How Are Owners Embracing Marine Battery Technology

The cable-laying vessel Fjord Connector, owned by Seaworks Kabel AS, is poised to become yet another example of how owners are embracing marine battery technology to minimise traditional oil bunker use as reported by...

Pyxis Tankers Is Selling Small Tankers

Pyxis Tankers Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Markets: PXS), an international pure-play product tanker firm, announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell the Northsea Alpha and Northsea Beta, two 8,600 dwt product tankers...

INTERTANKO, Guidance To Biofouling & Ballast Water Requirements

INTERTANKO has updated the 'Guide to New Zealand's Biofouling and Ballast Water Requirements. The guide provides updated information from Biosecurity New Zealand and Maritime New Zealand, and is divided into two parts. Further to...

Keppel Sign MOU With Sumitomo To Promote Ammonia Fuel

Keppel entered into a MOU with Sumitomo. The aim is to look into the viability as well as implementation of ammonia fuel applications in the city-state. Keppel O&M is making efforts to facilitate...

K Line Vision Of Zero-Emission Ships by 2030

Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) revealed plans to have zero-emission vessels by 2030. K Line decided to build eight new LNG-fueled car carriers and order one LNG-fueled Capesize bulk carrier...

LNG Shipping Stocks Gained 38% Last Year

The UP World LNG Shipping Index, the world’s only stock index focused on LNG shipping companies, lost 0.18% last week. US stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index gained 0.85%, reports Up-Indices. About the 2021...

Baltic Index Crawled Up Snapping A 12 Session Losing Streak

The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index rose on Tuesday, reports Reuters. Baltic index uptick The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index rose on Tuesday, crawling away from a more than eighth month low,...

Fred. Olsen To Sail Second Record Cruise Via Corinth Canal

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, which markets trips in the U.K., is planning a second record transit in 2023. It will be through the four-mile-long Corinth Canal in Greece, giving passengers what is being...

China Edges South Korea As No. 1 In Shipbuilding In 2021

China surpasses South Korea as world’s No. 1 shipbuilder in 2021. Over taking South Korea in 2021 to become champion of annual order volume. A recent news article published in the Global Times states...

Miniature Effects in Film, Here Are Some Of The Best

Models show that directors can still go big on a minimal budget as reported by Collider. Visual effects When Jurassic Park was released in theatres, it looked to usher in a new era of visual effects...