[Answer] Why Do Sailors Use Port & Starboard And Not Left & Right?
As port and starboard never change, they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner’s orientation.
The word ‘starboard’ is the combination of two old words: stéor (meaning ‘steer’) and bord (meaning...
Fuel Me Partners with ValvTect For Simplified Marine Fuel Ordering
Fuel Me is a cloud-based technology platform used to simplify and automate the fuel procurement.
Fuel Me's portal and mobile application allow users to place orders, track their deliveries, and manage their fuel...
New Landscape Emerges In Support Of The Net-Zero Carbon Economy
Carbon dioxide emissions per tonne mile is now the metric against which shipping’s progress is being gauged.
THE fourth industrial revolution will be faster, infinitely more complicated and expensive than anything that has...
One Simple Rule To Greater Business Success
Those who have run organizations in which their employees are proud to be a member of the company, however, know that apathy isn’t a necessary growing pain as companies evolve and scale-up.
Having...
The First Tablet To Be Approved For Use At Home
U.S. health regulators on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of...
Global Shipping Under Pressure from Environmentalists To Deliver More Concrete Action
Ocean freight costs are likely to remain high in 2022.
As investors and regulators scramble to accelerate decarbonisation of the shipping industry and companies grapple with green financing.
A recent news article published in...
Safety Trials Cleared By Advent’s Serene Marine Fuel Cells
Advent Technologies Holdings’ Serene fuel cell unit for the maritime industry has cleared safety testing, along with DNV’s safety assessment.
The fuel cell unit has been developed within the frame of the RiverCell...
Will Supply Chain Chaos Spoil The Christmas Party?
There has been a year on uninterrupted supply chain chaos.
Thanks to Covid for ruining the party with shutdown of factories and ports, suez blockage, LA port congestion, etc.
Despite all challenges, the...
General Cargo Ship Collides With A Trawler
Mikhail Voytenko writes for Maritime Bulletin about Dutch freighter collision with Belgian trawler in North sea.
Collision at early morning
Report emerged, that Dutch general cargo ship AMADEUS AQUAMARIJN collided with Belgian trawler Z-60 BLUE ANGEL...
Minerva Bunkering Kick-starts Offering Marine Fuels In These Top Ports
Minerva Bunkering starts offering VLSFO, HSFO, MGO
Working with Aramco Trading, Saudi Arabian energy ministry
Minerva is owned by Mercuria Energy Group
A recent news article published in the Platts states that Minerva Bunkering...