New Break Bulk Optimiser Solution
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has introduced a new Breakbulk cargo stowage solution, the Breakbulk Optimiser, that enables operators to rapidly and optimally plan the stowage of many different cargoes, increasing vessel utilisation rates significantly...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
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Wash-Water will Kill Scrubbers in 10 Years
Wash-water acidity poses a threat for scrubbers, says Intertanko Technical Director.
Clean fuel is the only long-term solution.
IMO planning to reduce greenhouse gases emission rate to 50% by 2050.
The industry should...
Fully Autonomous Cargo Ships Face Enormous Challenges
A consortium of Norwegian firms, including Yara International, Vard, and Kongsberg, announced on September 2017, that they’d start testing the hull design of the YARA Birkenland at a test-tank facility in Trondheim.
When it’s...
Dousing the Flames: What Should be Done to Prevent Fires on Container Ships?
In March, the Maersk Honam container vessel was sailing hundreds of miles south-east of Salalah, Oman, when it erupted into flames.
Nearly two months later, it was dragged into a port at Dubai, whose...
Wreck of 400-Year-Old Spice Trade Ship Found Off Portugal
Archaeologists have found a 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Portugal, in what one specialist called the "discovery of a decade".
Spices, ceramics and cannons engraved with Portugal's coat of arms all lie around the...
Where are the Metrics for Morale in Shipping?
Moral is not something that is recognised by today’s modern accountancy trained managers who are good at counting the beans and just take decisions in too much of the marine or perhaps in any...
LNG Shipping Rates Spike with Seen Through 2019
LNG rate spike continues as the price increased to $95,000 from $75,000 a day at the end of August.
LNG transportation from terminals in USA and Russia is driving up the rate.
Ship...
Europe has Capacity to Recycle its Ships
Ship recycling yards approved by the EU will have enough capacity to handle demand from EU-flagged ships that need to be scrapped, a new analysis shows.
Low-cost ship ‘breaking’ yards
The shipping industry wants low-cost...
Exxon Starts New Unit to Raise Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuels
In a major development, Exxon Mobil has started operations at a new unit in their 366K bbl/day integrated Beaumont, Tex., facility in order to increase the production of ultra-low sulfur fuels by 45K bbl/day....