Ban Carriage of Non-compliant Fuels Says SEALNG

SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, voiced its support for the carriage ban on non-compliant fuels proposed by the IMO...

Drones Inspect Vessel During Refuelling

This month onwards, all vessel refuelling and resupplying at the Port of Santos will be monitored by drones, a move that the port authority hopes will boost security and identify leaks, which it can...

30-foot Fall into an Empty Ballast Water Tank

On March 14, a man was critically injured after falling into the cargo hold of a vessel docked at the Marine terminal. The man was inspecting the vessel ‘Denebola’, a 947-foot Algol-class vehicle cargo ship...

Ship Detained After Injury of Crew Member

On March 9, a ship has been detained by the Oristano port captain after a crew member was injured onboard the vessel. What happened? The vessel ‘TK Rotterdam’ carrying grains was taken into custody by the...

Engine Room Fire Off Lismore Lighthouse

On March 13, the engine room of a ferry caught fire off Lismore lighthouse and was at the danger of drifting towards the shore. What happened? The ferry ‘Ronja Skye’ suffered a fire in its engine...

France Launches Carbon-free Wind Powered Cruise Ship

STX France has launched a carbon-free cruise design that uses wind as its main source of power – a design that is first of its kind. And the wind technology solution will be tested on...

Marine Amazon Unveiled

Singapore-based Moscord has unveiled a new platform styled as a "Maritime Amazon" that seeks to change the way ship supply is done, with a data-driven ship-to-supplier marketplace that enables direct transactions between buyers and...

Tufton Buys Two Vessels

Fund management firm Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited has purchased two sub-Panamax containerships for a price of USD 22.8 million. The company informed that the vessels will have charters of at least two years and three years,...

Size Isn’t Everything

It isn’t the size of your port that matters – it’s what you do with it. Felicity Landon reports on a new ‘connectivity index’. It's reassuring that even in the ports world, the best things...

LNG Brick Bunker Tank Prototype Tested

GTT has completed the test phase of its new LNG Brick® bunker tank technology. The verification programme, carried out in Korea under cryogenic conditions, demonstrated the satisfactory performance of the new membrane tank system. GTT...