Purpose Of Silver Nitrate Testing

Sodium chloride found in seawater and as used to de-ice roadways is corrosive to steel. Steel products such as coils of rolled steel sheet, billets, tubes and steel plate are routinely presented for...

Do You Need The Fourth Dose Of Covid Vaccine?

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were roughly 88 per cent effective.. Three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines were roughly 97 per cent effective in preventing hospitalizations. Health authorities considered the additional...

This Swedish Company Orders Dual-fuel Product Tanker

Swedish shipowner Furetank has placed an order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou for a new dual-fuel product tanker, with an option for further vessels, reports Splash247.  Dual-fuel product tanker The 17,999 dwt vessel is...

List Of The Ingredients in Making-Up Of COVID-19 Vaccines

With a larger emphasis in recent years on what we put in our bodies, it’s no surprise that some want to know what ingredients are in a brand new product that’s hitting shelves (or...

LNG Bunker Sales Increase By 17%

Sales of LNG as a bunker fuel in Spain climbed by 17% last year, according to the latest data from gas association Gasnam, says an article published in Ship&Bunker. LNG supply in 2021 Spanish ports supplied...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 4, 2022

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 4th week of this year. The report dated 28th January 2022 provides a valuable insight into this week’s tanker market dealings, freight rates, and charter...

LNG Carriers ‘Seriously Exposed’ To CII Impact

Older LNG tankers with steam-turbine propulsion or four-stroke dual-fuel electric propulsion are unlikely to achieve acceptable Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) ratings when they are gauged next year, says an article published in Seatrade maritime...

US Commerce Department Warns Severe Computer Chip Shortages

Some manufacturers that rely on semiconductors are down to less than five days' worth of inventory, according to a report released Tuesday by the Commerce Department, in the latest indication of the extent...

Maersk’s Preferred Fuel Wins Support

Clean energy investment bank Longspur has joined Maersk, Stena and others in endorsing green methanol as the more viable alternative fuel for maritime decarbonisation, as part of a study commissioned by Swiss grey...

Seafarers Dissatisfaction Will Potentially Lead To Long-Term Consequences

Seafarer happiness has reached an all-time low, owing to the added stress of spending months at sea without seeing land. The Standard Club is calling on governments around the world to designate the...