Russia Invasion Plan Thwarted By Omicron Surge
Russia recorded 180,456 cases of the Covid strain, with almost 700 deaths.
Ukraine, almost 17,000 cases were recorded on February 14, with 142 deaths.
Vaccine skepticism is said to be high in both...
US Crude Exports To Asia Give VLCCs Hope
The US is ramping up oil production with much of the exports bound for Asia, something that will see tonne-mile demand improve for the hard pressed VLCC sector, according to new analysis from tanker...
Why A Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Would Hurt Americans Too?
President Joe Biden spent the weekend leading what is looking like an increasingly desperate final effort to forestall a Russian invasion of Ukraine -- an incursion that could have grave consequences for his own...
Mitsubishi Sign Contract To Develop Green Demonstration Test Vessel
MHI has signed a contract with Sanyu Kisen, based in Kobe, Japan, to build a demonstration test vessel.
The newbuild vessel will be deployed to carry liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO₂).
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)...
Bawat Wins US$600,000 Grant To Develop Ballast Treatment Facilities
Bawat and partners awarded a US$600,000 grant to introduce land-based ballast reception and treatment facilities.
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority is proud to partner with Bawat and AMI Engineering in their work to...
German Start-up Closes $20m Funding Round For Synthetic Fuel Production
A German start-up with its sights firmly set on the synthetic fuels market has completed a successful $20 million funding round. Investors in Interatec include energy player Engie and box shipping firm MPC,...
Macron Brings Shipping Giants Together
The heads of Europe’s four largest container lines, MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd, were present (pictured) in Brest in the northwest of the country last week, attending the One Ocean Summit.
The...
Stowaways Boarding Commercial Vessels, Warns Steamship
Steamship informed that it has become aware of a number of occurrences in recent months where stowaways have boarded vessels in European ports, with the intention of trying to reach Canada, says an article...
China Partially Shuts Down Industrial City After Omicron Cases
Chinese officials on Tuesday ordered a partial shutdown of the industrial city of Suzhou along with other pandemic measures after multiple infections with the highly transmissible Omicron Covid variant were reported in the city,...
Foreign Flagged Ships Detained In The UK During January 2022
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that four foreign-flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during January 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Five new detentions
During January, there were five new...