Clean Arctic Alliance Calls for Stronger Ban on HFO in Arctic

Clean Arctic Alliance calls on IMO member states to agree on stronger ban of  HFO in Arctic ahead of November meeting. Norwegian government calls for complete ban on the use of heavy fuel...

400,000 Seafarers Trapped in Ships Due To New Covid 19 Infections

An estimated 400,000 seafarers are waiting to go home. Most are trapped on ships because port authorities fear new Covid-19 infections and don't want them ashore. In some countries, crew changes are banned...

Hin Leong-linked Xihe Subsidiaries File Winding-up Resolutions

Hin Leong-linked shipping company Xihe Capital and several of its subsidiaries published winding-up resolutions on 30 October, reports Ship & Bunker. Winding-up resolutions Xihe Capital and its subsidiaries An Ding Shipping, An Rong Shipping, An Shun...

MOL Charters Three Ice-Breaking LNG Carriers for Arctic LNG2

MOL signs charter contract for three icebreaking LNG carriers for Arctic LNG 2. The vessels will mainly transport LNG from a loading terminal on the Gydan Peninsula in the Russian Arctic to the...

Armed Pirates Attack 3 Ships in Over 6 Hours

Pirates attacked a total of three ships in the Singapore Strait on 8 and 9 November. Ship equipment was stolen from one ship, and a lifebuoy from another, while nothing was taken from...

Weekly Bulk report – Week 45, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 45th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 06th November highlights the plight of the dry bulk...

Cargo Ship Collides

According to a Maritime Bulletin report, a cargo ship collided with a fishing boat in the North Sea of UK. What Happened? UK 9.9-meter fishing boat collided with cargo ship a bout a mile off Tyne...

Mauritius Oil Spill To Be Completely Cleaned Up by January

According to a CNN report, the clean-up of a massive oil spill in August from a vessel off Mauritius will likely be mostly completed by January, the bulk carrier's owner, Japan's Nagashiki Shipping, said Thursday. All...

[Watch] How Scientists Develop COVID Vaccine in the Lab

According to an Outlook India article, a team of covid vaccines researchers have put up how they work for the vaccine in a series of tweets. With Covid-19 having claimed more than 1.2 million lives...

Nippon Paint Marine Opts GoPro Technology for Diverless Hull Inspection

Nippon Paint Marine Hull Monitor System uses GoPro camera technology to quickly inspect the inwater condition of a vessel’s antifouling paint, says an article published in Riviera Maritime Media.  GoPro camera technology  Nippon Paint Marine Hull...