What It Takes To Be a Woman at Sea? Serena Melani Answers
In March this year, just close to International Women's Day the Regent Seven Seas Cruises declared that their newest cruise ship Seven Seas Splendor would be captained by a woman when it sets sail...
CMA-CGM Splits Ten 15,000 Teu Order 50/50 Between LNG and Scrubbers
Two strategic agreements covering construction of 10 new 15,000 TEU containerships signed.
Five of them are LNG fueled and five fitted with hybrid scrubbers.
Measuring 366 meters long, the ships will replace ten...
Amateur Mate Allided Tow With Bridge While Crew Was Asleep
The Incident
On March 1, 2016, about 0322 local time, the open barge SJ-199 being pushed by the tugboat Kodiak allided with the North Landing Bridge at mile marker 20.2 in Chesapeake, Virginia. Just before the...
[Watch] The Bottleneck at the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal's limited number of slots - or vessel transit permits - per day can be a constraint for LNG tankers during peak demand periods. 84 percent of U.S. LNG to Asia transited...
Shell Enters Into 20-Year Deal With Rio Grande LNG
Shell has become the first customer at NextDecade's proposed $15 billion Rio Grande LNG export terminal at the Port of Brownsville.
hell will buy 2 million metric tons of LNG per year from...
Nakilat Adds Two LNG Carriers To Joint Venture With Maran
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat has expanded its joint venture partnership with Greek shipping company Maran Ventures.
This new agreement increases the number of vessels jointly-owned by Nakilat and Maran Gas from 13...
Belships Acquires Supramax Bulk Carrier
Belships ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire a 58,700 dwt bulk carrier from Wenaas Shipping AS.
The agreed purchase price is USD 13.0 million, of which half will be paid in...
Cargo Ship Listing While Docked in Hartlepool Investigated
Authorities are carrying out an inspection on a large cargo ship which has been listing while docked in Hartlepool.
MCA surveyors are planning to visit the vessel today to carry out a Port State...
Storm Hits Chemical Disaster Site Closes Houston Ship Channel
The Houston Ship Channel has been shut down due to violent storms wracked the chemical disaster site.
The outbound shipping has been halted and decontamination stations have been closed.
ITC plans to assess the...
$120 Million Worth Cocaine Retrieved from a Spanish Ship in the Atlantic
According to a News Day report, the Coast Guard retrieved a suspicious attachment ship in the Atlantic.
What happened?
The Coast Guard members of the Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (OCIU) and Point Fortin police, led...