Current Top Contenders To Replace HFO
While the impact of COVID-19 on seafarers and port congestion have grabbed headlines over the past year, no single issue has dominated the maritime industry press more than decarbonization.
LNG is widely recognized...
Boxship Loses 4 Containers In Bad Weather
Container ship lost 4 containers overboard in western English Channel, on Feb 16, some 43 nm NNW of Ushant island, France zone, and reported accident to French MRCC, CROSS Corsan, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Understood...
MOL To Build 2 Cutting-edge LNG-fueled Ferries
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto; Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) and its group company MOL Ferry Co., Ltd. (President: Naotoshi Omoto; Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) today announced orders for construction of two...
ClassNK To Calculate Ship’s CO2 Emissions
Tokyo - Leading Classification Society ClassNK will calculate the CO2 emissions from the ships to be financed under the Sustainability-Linked Loan provided by ORIX Corporation (ORIX), says ClassNK in a press release.
Sustainability-linked loan
The ship...
Innovation Make The Big Difference In Shipping Industry
Safetytech Accelerator webinar highlights areas where digital technologies could deliver significant improvements to safety and risk management.
Key areas highlighted were container ship fires, cargo screening, navigational safety and elimination of hazardous activities...
MSC Welcomes Creation Of The FIT Alliance
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) welcomes the creation of the Future International Trade (FIT) Alliance.
It represents a significant milestone in the DCSA’s ongoing journey to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards.
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Wärtsilä Unveil New System To Tackle Microplastics
Wärtsilä, together with the shipping company Grimaldi Group, have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to tackle the amount of microplastics.
According to the association Plastic Europe, 368 million...
Here Is Why Figure Skaters Don’t Get Dizzy?
Top figure skaters spin at such unbelievably fast speeds -- as many as six revolutions per second -- that it can make even spectators feel a little woozy, reports CNN.
Do figure skaters get dizzy?
Although...
Wall Street’s Metaverse Dreams Take A Hit!
Wall Street is convinced it's discovered the future of Silicon Valley. But early bets on the "metaverse" are running into some turbulence, reports CNN.
About metaverse
It's a virtual world in which people hang out, attend...
Why BA.2 Variant Is A Major Health Threat?
A new detailed study on the characteristics of the Omicron BA.2 variant by Japanese researchers has alarmingly found that the new variant is completely different from the initial Omicron BA.1 variant and is far...