Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report – Week 41, 2020
To help keep on top of the most recent changes in the world fleet, every week thanks to online maritime intelligence and information service VesselsValue.com.
We tell you which vessels have been sold for...
Dutch Company To Introduce Hydrogen-powered Vessel
A Dutch shipping company is converting a 110m barge into a hydrogen-powered inland vessel that will enter service in mid-2021.
Rotterdam-based Future Proof Shipping will swap the ship’s diesel engine for a propulsion...
IMO To Hold Virtual Decarbonisation Talks
IMO delegates may determine a large slice of future bunker fuel demand this week as a key working group meets to set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction measures.
The IMO's Intersessional Working Group on...
Containership Newbuild Orders Stalled Despite Surging Freight Rates
Newbuilding orders for container ships may remain stagnant despite freight rates surge to record high levels this year as shipping firms pursue a strategy of limiting capacity.
As the economic outlook for the...
Pirates Attack Tanker, Crew Safe
Pirates attack tanker but crew manages to retreat into citadel.
Patrol vessel has been sent to the spot.
According to a live piracy & armed robbery report 2020 published in ICC Commercial Crime Services,...
JERA To Shut Down ‘Inefficient’ Coal Plants By 2030
Japan's largest thermal power operator Jera plans to phase out its coal-fired units with inefficient technology across its power plants, by 2030.
The utility operates nine coal-fired power plants with total capacity of...
ZIM and Alibaba Team Up for Sea Freight Services
ZIM and Alibaba.com have entered into a broad strategic cooperation agreement for the direct purchase of sea freight, improving logistic services to Alibaba.com sellers.
Under the agreement, ZIM provides sea freight and services...
DNV GL & Bluewater Pilot Test Hybrid Digital Twin for FPSOs
Classification society DNV GL and FPSO specialist Bluewater have teamed up on a pilot project to use hybrid digital twin technology to predict and analyse fatigue on an FPSO hull.
The project would...
Shippers Converge for ‘A Global Deal’ To Cut Carbon Emissions
The shipping industry is responsible for an immense amount of pollution and the industry has brought stringent new requirements in this year on fuel quality, helping reduce sulphur emissions.
IMO members are now...
Injured Crew Member Airlifted Off Containership
A crew member of Liberian-flagged merchant ship MSC Mia Summer was airlifted from onboard.
JRCC activated the Nearchos national search and rescue plan and dispatched a special police aircraft with a doctor on...