Nu-Oil And Gas To Bring Maritime Security Venture To London

Nu-Oil and Gas PLC formerly a vehicle for unmanned oil projects – is to relaunch as a technology and security business. The new company, called Guardian Global Security PLC, will be led by...

Amazon, Ikea Pledge To Use Zero-Carbon Fuel By 2040

Nine big companies including Amazon, Ikea and Unilever have signed up to a pledge to only move cargo on ships using zero-carbon fuel by 2040. Cargo shipping produces one billion tonnes of climate...

“K” Line Marks ‘World First’ With Onboard Carbon Capture

Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has successfully separated and captured CO2 from the exhaust gas emitted from a vessel, coal carrier Corona Utility, reads an official news release. The testing and installation...

[Watch] The World’s Largest Oil Tanker

flowplayer(function (api) { api.on("load", function (e, api, video) { $("#vinfo").text(api.engine.engineName + " engine playing " + video.type); }); }); The world's biggest Very Large Crude Carrier will begin its second trial voyage in November. The massive oil tanker...

NYK To Cut GHG Emissions With New Mooring System

NYK Line has concluded a consulting contract with Trelleborg Marine Systems to introduce and promote a new mooring system to ports mainly servicing bulk carriers in Japan. DynaMoor, a load-balancing mooring system, is...

Merger Between HHI & DSME Eschewed By EU

A restructuring of the Korean shipbuilding industry has been drifting for two years and nine months because of the European Union’s reluctance to endorse a business combination of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Daewoo...

Asia Light Ends: Key Market Indicators For Oct 18-22

Asia's light end markets were trading higher in mid-morning trade Oct. 18 on firmer crude futures, with gasoline banking on sustained recovery in regional travel, while naphtha seeks support from the widening ethylene-naphtha spread,...

China Drafts Law To Punish Parents for Their Kids’ Bad Behaviour

Parents in China whose young children exhibit "very bad behavior" or commit crimes could face punishment under the proposed new legislation, reports CNN. Family Education Promotion Law If prosecutors detect bad or illegal behavior in children...

Maritime Smuggling Ring Busted by CCG

The Ukrainian News publishes, according to a CCG release, a marine smuggling gang operating in numerous locations including Hebei, Fujian, and Taiwan was busted by China Coast Guard (CCG) forces in east China's Shandong...

How Effective is Thailand’s Cheap COVID-19 Vaccine Substitute?

Thailand's government is using green chiretta to treat people with asymptomatic or mild coronavirus infections, following a trial in prisons which found that 99% of those who consumed the plant recovered, reports The Sky...