Exxon Discloses The Emission Details From Its Product Sales

Exxon Mobil Corp is under increasing pressure from investors and climate change activists. As a result it has reported for the first time the emissions that result when customers use its products such as...

Soaring Container Rates Put European Shippers in Distress

European shippers and freight forwarders call on the EU Commission to intervene in the container sector. Both the stake holders are worried about overheated market seen in the past many months. They feel...

Stranded Seafarers in China Set To Return Home

  Indian sailors stuck in China since June last year, due to the global pandemic, are set to return home. Indian seafarers will reach Chiba Port, Japan on January 14, and after following the...

Baltic Exchange Hits Highest Index in Nearly 3 Months

Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index jumped 11% on Friday as high Chinese coal demand drove up capesize rates, reports Baltic NewsDesk. Coal demand and Capesize rates The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index jumped about...

[Watch] UK Rolls Out Rapid COVID19 Tests for Asymptomatic People

The UK will next week roll out regular rapid testing for people with no Covid-19 symptoms, according to health secretary Matt Hancock. The community testing regime - expanded to cover all 317 local...

HMD Bags AiP for LNG Carrier With Prismatic IMO Type-B Tank

The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval In Principle (AIP) for an LNG carrier with a prismatic IMO type-B tank built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The ship is a small to medium-sized LNG...

MISC Bags Delivery of Second VLEC

MISC Berhad has taken delivery of Seri Erlang, its second very large ethane carrier (VLEC) at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard. Seri Erlang will join its sister vessel, Seri Everest, to transport...

Ningbo Marine Places Order for Handy Bulker Trio

Chinese dry bulk operator Ningbo Marine has signed a shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipbuilding, reports Splash247. The contract is for the construction of three 49,800 dwt handy bulkers. Vessels part of fleet optimization The company...

Christmas On Board The Royal Caribbean Cruise

Merry Christmas! While most of us are unable to be on a Royal Caribbean cruise this year, the author wanted to share a look at some of the Christmas fun aboard the only cruise...

The 15-year Search for The Mahogany Ship

Did a 16th-century Portuguese vessel run aground here? Doubtful, but why not celebrate it anyhow? The afternoon is overcast, the ocean churning, between Port Fairy and Warrnambool, on the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria,...