Wärtsilä and Fincantieri Continue Work on Cruise Ship Solutions

Wärtsilä works with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the supply of broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships currently being built by the yard. The latest orders are...

Bunker Demands Back at Pre-pandemic Levels

Very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) production climbed to six-month highs this week as demand for the shipping fuel at most ports are back at pre-pandemic levels, says an article published in MarineLink. Pre-pandemic levels...

Cargo Ship Beached By Typhoon

A cargo vessel hit the seawall of a mall in Pasay City due to strong typhoon winds, Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Cargo Ship Peter Roenna hit the seawall of a mall in Pasay City due to...

USCG Approves Knutsen’s Ballast Water Treatment System

KBAL, the ballast water treatment system developed in house by Norwegian tanker operator Knutsen, is the latest system to be given USCG type-approval. The USCG approval covers systems with 400 and 3,000m3/h flow...

Crypto Ship To Become Floating Tech Hub Off Panama

The official Crypto cruise ship has been delivered to her new owners, and has been renamed, reports CruiseIndustryNews. The Crypto Cruise Ship The Pacific Dawn has been delivered to her new owners, Ocean Builders. She is...

Scorpio Tankers Upbeat for 2021 With Young Fleet

Tanker shipping company Scorpio Tankers is optimistic for 2021. It highlights its young fleet as well-positioned amid mature global tonnage and product transportation opportunities resulting from refinery closures. Tighter environmental regulations on shipping...

Bunkering Company Charged For Breaching EU Ban On Selling Jet Fuel

Funen company Dan-Bunkering has been charged with selling jet fuel to Syria via Russian companies. Dan-Bunkering has sold jet fuel to Russian companies 33 times, after which the fuel was delivered to Syria...

Global Maritime Trade To Expand By 4.8% in 2021, Projects UNCTAD

According to UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2020 published on their website, global maritime trade will plunge by 4.1% in 2020 due to the unprecedented COVID-19 disruption.  Post Covid-19  Apart from adverse effects, the pandemic has...

World’s Largest LNG Powered Containership Sets World Record

The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest container ship powered by liquefied natural gas, has reached Germany’s largest port for the first time, reads the website. The CMA CGM Group’s new flagship will play...

World’s First LPG-Fuelled VLGC Completes Sea Trials

The 2015-built BW Gemini, owned and operated by BW LPG, was retrofitted earlier this year with Wärtsilä Gas Solution’s LPG Fuel Supply technology. This was one of the first of 12 of the...