Signal Maritime Achieves An $8,000-10,000/d Increase In Its Aframax TEC

  Greece-based commercial ship management firm Signal Maritime achieved an $8,000-10,000/d increase in its aframax time charter equivalent (TCE) rates for November-December. This took place after it repositioned a portion of its fleet from...

How To End The COVID Pandemic in 2022?

The ferocity with which Covid-19 is spreading once again has been attributed to the Omicron variant, which was first detected in South Africa on November 24 and has spread to more than 100 countries...

NOUS: An Underwater ‘Artificial Mind’

An article in Marine Technology talks about NOUS, an underwater ‘artificial mind.' Necessity for self powered systems  The establishment of Maritime Protective Areas (MPA) and marine archaeological sites has been an objective of the Ministries of...

Fire Stricken Tanker Taken on Tow

Tanker disabled by fire taken on tow, reports Maritime Bulletin. Tanker disabled Product tanker KEY WEST was disabled by fire on board in the evening Dec 23 E of Sandnessjoen, Norway, Norwegian sea – no many...

Mitsubishi Heavy To Supply LNG Fuel Equipment For 6 New Ships

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has scored an order for the FGSS (fuel gas supply system) of six new LNG-fueled car carriers, says an article published in Offshore...

Monkeys Caused Chaos Aboard Royal Navy ship At Bridgetown

  The green monkeys snuck aboard supply ship RFA Wave Knight at Bridgetown, Barbados. The primates were last seen swimming towards land Officials at Grand Turk Island in the Atlantic refused to let the...

Oldest Wooden Tugboat Being Scrapped At Shipyard

Workers at Canadian Maritime Engineering’s shipyard in Nanaimo are dealing with the unenviable task of scrapping B.C.’s oldest wooden tugboat. The MV Sea Lion was built in 1905 by Charles E. Robertson in...

Preparation Of A Cargo Tank Atmosphere In Chemical Tanker

For some cargoes the IBC Code requires vapour spaces within cargo tanks to have specially controlled atmospheres. Visual inspection can only be carried out when tank is gas free by entering the tanks. ...

Asia’s Cash Premiums Hits Record High

Asia's cash premiums for 0.5% very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) rose on Wednesday, buoyed by steady demand and tighter supplies, reports Reuters. About the rise  Cash premiums for Asia's 0.5% VLSFO climbed to $19.10 a tonne...

Avenir LNG Announces Charter of LNG Bunkering Supply Vessel to Shell

Avenir LNG Limited today announces the charter of a 20,000cbm LNG Bunkering Supply Vessel to Shell for up to 5 years, reports Global Newswire. Time Charter Party Avenir LNG Limited (N-OTC: Avenir) today announced it has...