Air Pollution on Cruise Ship Decks As Bad As Beijing Air
A study measured pollution levels on the deck of 4 cruise ships in front of and behind the ship’s smokestacks.
The researchers found that concentrations of particulate matter pollution on the decks of...
New Design Makes Liquefied Hydrogen Bunker Vessels a Reality
Design for Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2) bunker vessel developed aiming at reducing the environmental footprint from global ship transport.
Liquefied Hydrogen at a temperature of -253 °C will offer cost advantages over pressurized hydrogen...
Star Bulk Set Scrubbers on 15 of Its Large Vessels
Fifth consecutive profitable quarter, with $12.3 million Net Income for Star Bulk.
Refinancing of loans of approximately $248 million with new debt with an average margin of 120 bps lower than the debt...
EuroDry Ltd. Declares Previous Quarterly Reports
Total net revenues of $7.0 million, Net income of $0.8 million; net income attributable to common shareholders of $0.6 million or $0.25 earnings per share basic and diluted.
Adjusted net income attributable...
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...