Kawasaki Heavy Industries Orders Battery-based Energy Storage System
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries has ordered a Corvus Energy battery-based energy storage system (ESS).
The aim is to integrate it into the zero-emissions all-electric propulsion and electrical systems aboard the “e5 tanker” under...
Maritime Organizations Push Governments To Ensure The Safety Of Seafarers
The COVID-19 pandemic has trapped hundreds of thousands of seafarers aboard cargo ships, unable to get off or switch crews due to fears of spreading the infection, reports NPR.
The conversation as heard on the...
Wartsila’s Marine Businesses Heavily Hit, New Orders Declined
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a slump in shipbuilding contracting resulted in Wartsila’s marine businesses.
As a result, there is a 23% decline in new orders in 2020 across the three...
High Alert in Singapore Strait Eastbound Lane Over Attacks
In a major development, Re CAAP ISC issued an Incident Alert (01/2021) on incidents against ships in the eastbound lane of Singapore Strait The incidents of armed robbery against ships continued to occur to...
Carriers Resort To Blank Sailings As Equipment Shortage Ends
According to a LoadStar report by Mike Wackett, ocean carriers are to cancel several headhaul sailings to North Europe around the Chinese New Year holiday next month.It is a blow for beleaguered shippers that...
Shippers Reek Benefits of Increased Vessel Value As Rates Soar
Containership owners have seen the value of their assets soar in the past few weeks, and they are said to be “raking in the money”, reports Mike Wackett for the LoadStar.
Fixing Ships at Higher...
China & India Dominate Global Vaccine Influence As Rich Nations Hoard
With mass vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 underway globally, there is an emerging gap between rich and poor nations in their abilities to secure enough shots to immunize their people and this has shifted the...
Maritime Academies Should Include Environmental Aspects Of Shipping
David Hume, the founder of The Liquid Grid, looks at how America’s next generation of seafarers could lead world shipping to a greener future, reports Splash247.
Low-carbon energy technologies
Maritime decarbonisation won’t happen without adoption of...
Shipping Companies Oppose EU’s New Emission Regulations
Shipping companies are crying foul over EU plans to regulate the sector’s emissions. But the industry’s claim that new rules would break international law has no legal basis, write Faïg Abbasov and Aoife O’Leary...
IMO 2020 Reaps 70% Cut in Sulphur Oxide Emissions
On 1 January 2020, new reduced limits on sulphur in fuel oil brought about a 70% cut in total sulphur oxide emissions from shipping.
It is ushering in a new era of cleaner...