Weekly Bulk Report – Week 20, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 20th week of this year. The report formulated on 17th May 2019 highlights the situation in the bulk carrier market including trading activities,...
Wärtsilä Signs Service Agreements for Four LNG Carriers
Wärtsilä has announced that it has signed long-term service agreements for four Japanese owned LNG carriers, based on a report by LNG Industry.
Enhanced performance by DMP
Wärtsilä claims that its Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP) proposition...
12-Metre Ship Aims to Be First to Cross Atlantic Without A Crew
Final preparations are underway for a 12-meter-long ship to set sail from Canada and attempt the world's first transatlantic crossing without a crew based on a report by Euro News.
What happened?
The USV Maxlimer, an...
Little To No Tariff Fall Out for Containership Lessors: Danaos
In a recent development, Danaos Corporation, a lessor of container ships, has announced that they have seen a sizable increase in their quarterly profits and maintained that escalating trade tensions should not curb chartering...
ICS-ECSA Conducted Survey Paints Positive Picture for Seafarers’ Internet Access
A survey done by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) reveals that not only is internet access for seafarers for personal use on board ships more widespread...
IMO Meeting Shows That Shipping on Track To Meet 2030 CO2 Reduction Target
In a major development, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – which represents the world’s national shipowner associations – remains confident that shipping will improve its carbon efficiency by at least 40% by 2030...
Mounting Pressure on IMO for Slow Steaming Decision At MEPC
In a major development, countries have agreed on energy efficiency targets at the IMO meeting this week although big decisions on how to curb shipping emissions are once again deferred, reports the Business Green.
Climate...
Neo-Panamax Container Market Looks Better
8,000 TEU design Neo-panamax vessels Charter rates, saw increases with 12-month charters being contracted at average daily gross rates of $24,000.
The idle container fleet was estimated to represent approximately 3.2% of the...
Hapag-Lloyd First To Convert Large Containership To LNG
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd has booked the HFO-to-LNG conversion, reports Logistics Middle East.
HFO to LNG conversion
Hapag-Lloyd has registered the HFO-to-LNG conversion of UASC’s 15,000 TEU ‘LNG-ready’ container ship, Sajir, acquired in its 2017 take-over of the...
Why Light May Be The Saviour for Ship Wifi
Martyn Wingrove writes about the next-generation light technology that offers better availability, capacity, reliability and security than wifi, for an article in Marinemec.
Here's an excerpt from it.
Signals do not get transmitted?
Wifi's radio communications signal...