Digitalisation Enables Decarbonisation!

Decarbonisation and digitalisation are the two biggest challenges the shipping industry is tackling, outside of warzones and piracy. And what is great for shipowners, is these go hand in hand, with one enabling the other,...

ADNOC Orders New LNG Vessel Duo To Meet Fuel Demand

ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has announced the signing of a ship building contract for the construction of two...

MOL & Trafigura Sign MoU on Biodiesel Fuel Supply

The chemical tanker division of Japan’s largest shipowner, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), is forming a biodiesel fuel supply tie-up with Trafigura, reads an official press release. Study of biodiesel supply  MOL Chemical Tankers has signed a...

NYK Starts Japan’s 1st Ship-To-Ship Biofuel Supply Trial for Tugboats

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and its affiliate Sanyo Kaiji Kabushiki Kaisha (Sanyo Kaiji) have started a continuous three-month test navigation using biodiesel supplied by Toyotsu Energy Corporation in tugboats operated by Sanyo Kaiji,...

Freighter Issued Distress Call After Heavy List

A cargo ship developed a heavy portside list, probably because of cargo shift, at Macun Port Anchorage, Hainan island, Hainan Strait, around midday Apr 18, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? The ship arrived at Macun anchorage...

All About Coronavirus Right Now

  According to Reuters article, here's what you need to know about the pandemic right now. The US U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask...

Stocks Open Higher, But Tech Weakness Holds Gains

The S&P 500 index edged up 0.1% in the early going, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq was off 0.3%. Health care giant Johnson & Johnson rose 3.4% after reporting better-than-expected results and raising its...

GMS Week 14 – CONSOLIDATING!

With holidays descending across the Indian sub-continent for Ramadan / Eid celebrations and the rest of the world prepares for Easter weekend, it has been a comparably quieter week in terms of sales and...

Asia light ends: Key market indicators for April 18-22

Asia's light ends markets are supported during the week of April 18-22 by stronger crude futures, with gasoline also boosted by the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions and naphtha demand getting some lift from improving...

Operational And Maintenance Benefits Of Podded Propulsion

Two shipping companies explained the use and benefits of azimuth propulsion on vessels at Riviera Maritime Media’s Podded propulsion: operational, maintenance and in-service considerations webinar, reports Riviera. About the event This event, sponsored by ABB, was...