Outokumpu has signed a long-term time charter with the Finnish shipping business Langh Ship. The new structures will be designed to be multifunctional vessels. The goal of building cargo solutions was to enhance...

Mutations in spike protein make it more difficult for immune cells to combat infection. Viruses change frequently  & show unusual mutations. The first cases of the variation were discovered in Botswana. Persistent infection...

Captain Saleem Alavi raises the question whether all shipowners should be expected to pay for technology firms decarbonisation R&D. The shipowner is a proverbial scapegoat in today’s environmental perspective. Shipowners have been very...

Crude trading on Monday resumed an upward trajectory, although minimally. It is in anticipation of U.S. president Joe Biden announcing a release of oil from that country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. A recent news article published in the...

Marine fuels firm Minerva Bunkering has been able to continue with Vancouver bunker supply. It takes place despite the outage of a key pipeline in British Columbia's lower mainland. A Ship and Bunker news source says that Minerva Continues...

Appendix V of MARPOL Annex VI requires sulphur content and density to be included in the bunker delivery note. Should inclusion of flashpoint also be made mandatory? A recent news article published in the...

The worst of global supply chain disruptions is over, said Esben Poulsson, chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping. Retailers had made a “significant level” of pre-orders and that should help ease shortages...

The International Maritime Organization has put $400,000 behind the preparatory phase of a new 'IMO CARES' initiative on decarbonization. This came shortly after its member states blocked a plan to impose a 2050 net-zero emissions target on the shipping industry. A...

In the latest headache for the global supply chain, ships in Chinese waters are disappearing from industry tracking systems. Analysts started noticing the drop-off in shipping traffic toward the end of October, as...

Environmental regulators from the American state of Georgia have decided to fine Korean shipowner Hyundai Glovis $3m over the 2019 capsizing of the Golden Ray car carrier, reports Pressreader. Hyundai Glovis fined for $3m  The Georgia...