Chinese Carriers Leave US Ports With More Empty Containers

Two Chinese carriers are shipping more empty export containers than loaded exports out of the two biggest ports in the United States, according to CNBC analysis of exclusive trade data. CNBC analyzed the...

Crew’s Comfort With Poor Weather Leads To Cargo Loss

UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (UK MAIB) published a report informing that a crew’s comfort with poor weather had lowered their weather-associated risks evaluation and may have contributed in a container loss casualty off...

MAN & Amazon Web Services Partner on Maritime Digitisation

MAN Energy Solutions has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver advanced analytics, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) for its CEON platform, reads the company press release. Addressing decarbonisation challenges By connecting MAN...

ReCAAP ISC Reports A Piracy Incident in Asia

During 5 – 11 Apr 22, one CAT 21 incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to the ReCAAP ISC. Piracy incident in Asia The incident occurred on 31 Mar on board a...

Kongsberg Maritime To Deliver First Reach Remote USV

Reach Subsea has awarded Kongsberg Maritime with a contract for the delivery of the first two in a series of Reach Remote unmanned surface vessels (USVs), which will serve as mobile power banks, data...

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...