Maersk Aiming Zero Emissions by 2050
Maersk planning to revolutionalize the way it works by 2050.
At present, the company attributes to 80% of the global trade emitting 3% of the global carbon emission.
Maersk emits 36 million tonnes...
Tanker Captain Guilty! $2 Million Fine for Flushing Oil by Tricking Sensor
Interorient Marine Services Limited, a vessel operating company was convicted and sentenced on 13th February 2019 in the Western District of Louisiana.
The company was sentenced for maintaining false and incomplete records relating...
The Greyhound Is Running, But Where To?
You look away for a minute and the oil market moves like a greyhound out of the trap, running after the fake hare that is world oil shortage, says Freight Investors Services.
The Fake Hare
OPEC...
Factual Understanding of an LNG Leak Is Crucial
A factual understanding of what happens when an LNG leak occurs is crucial to allowing people to determine whether they will accept those risks.
Putting an ignition source into LNG is not a...
Shipowners Energy Management Strategy
BIMCO with CE Delft has made a proposal about the fourth IMO GHG Study.
IPCC and SSP scenarios project considerably higher and unrealistic short- to mid-term economic growth than current economic trends and...
World’s Largest Container Ship Docks at Greece’s Piraeus
COSCO Shipping Pisces with a 20,000 TEU docked at Greece's Piraeus port.
Comprises of environmental-friendly features including shore-power system, ballast water management systems and low fuel and energy consumption.
The system allows one-man bridge...
GPA Unveils Ambitious Plans for Huge Expansion at the Port of Savannah
GPA unveils project to handle six 14,000 teu ships simultaneously by 2024 at the port of Savannah.
21 Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes to be included and aims to have 37 ship-to-shore operations, plans to...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 6, 2019
Protection Vessels International has published the weekly maritime security report of the 6th week of this year. The report formulated on 13th February 2019 provides valuable insights regarding the various security breaches and threats...
Diana Shipping Announces Sale of Two Panamax Dry Bulk Vessels
Diana shipping has signed MoA to sell to two affiliated parties, the m/v Danae and m/v Dione, each a 2001-built dry bulk vessels for US$7.2 million each.
It has entered into a time...
Crew Transfer Vessel Collides with Cargo Vessel
On February 19, wind turbine technicians on a crew transfer vessel operating on the Wikinger offshore windfarm in Germany are reported to have been injured.
What happened?
The men were injured following a collision with another...