economic fallout from the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 resulted in a sharper emissions drop than the 2009 recession, when emissions slid 6.3%.
Reuters quotes a report by the Rhodium Group which states that...
UK Funds Project To Track Maritime Shipping Emissions
An initiative aiming to help track and reduce shipping's carbon emissions is among five projects recently awarded U.K. government funding through the country's Space Agency, reports Marine Link.
Emission audits of shipping fleets
The collaboration between...
Aon Launches Fuel Price Insurance To Help Shipping Risks
Insurance broker Aon has launched a new policy aimed at sectors for which fuel purchasing constitutes a significant cost, with major interest expected to come from shipping.
The new policy enables to lock...
Recent Key COVID Research & Findings
As new strains of covid wreak havoc, Nature looks back at the key findings of the disease and the nature of infection.
Let's take a look how.
Immune cells gone wild are tied to COVID lung...
COVID19 Virus To Infection – What Lies in the Genes
In a research paper published in Nature, Scientists chronicle the journey of the covid virus from genome to infectome, that's how its genes became an infecting virulent gene.
Today we are going to look into...
Hapag Lloyd Makes A Switch To LNG
The Hapag-Lloyd-owned 15,000 TEU container ship, Sajir, is currently being upgraded to run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) instead of fuel oil. It is the first retrofit of this scale, reports Cyprus Shipping News.
Singapore’s...
Fierce Bidding Wars In Order To Secure Equipment & Space
Major forwarders are engaged in fierce bidding wars in China, in order to secure equipment and space to North Europe, says an article published in the loadstar.
And several carriers are reported to have opened...