90% Less Emission Wind Powered Car Carrier in 2024

wPCC shows that the maritime industry can bring about major change and that zero-emission shipping is possible, using wind as the main energy source. It leaves 90% less emissions than today’s vessels and...

Steel Cut on LNG-powered MR Product Tanker

Zvezda shipbuilding has started building a first LNG-powered MR type product tanker for compatriot shipowner Sovcomflot, says an article published on their website. LNG-powered MR tanker  Russian Zvezda Shipbuilding has cut steel for the first LNG-powered...

COVID-19 Vaccine Trial’s First Ever Halt Due To Unexplained Illness

AstraZeneca is currently in late-stage phase 3 trials for their vaccine candidates. During the clinical trial of the covid vaccine, an unexplained illness caused the entire process to halt. Details about the patient’s...

First Steps in Environmentally Friendly Ship Degassing

First steps in environmentally responsible degassing of ships. Ships not allowed to remove vapours from their holds while in transit. EUR 250,000 made available for trials with mobile degassing systems. The Netherlands will no...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 36, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 36th week of this year. The report dated 4th September 2020 provides a valuable insight into this week’s tanker market dealings, freight rates, and...

Scrubber Manufacturer To Offer Overboard Pipes Upon Corrosion Concerns

Ships are requiring overboard pipe repairs within six months of installation due to corrosion. Ship owners have also found the spool pieces to be below the required standard and unable to sustain in...

Japan Offers ‘Unprecedented’ Support To Mauritius

Japan has told Mauritius it would offer support on an “unprecedented scale,” Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday, after a Japanese-owned ship struck a coral reef off the country’s southeast coast in late...

Dry Bulk Market Challenges and Its Future Amidst Covid 19: Podcast

Dry bulk market experts Shriram Sivaramakrishnan, Carina Li, and Isaac Eio take part in a lively discussion. The examine how the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax markets fare in this pandemic-stricken trading environment. They also talk...

‘Missing Ship Crew’ Search For The Gulf Livestock Resumes

The Gulf Livestock 1 left New Zealand carrying 5,800 cows to Tangshan, when it  sent a distress signal while it was sailing in stormy conditions in the East China Sea as a typhoon...

Merchant Ship Attacked, Crew Perhaps Kidnapped

Merchant ship attacked, identity of the ship not clear. Crew members probably kidnapped. Reports say, it is Dutch reefer WATER PHOENIX. Ship attacked south of Lagos, writes Erofey Schkvakin for the Maritime Bulletin. Merchant ship...