Singapore Bunkering Demand Up By 13.6 %, Despite Poor Global Market
Singapore advanced by 13.6% on the year in August.
The performance will no doubt be seen as yet another confirmation of Singapore's status as the world's key bunker hub.
Singapore's annual total up to the end...
COVID19 & Flu Twin Attack Making People More Prone To Pneumonia
As doctors worry about a coronavirus-and-flu "twin-demic" that could overwhelm the health care system, Americans must contend with another possibility: fighting both viruses at the same time, reports CNN.
Can Be Affected By Both?
"You can...
[Watch] Crewless Ship Sail Across the Atlantic
Watch a full-size, fully-autonomous research ship to make one of the world's first autonomous transatlantic voyages.
With no crew on board, Andy Stanford-Clark, chief technology officer for IBM in the UK, explains how an AI...
Global Supply Chain Under Threat Warns Fidelity International
Fidelity International, calls on companies and governments to urgently address an unfolding crisis in global supply chains.
As hundreds of thousands of ship workers remain stranded at sea because of the pandemic.
The...
Powerzeek Adds LBG As a Renewable Energy To Its Platform
Powerzeek adds liquefied biogas (LBG) to its marine fuel platform, reports Bioenergy Insight.
Liquefied BioGas included to platform
Powerzeek, a platform company offering an online marketplace for cleaner energy, has added liquefied biogas (LBG) to its...
WHO Issues Interim Guidance for Seafarers Safety During Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) issues interim guidance for the safety of seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic, says a press release published in SeaandCoast.
Seafarers health
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an interim guidance...
Improper Brake Pad Disengagement Causes Anchor Drag
Summary of the Incident
Less than three weeks before a barge’s 12,000-pound anchor was dragged across Line 5, the barge and its newly installed anchor brake system were inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard and...
Audio Evidence of the Overturned Ship Off Georgia Released
Audio recording played sailors shouting above blaring alarms and other loud noises in the final minutes before the cargo ship, says an article published in Yahoo Finance.
Government hearing
U.S. Coast Guard investigators presented their first...
3,800-ton Crane of Offshore Vessel Crashes
3,800-ton crane of Chinese offshore construction crane vessel collapsed last week.
The crane collapsed during wind farm installation works off Lufeng, Guangdong Province, South China sea, east of Hong Kong.
The crane on...
Shipowner Charged With ‘Mauritius Oil Spill’ Pays $9 Million
The MV Wakashio struck a coral reef and caused a widespread oil spill off the coast of Mauritius earlier this summer.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said the Mauritius Natural Environment Recovery Fund will be...