[Watch] Seafarers Should Receive Vaccine Priority, Says Stakeholder
A maritime industry stakeholder is calling on the Philippine government to also prioritize seafarers as in the country's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, reports ABS CBN News.
Kew worker status: A top priority
Tore Henriksen, president of Doehle...
Inmarsat Secures Fleet Agreement To Accelerate Maritime Digitalisation
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has secured a fleet-wide agreement with offshore support vessel major Tidewater to advance its digitalization strategy by upgrading the majority of its active fleet to...
This Amazon-backed Startup To Make Net-zero Transportation Fuels
Infinium, an electrofuels solution provider, closed the funding bringing together a consortium of investors including Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), AP Ventures, Neuman & Esser, and the Grantham Environmental Trust, reports...
Oil Majors To Tackle Rising Crude Prices Amid Muted Demand
Indian majors have to balance between rising crude prices, muted demand and heavy central and state levies on retail prices, reports the Business Standard.
Crude oil cuts
When Saudi Arabia announced a crude oil production cut...
CMA CGM Set To Close Its Transpacific SEA-X Service
CMA CGM appears to be set to close its transpacific express container shipping service, after worsening congestion at Los Angeles port impacted delivery guarantees, says an article published in The Load Star.
Launch to New...
HMM’s First Extra Loader in Korea-Europe Route
On Jan 27, HMM announced that it will deploy its first extra loader on the Korea-Europe route on Jan 31 to help Korean companies ship their export products on schedule, says an article published...
KDB Planning To Sell HMM To POSCO
The largest shareholder of HMM, Korea Development Bank (KDB) is planning to sell off HMM (formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine) to POSCO, to privatize HMM by handing over all of its shares to...
Method To Detect Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Developed
Researchers at Draper, MIT have developed a passive acoustic remote sensing method for unmanned underwater vehicles, says an article published in Yahoo Finance.
Acoustic Signature in UUV
Detecting the presence of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)...
Restricted Availability Hampering Methanol Bunkering Uptake
Recently Platts spoke with Stuart McCall from Methanex about the prospect of methanol as a bunker fuel. Today we are going to take a look at that interview.
Methanol Hurdle
Methanol offers significant greenhouse gas savings...
Bursting the Myths of Biofuels
With efforts to save the planet from global warming and recognition of the need to protect the environment, many countries and the UN have been considering stricter greenhouse gas, SO2, and NOx emission regulations...