Bulk Carrier Towed to Bremerhaven
On November 6, a bulk carrier was reportedly towed to safety and for further repairs after it was disabled at Sea.
What happened?
The bulk carrier ‘Glory Amsterdam’ was disabled and started to drift. The incident...
General Cargo Vessel Ran Onto Embankment in Kiel Canal
On November 7, a general cargo vessel reportedly ran into an embankment after it tried to avoid being grounded.
What happened?
The general cargo vessel ‘RMS Ruhrort’ ran into an embankment located in the Kiel Canal...
Germany Leads Container Ship Ownership in the World
The UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2017 presented its analysis of the world fleet and ship ownership details in its recent report.
Container ships are the work horses of the global liner shipping network that...
Maersk Steers Annual Shipping Profit Forecast Lower
A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping group, cut the profit forecast for its core business on Tuesday after a costly cyber attack and a weaker than expected third quarter.
Maersk, which agreed to sell...
[Watch] Wärtsilä Introduces an Innovative Pre-swirl Stator for Fuel Efficiency
Wärtsilä has unveiled its innovative technique ‘EnergoFlow’, an energy saving solution that will return ship operators’ investment in less than two years. By reducing the power losses which occur in the propeller’s slipstream with...
[Watch] World’s First Conversion of Container Ship to Dual-Fuel Operation
The project involved the retrofitting of the 1,036-teu feeder container ship’s MAN 8L48/60B main engine to a multi-fuel, four-stroke MAN 51/60DF unit that enables dual-fuel operation – the first such conversion of its type...
Proper Use of Safety Harness Vital When Working at Height
Summary
On the morning of 3 November 2016, the bulk carrier New Legend Pearl was east of Coromandel Peninsula on passage between the New Zealand ports of Bluff and Marsden Point. The crewmembers were trying...
LNG Bunkering to Reach USD 24.684 Billion in 2023
The LNG bunkering market is poised to witness a CAGR of 62.5%, and is projected to reach USD 24684.7 million by 2023.
Key growth factors:
In a report released by Energias Market Research highlights the key...
Marine Propeller Market Worth 5.37 Billion USD by 2022
The report "Marine Propeller Market by Type (Propellers, Thrusters), Application (Merchant Ships, Naval Ships, Boats), Material (Stainless Steel, Aluminium, Bronze, Nickel-Aluminium Bronze), End User, Propulsion, Number of Blades, Region - Global Forecast to 2022", published...
Vessel Performance Management with Eniram’s Solutions
Eniram, a Wärtsilä company, has signed a five-year service agreement with Corsica Linea to take them to the forefront of digitalization and performance management. The agreement covers the fleet owned and operated by Corsica...