DNV GL Charts GHG Emissions Scenarios
Class society DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model.
Computational model 2050:
In ‘Low Carbon Shipping Towards 2050’,...
CMA CGM to Acquire MERCOSUL from Maersk Line
CMA CGM and Maersk Line have announced that they have entered into a binding agreement whereby CMA CGM would acquire Mercosul Line, one of the leading players in Brazil’s domestic container shipping market.
The acquisition...
Ship-to-Ship Bunkering with World’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel
The bunkering vessel ENGIE Zeebrugge performed in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, its first deliveries of LNG (liquefied natural gas) as a marine fuel to M/V AUTO ECO and M/V AUTO ENERGY, the two...
The Electric, Driverless Revolution is About to Hit High Seas
The fully electric, zero emissions YARA Birkeland container ship will set sail next year in Europe. By 2019 it will be able to work by remote control and at the start of the next...
LPG Tanker on Fire
On June 13, Fire reportedly erupted in superstructure of LPG tanker Amelia 1, anchored on Makassar Anchorage, South Sulawesi.
The fire reportedly started off in service cabin and started to spread around. The crew of...
Adrift Oil Tanker’s 2 Million Barrels Highlight Oil Glut
If a single ship can capture the current state of the global oil, it's the supertanker Saiq, floating idly about 528 miles south of the Canary Islands.
What happened?
Until a few days ago, the 1,082-foot...
Scrapping Slowdown Puts Charter Rate Recovery at Risk
The slowing pace of container ship scrapping since the beginning of the year is putting the recovery in charter rates at risk, according to Alphaliner.
Only 28,000 TEU were sold for demolition in May, down...
MARPOL Annex V: Banning Discharge of Plastic and Garbage from Ships
This is our third and final article in our series focussing on the growing problem of plastics in the oceans. Here we focus on the role of shipping and the positive effects of the...
Container Ship Sinks Off Coast, Battered by Huge Winds
After just five minutes battling heavy rain and storm out a sea, a container ship sank off the coast in Melaka after it was battered by huge waves and strong winds.
What happened?
KM Avatar, which...
Maersk Container Ship Crashes During Cargo Operations
5-containers stack on board of Gerner Maersk container ship crashed during cargo operations at Koper Port, Slovenia, Adriatic Sea, in the afternoon June 13.
Containers fall into sea:
Three fell on pier, two fell into water...