First Ever LNG Aframax Tanker Fuelling in USA Completed
On 15 March 2021 Sovcomflot and Shell broke new ground, with the completion of the first ever Aframax tanker fuelling using LNG in the USA.
Sovcomflot’s Gagarin Prospect, on long-term charter to Shell, was...
Electronic Lookout Function for Increased Ship Safety
Riviera Maritime Media, assess the performance of an electronic lookout function from the available sensory input data and associated fundamental limitations of the visual lookout performed by a human, says an article recently published...
Seanergy Maritime Announces Capesize Duo Acquisition
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has entered into agreements with unaffiliated third parties to purchase two Capesize vessels, says a press release published on their website.
The new acquisition
Glyfada, Greece, headquartered Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:...
Plot Yields Bats With a Trove of New Coronaviruses
302 samples of faeces and urine and 109 mouth swabs taken from 342 live bats studied.
Team sequenced 24 coronavirus genomes, of which 4 were new viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2.
One of...
GreenVoyage 2050 & IMO Protocols
GreenVoyage2050 is a partnership project between the Government of Norway and the International Maritime Organisation.
It aims to help developing countries and small island nations meet their environmental shipping target, in line with...
LNG Exports from U.S. To Climb Up in March
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are on track to hit record highs in March.
As tumbling shipping rates and lower prices than in Europe and Asia continue to attract buyers.
The amount...
Navis Launches New Program To Certify TOS Experts
Certification program offers benchmark for terminal operators to validate skills for efficient operations.
This new series of certification exams verify fundamental knowledge on the matter
The Program offers a benchmark to measure knowledge...
A Captain Narrates the Perils of Kidnapping Industry
Indian sailors are being caught in a piracy boom off West Africa.
One captain held hostage shares his story.
All of that trade requires a lot of shipping by vessels often primarily staffed...
Scorpio Tankers Announces $138.2m Convertible Notes & New Issuance
According to the press release on Scorpio Tankers website, the company has announced that it has entered into separate, privately negotiated, agreements with certain holders to exchange approximately $62.1 million .
The New Notes
The company...
Grounded Freighter Pulled Off Seabed
A freighter ran aground off northwestern Canakkale province on Thursday and was pulled off seabed on Saturday, reports AA.com.
What happened?
Panama-flagged freighter carrying cargo of silica sand ran aground near Bozcaada island off northwestern Canakkale...