Does UK Gas Storage Closure Increase Reliance on Divertable LNG?
The closure of the UK’s main seasonal gas storage facility, Rough, could reduce LNG deliveries to the UK in future summers but increase them in future winters. Abundant local regasification capacity and increasing global...
7 Tips on Hazards of Mooring Line Snap-Back
Introduction:
A deck officer in charge of the forward mooring party on board a very large liquid natural gas (LNG) carrier was seriously injured when a tensioned mooring line parted. At the time of the...
No Crew in Cargo Ships Pilot House While Freighter Collided
According to tracking data that emerged in the course of the investigation. The Philippines-flagged freighter that struck the USS Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan last week was on autopilot at the time.
The collision...
Cargo Ship Crew Member Found Dead Inside Cabin
A crew member of a cargo ship docked in Manila Bay was found dead inside the vessel cabin early Saturday morning.
What happened?
A report by SPO2 Donald Panaligan of Manila Police District's homicide division identified...
Tankers and Bulkers Top Priority Among Ship Owners
Meanwhile, market sources have indicated that since the start of 2017 and up until the early part of June, Greek owners have poured a total of 2.42 billion euros, for the acquisition of 151...
Why a U.S. Destroyer Failed to Dodge a Cargo Ship?
There should have been lookouts on watch on the port, starboard and stern of the destroyer Fitzgerald — sailors scanning the horizon with binoculars and reporting by headsets to the destroyer’s bridge. At 1:30...
Seafarer Killed in Four-storey Fall Onboard Malta Ship
A Filipino seafarer fell to his death while his crew was preparing to refuel his ship at Malta Freeport, reports said.
A report says the seafarer fell from four decks at 4:45 a.m. as he and...
Wagenborg Sets New Standard with EasyMax
‘Easy to build, easy to operate, easy to load’ have been the guiding principles for Wagenborg’s new class of home-grown multipurpose carrier, writes David Tinsley.
EasyMax multipurpose vessel concept:
An enduring strength of the northern Netherlands...
Time to End Ship Smoke
In 2016, the IMO announced that the effective date for the reduction of marine fuel sulphur (“S”) will be 2020. Under the new global cap, ships will have to use marine fuels with a...
3 Inventions that are Changing the Face of Shipping
The PortXL accelerator programme helps (frequently young) entrepreneurs to make their innovative concept a success. Three new talents tell us how their ideas will transform the maritime sector.
Crewless shipping
Name: Nikunj Parashar (34)
Country of origin:...