[Watch] Man Slams Robber, Netizens Cheer!

A suspected robber was body-slammed by his would-be victim in San Leandro, California, last week. The dramatic moment was captured on the surveillance footage which has now gone viral on social media, reports News18. Robber...

Genco Shipping Agreements On Vessel Acquisition

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 2016-built 64,000 dwt Ultramax vessel constructed at Zhejiang Yangfan shipyard in China. The vessel, to be renamed...

2 Mariners Plead Guilty To USCG Exam Fixing, 3 Others Convicted

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the guilty pleas of two middlemen in a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center, bringing the total number of defendants convicted in this...

Euronav NV Contracts With HSHI For VLCCs

Euronav NV has confirmed that it signed contracts for the construction of two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI). The deal was unveiled on 19 April by Korea...

UK Clinical Trial Approves SaNOtize’s NONS For Covid Breakthrough

Patients with a self-administered nasal spray application found to have reduced SARS-CoV-2 log viral load by more than 95% in infected participants within 24 hours of treatment, and by more than 99% in...

NASA’s Solar-Powered Helicopter Logs Successful First Flight Historically

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the...

CCS Awards China’s 1st Hydrogen Fuel Cell Type Approval

Wuhan-based PEM fuel cell supplier Troowin Power System Technology Co has won a type approval from China Classification Society (CCS) for its marine fuel cell product, says an article on Offshore energy. China's first certificate...

IRClass Launches New Certification Service

IRClass has launched a new service to provide certification of marine containers in accordance with IMO International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC). It has released Guidelines on Certification of Containers developed by the...

UNCTAD Urged Regulators for Greater Transparency

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has urged regulators to push for greater transparency in container shipping amid a protracted period of record rates and dire on time performance by the...

Capesize Jump Puts A 10-year Peak on Baltic Freight Index

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index surged to its highest in over a decade on Wednesday, powered by a jump in the larger capesize vessel segment on increasing iron ore shipments from Brazil,...