Americas Bunkers March 29-April 2 Key Market Indicators

Spot bunker markets throughout the Americas saw pricing move mostly lower the week of March 22-26, with pressure coming from the global crude complex, reports Platts. Market participants enter this week with an eye on...

Sugars in the COVID19 Spike Protein Making It More Infectious, Researchers Find

Researchers make a major breakthrough in coronavirus spike protein analysis, answering the infectivity problem. They found sugars called glycans are responsible for higher infectivity.  These glycans cause the virus to bind to host...

Seaspan Inks Deal for Six 15,500 teu Scrubber-fitted Boxships

Seaspan enters into an agreement with a major shipyard for six 15,500 TEU modern newbuild container ships, says a press release published on their website. Vessels delivery details The Vessels are anticipated to be delivered by...

Seanergy Acquires Its 15th Modern Capesize Vessel

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. acquires its 15th Capesize vessel and receives a Bank commitment letter, says a press release published on their website. Fleet and capacity to increase  Upon delivery of this acquisition, as well as...

Propulsion Analytics and DNV Joins To Develop A CBM Ship Application

According to a press release published by Propulsion Analytics, Propulsion Analytics, a Greek high-tech company providing vessel and engine performance evaluation applications, and DNV have received funding from Innovation Norway to develop a Condition...

Hanseaticsoft Launches CFM Accommodations & Emergencies To Help Shipping Companies

According to an article published in Hanseaticsoft, Hanseaticsoft has launched ‘CFM Accommodations’ and ‘CFM Emergencies’ within its fleet management system, Cloud Fleet Manager (CFM) to help ship managers better plan and allocate their crew’s...

Viridis To Play Lead In Green Shift In Shipping

Viridis Bulk Carriers aim to play a leading role in the green transition of the industry, offering their clients competitive, carbon free logistics solutions without sacrificing the performance of the vessels, says an article...

Ocean Carriers Should Not ‘Price-Gouge Customers’ With Canal Crisis

According to an article published in The Load Star, Ocean carriers have been warned not to take advantage of the capacity crunch resulting from the Suez blockage to “price-gouge” their customers. GSF Secretary General's warning Following...

Underwater Transport Exciting for Passengers, Superyacht Features

 The notion of hopping on an observation platform and being transported down to the ocean within minutes seems rather fanciful. But superyacht owners may soon be able to do just that thanks to...

Comparable Operating Profit of Cargotec for 2020, New Definition

 Cargotec changed the definition of the alternative performance measure comparable operating profit. And discloses figures in accordance with the new definition for the comparison period 2020. Cargotec reiterates its outlook published on 4...