“K“ Line Conducts Emergency Response Exercise
On October 7th, 2021, “the Emergency Response Exercise” was carried out as a part of training of optimum emergency response prepared for any major maritime accidents, reads a "K" Line press release.
Setting up crisis-management
The...
Maersk Suspends 5 Crew After Allegations of Rape
Allegations of rape are 'widespread in the container shipping industry', according to a female cadet.
She claims that she was raped while serving a year at sea on a Maersk Line vessel.
A recent...
Can An AI Based Headband Make People Calmer?
The headband uses an AI (artificial intelligence) software algorithm to monitor 1,250 "data points" in a person's brainwave signals.
Connected to a mobile phone app, it then scores them on a scale of...
IBM To Attempt ‘Another’ Uncrewed Atlantic Crossing
IBM and a non-profit company, ProMare, failed to send their 49-foot Mayflower autonomous ship across the Atlantic back in June. Now they are almost ready to try again, reports Hackaday.
The Mayflower will recreate the...
Shell JV Orders World’s 1st LNG-fueled Wind-assisted CO2 Carrier
The Northern Lights joint venture has awarded contracts for the construction of two dedicated CO2 carriers to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd, reports the company website.
Vessels to transport liquid CO2
As part of the first...
Bitter Legal Dispute On California Oil Spill Likely To Last Years
It took little more than 48 hours from the moment a major oil spill was discovered off Southern California until the first lawsuit was filed against the Houston company.
Finding the cause, who...
Confidence & Optimism in UK Logistics Hits New Heights
The 2021 edition of the BDO & Barclays Logistics Confidence Index presents the results of survey of the views and insights of 100 senior decision makers.
The survey assesses confidence and expectations, as...
Bones of Mariner and Passenger, Mysterious South Africa’s Coastline
South Africa’s coastline is notorious as the graveyard for an assortment of vessels.
It ranges from huge steel passenger liners to wooden ships, barges, yachts and even skiboats, and the history of how...
Petronas Wraps Up First LNG Bunkering Operation in Sabah
Malaysian energy giant Petronas continues to expand its liquefied natural gas bunkering business and has completed the first LNG fueling operation in Sabah, says an article published in lngprime.
Petronas Marine completed the first ship-to-ship...
Golden Ocean Agrees To Sell 2 Older Panamax Vessels
Golden Ocean Group Limited one of the world's largest listed dry bulk shipowners, today announces the sale of two older Panamax vessels, Golden Opportunity and Golden Endurer, and an agreement to construct four Kamsarmax...