Charter Market Capacity Crunch May Dent Profitability
A capacity crunch is predicted in the charter market in the coming months.
This is due to a 30-month high rate in the ongoing charter rates caused by strong demands for fresh...
‘Extreme’ Iceberg Seasons Threaten Shipping
The giant icebergs and sea ice that once remained trapped in the frozen Arctic are moving southward faster and more frequently, menacing shipping and oil and gas drilling operations due to the warming of...
Wärtsilä Cargo Handling Systems Onboard LEG Carriers
On March 28, two LEG carriers which were built by Sinopacific with Wärtsilä solutions onboard were christened.
LEG carriers
The two vessel in the first series of five Liquid Ethylene Gas (LEG) carriers which have completed...
You Don’t Want that Falling on Your Roof!
On March 28, the beach goers witnessed an enormous boat which appeared to hover over the house rooftops.
What happened?
The photographs taken by the beachgoers in Blyth, Northumberland showed a huge vessel appearing to hover...
What Really Happens When You Put a Pet in Cargo on an Airplane?
A series of worrisome events involving pets onboard an Airplane has worried flyers prompting them to re-evaluate their options while travelling with their furry companions.
What happened?
On March 12, a French bulldog puppy named ‘Kikito’...
Shape Up or Ship Out? What Lies Ahead for Seafarers
In recent years, the marine industry is onto an innovative change with changing crew sizes and skills to adapt new technologies. The most recent proposals is in areas of digitized energy management, onshore control...
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[Watch] Inspection of the Ballast of a Container Ship
CMA CGM required the internal inspection of a ballast tank of one of its container ships, the CMA CGM ANDROMEDA. Flying in complex and pitch-dark confined spaces, Elios has demonstrated its capacity to deliver...
[Watch] Meet Elios, Drone for Ship Surveys Inspired by Insects
Designed to fly in tight and complex places, the drone Elios, from the Swiss company Flyability, has a shell carbon fiber inspired by insects, which allows it to absorb shocks, reports Dronebelow.
Flying a drone
Shocks,...
COLREGS Milestone for Autonomous Ships
Rolls-Royce has completed the £1.3 million MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) research project, demonstrating it claims, that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance...