Jiangnan Shipyard Delivers Very Large Ethane Carrier
China’s shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard Group has delivered a very large ethane carrier (VLEC), Pacific Ineos Belstaff, to UK-based chemical company Ineos Group, in Shanghai, says an article published in ship-technology.
About the vessel
With a capacity...
Belships Offloads Its Oldest Supramax
Norway’s Belships has announced the sale of its 2011-built supramax Belocean, the oldest ship in its fleet, says an article published in splash247.
Belships sale
The vessel was sold to Germany’s Oskar Wehr according to VesselsValue,...
Refiners Focuses On Upgrades To Meet Demand Surge
Russia's refining sector will focus on increasing output and implementing state-directed measures in 2022 to mitigate "exceptional" seasonal price surges in oil products.
Gasoline, diesel demand recovers to exceed pre-pandemic levels foreign travel...
World’s First All-Electric Tanker Launched
Asahi Tanker, a Japanese shipping firm, has launched and named the first of two next-generation all-electric tankers that will be delivered in 2020 as reported by Offshore Energy.
Ceremony
On December 22, 2021, the event was...
World’s Largest Ethane Carrier Has Finally Arrived
The world's largest ethane carrier was delivered to UK firm Ineos this week by Jiangnan Shipyard, located just north of Shanghai as reported by Splash247.
Ethane carrier
Jiangnan Shipyard, located just north of Shanghai, has this...
Good News and Bad News On Covid-19
New research about Covid and children offers some promise and instils fear when mothers have Covid before they deliver.
Chicago neurologists found babies born to women who had Covid showed reassuring signs of...
[Watch] DARPA’s New Class of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
DARPA, the U.S. Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, awarded phase 2 contracts to build and test concepts for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) in a project code named Manta Ray. The program seeks to...
Ballast Water Treatment Technology Advancing Rapidly In 2022
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) first discussed ballast water treatment in 1991.
2022 could see a record number of ballast water treatment system retrofit installations.
2022 will see a new alternative for...
5 Key Technology Trends Transforming Shipping In 2022
Digitalisation has transformed maritime industries during a time when operations have been restricted through the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Up until 2022, geostationary satellites dominated maritime VSAT as the main solution...
Do We Need Another Vaccine To Tackle Omicron Variant?
The most up to date analysis by the UK government’s Health Security Agency indicates that two Covid jabs do not offer strong protection against symptomatic infection from the new variant, with the current suite...