UK Records A Grim Milestone of 50,000 Covid 19 Deaths

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised the NHS will be ready to start rolling out the vaccine from 1 December if its passes its final regulatory hurdles. England's deputy chief medical officer Prof...

Air Lubrication Technology To Reduce Fuel Consumption by 5 to 10%

Water is not as yielding as you think, says Noah Silberschmidt, founder and CEO of UK-based Silverstream Technologies. For more than a century, gigantic steel vessels have been ploughing the oceans, generating seemingly...

The Real Cargo Security Risks in Moving the Vaccine

The focus of vaccine distribution so far has been on airline capacity and the ability to deliver at the correct temperature. But security will also be crucial, with armed escorts and convoys expected...

Wärtsilä and CBO Venture into First Hybrid Vessel Upgradation

Wärtsilä and CBO, one of Brazil’s leading operators of offshore support vessels, sign an agreement to convert a vessel from CBO’s fleet to operate with hybrid propulsion. The ‘CBO Flamengo’ will be the...

New Ethylene Terminal at Houston Channel To Be Scaled Up

Ethylene terminal has exported more than 300,000 mt so far in 2020. Terminal to reach nameplate 1 million mt/year capacity in December.Enterprise Products Partners and Navigator Gas have exported more than 300,000 mt...

MSC Takes Hold of Euroseas Boxship

Swiss-headquartered containerline MSC recently completed the acquisition of a sub-panamax containership from Greek owner Euroseas. MSC’s owned fleet will reach 204 ships and further narrows the gap with top placed containerline Maersk.Mediterranean Shipping...

ZIM Records All-time Highest Q3 Profit

Underscoring the remarkable bounce back of container shipping from reduced volumes due to COVID-19 lockdowns in the first half of the year, ZIM has reported its highest ever Q3 profit. All time record! The Israeli line...

Novel Retrofitting of 10,000 TEU LNG-fuelled Containership

Riviera whitepaper reports of an IMO type C tank and FGSS solution for a retrofitted 10,000 TEU LNG-fuelled container ship. Retrofit for LNG fuel LNG is widely considered to be a leading alternative marine fuel as...

AMSA Bans 4 Ships This Year for Breach of MLC

Australia has a reputation for rigorous inspection and enforcement action in relation to its Port State Control (PSC) activities. In recent years, this reputation has been most clearly illustrated by an ongoing focus...

IMO Approves MARPOL Amendments To Reduce Vessel Emissions

The IMO approved draft amendments to MARPOL on short-term measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial shipping. The drafted amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical...