LR Approves China’s 1st Ammonia-powered Vessel Design
China-based Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) has received approval in principle (AiP) from the UK’s maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its ammonia-driven bulk carrier concept (Newcastlemax), reports Manifold Times.
By using its expertise...
Amazon Sellers Face 5% Fuel and Inflation Surcharge
Surcharge is the first of its kind for the e-commerce company
‘Consumers will lose,’ says consultant to Amazon merchants
Amazon is taking a step to offset its rising costs, announcing it will add a...
UK Regulators Detained Another Ferry
UK regulators today detained yet another ferry from the beleaguered P&O Ferries a month after the company fired its union crews seeking to replace them with contracts with crewing agencies, says an article published...
Musk Offers To Buy One Of The Biggest Social Media Platform
Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter. One of the world's richest men delivered a letter to the company with a proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of Twitter for $54.20 each, according to...
Why New Standard For Vessel Reporting Vital For Carbon Efficiency?
The white paper is the result of months of collaboration between members of the working group, which was formed by ZeroNorth in March 2021.
These representatives met across several workshops to define the...
Oil Product Stockpiles At A Two-Week High
Heavy distillates inventories are seen rising even more
Backwardation discouraging gas oil storage
Total inventories down 17.6% since April 2021
Stockpiles of oil products in the UAE's Port of Fujairah have risen to a...
VLCC Makes Its Way On The First LNG
Providing the LNG WinGD low-pressure dual-fuel main engine and two 3,500-m3 LNG storage tanks on the dual-fuel tanker is independent alternative fuels supplier Titan LNG, which has partnered with Petronas Marine.
This is...
Myopericarditis:No More Common After Covid Jab
Heart inflammation after a Covid jab is not only rare but no more common than after other types of vaccinations, researchers have found.
non-Covid jabs had an average incidence of about 56 cases...
Zero-Emission Technologies Might Replace The US Maritime Fleet
These technologies are already available and adopting them would require minimal infrastructure updates.
The U.S. is calling for the ambitious goal of 100% zero-carbon global shipping by 2050.
By acting early to decarbonize...
Maritime Safety Requires A New Approach
The whole industry needs to change its focus.
However, ticking boxes never made anyone safer.
Therefore, SAYFR has developed tailor-made psychometric instruments to assess these topics and has a database of responses from...