ONE Boosts 2021 Profit Forecast By 31%

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has boosted its profit forecast for the 2021 financial year by 31%, reports Seatrade Maritime News. $4.9bn net profit for Q3 2021 ONE reported a $4.9bn net profit for the third quarter...

Bulk Carrier on Fire

A Denmark-flagged bulk carrier has suffered a cargo hold fire at the Southampton Bulk Terminal, the United Kingdom, reports Offshore Energy. Fire in the cargo holds The fire erupted in one of the cargo holds on...

Stormy Weather Causes Freighter Collision, Crew Evacuated

Rescue helicopters evacuated all 18 crew members from a ship that was left drifting rudderless in a wind turbine park off the Dutch North Sea coast Monday after it collided with another ship and...

Volatile Transpacific Trade Difficult To Predict

Weekly blogger and consultant Jon Monroe has returned to the commentary business. Matson’s Pacific service boosted its earnings last year, with volumes up 37% on 2020. According to industry experts, transpacific rates have...

Diana Shipping Inks A Deal For Its Kamsarmax Dry Vessels

The gross charter rate is US$21,500 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties. The employment of “Astarte” is anticipated to generate approximately US$9.35 million. the combined carrying capacity of the...

Inmarsat Offers 33% Extra Talk-Time

Inmarsat is offering an exclusive promotion of 33% extra talk-time on FleetBroadband and Fleet Xpress ChatCards. Fleet Hotspot is a dedicated Wi-Fi portal for crew, independent of a vessel’s bandwidth. Inmarsat is offering an...

Purpose Of Silver Nitrate Testing

Sodium chloride found in seawater and as used to de-ice roadways is corrosive to steel. Steel products such as coils of rolled steel sheet, billets, tubes and steel plate are routinely presented for...

Do You Need The Fourth Dose Of Covid Vaccine?

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were roughly 88 per cent effective.. Three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines were roughly 97 per cent effective in preventing hospitalizations. Health authorities considered the additional...

This Swedish Company Orders Dual-fuel Product Tanker

Swedish shipowner Furetank has placed an order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou for a new dual-fuel product tanker, with an option for further vessels, reports Splash247.  Dual-fuel product tanker The 17,999 dwt vessel is...

List Of The Ingredients in Making-Up Of COVID-19 Vaccines

With a larger emphasis in recent years on what we put in our bodies, it’s no surprise that some want to know what ingredients are in a brand new product that’s hitting shelves (or...