Oil Tanker Counts: Can You Trust The Data
By Ellen R. Wald, Ph.D
In an oil market easily impacted by speculation, data on oil exports and imports can easily cause the price of oil to fluctuate. Approximately 63% of the world’s crude oil...
[Watch] ABB Energy Storage for Maritime Sector
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Energy Storage is playing a greater role in the maritime industry and it has the potential to help ship owners achieve more efficient and safer operations.
Disclaimer: This video is...
[Watch] Making The Impossible Possible
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Increased ship connectivity is changing the way ships operate and ABB's Marine Software is at the forefront of that revolution. Watch how Dockwise uses ABB's Marine Software to transport...
ABB Staying Ahead of Evolving Maritime Industry
The maritime business is evolving very fast and I would like to share with you two videos that highlight how ABB is at the forefront of these changes.
The demand for battery power is growing...
‘Discovery of the Year’: Sunken British Ship found
'Discovery of the Year': Sunken British Ship found in Russian Arctic
Researchers have discovered the wreck of a pioneering British steamship that sank in the Russian Arctic in 1878.
The Thames was a 120-tonne steamship captained...
Rio 2016: Women’s Rugby Player Accepts On-field Marriage Proposal from Her Girlfriend
Brazilian women's rugby player Isadora Cerullo melted hearts when she accepted a marriage proposal from her girlfriend at the medals ceremony for the first Olympic rugby sevens competition on Monday.
Television cameras and photographers captured...
Cruise Ship Emissions Significantly Decrease
The Ministry of Environment has posted a report detailing the significant decrease in cruise ship emissions over the past few years that has resulted in better air quality for James Bay residents.
The ministry has...
Idle Fleet Adds Half a Million TEUs in a Year
The number of idle fleet has swollen alarmingly high this summer. As compared to the corresponding figure for the previous years, it is up by 56000- 20’-equivalent units. This is as per the data...
Test Run Successful! Ship Runs On 100% Biofuel
Navy Ship Runs on 100% Biodiesel
By: Jessica Lyons Hardcastle
For the first time ever, as per the biofuel makers, Applied Research Associates, and Chevron Lummus Global, a US Navy ship has operated on a 100...
LNG Trade: An Agent’s Perspective
LNG trade: an agent’s perspective
Written by Nick Elliott, Inchcape Shipping Services, UK.
LNG is considered a specialist commodity requiring particular care and the attention of experienced personnel. The technically complex and sophisticated nature of both...