Bulker Market Sees Lowest Sales Level Since 2015
Secondhand sales in the dry bulk market head for the lowest level since 2015 as the coronavirus pandemic makes them difficult to execute. While activity picked up mid-year as rates and some restrictions lifted,...
Seafarers Stuck On Ships For About A Year Due To The Pandemic
Thousands of seafarers around the world have been stuck on ships for about a year or longer due to the coronavirus pandemic. The prolonged time at sea is taking a heavy toll on the...
Scrubber Fitted 12,000 teu F-type Containership Joins Evergreen
Ever Fortune is a new, 12,000 TEU class F-type containership.
Evergreen has taken delivery of five newly built 12,000 TEU class F-type containerships.
The ship can carry 19 rows of containers on deck,...
Scientists Create World’s Smallest 3D-printed Microboat
Kraft’s research group researches microswimmers, small particles moving in fluids like water, that can be followed using a microscope.
Most research of this type is carried out on sphere shaped particles, but 3D...
Ceiba – The Future Of Clean Shipping
Sail Cargo is a company trying to prove that zero-carbon shipping is possible, and commercially viable.
The global shipping sector emits over a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases , equivalent to around 3%...
Performance Shipping Acquires 5th Aframax Tanker for $22m
Performance Shipping acquired the 2011-built (Sumitomo) aframax tanker Kalamas from Pleiades Shipping, reports Splash 247.
Vessel value and delivery
According to reports, Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has paid $22m for the vessel, which has a...
The Mystery Around Death Of The Captain Of Titanic
Captain E.J. Smith was last seen at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 1912.
Even after 40 years at sea without any casualties for Smith, the death count was over 1500 on the...
Inmarsat To Deliver Fleet Xpress To Global Maritime Market
Speedcast International Limited and Inmarsat have signed an agreement for the sale of Speedcast’s primary Maritime Customer Contracts to Inmarsat, says a press release published on their website.
Primary Maritime Customer Contracts
Speedcast International Limited announced...
Bulk Carrier Runs Aground Shortly After Unmooring
Bulk carrier ran aground in Parana river downstream from San Lorenzo Port on Nov 19, shortly after unmooring, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Bulk carrier ASIA GRAECA ran aground in Parana river downstream from San Lorenzo...
Bunkering Vessel Hijacked
According to a Dryad report, the missing tanker Stelios K was reported to be hijacked after owners lost contact with the vessel 40 nm south of Lome.
What happened?
The report indicates that contact was lost...