Electric Container Ships Are Stuck on the Horizon
The Yara Birkeland in Norway, is the world’s first electric-powered, zero-emissions container ship and the first autonomous commercial vessel.
It will carry just...
American Shipping Company ASA Reports Q4 Results
On 28 February 2019, American Shipping Company ASA announced the results for fourth quarter ending 31 December 2018.
Report Highlights
Overseas Shipholding Group (“OSG”) exercised...
Bulk Report – Week 9, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 9th week of this year. The report formulated on 1st March 2019...
NYK Charters Its Eco-friendly Wood-chip Carrier for Long-term
In a recent development, NYK has announced that they have concluded a long-term contract with Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited for a new wood-chip carrier...
12 Vessels Travel 21,000 Miles Holding Nothing But Seawater
Vessels are making voyages of as much as 21,000 miles direct from Asia, all the way around South Africa, holding nothing but seawater...
How Does Scrubbers Financing Work?
When it comes to complying to the new IMO regulations due to be effective from 2020, scrubbers installation is not the only challenge, the...
Product Tanker Attacked, 3 Crewmembers Kidnapped
On March 2, a product tanker was attacked by pirates near Lome, Togo waters, Gulf of Guinea, reports Medium.
What happened?
The vessel Histria Ivory with 21...
Another Brightoil VLCC Detained in China
On March 4, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) Brightoil GEM had been arrested by China’s Haikou Maritime Court at the request of the...
Is European Commission Pushing Forward Restrictions on Scrubbers?
CSA 2020 raised concerns over the proposal the EC submitted to IMO on changing its
scrubber guidelines.
Proposal was for “evaluation and harmonization”...
[Answer] Must Have Qualities of Water Supplied to a Scrubber?
Scrubbers are the ultimate immediate compliance solutions that the shipowners are looking into. Although the skepticism and ban on open-loop scrubbers have made some...
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Protect Workers from COVID-19 Risks! ITF Urges Danish Shipping Giant!
ITF has called on Maersk to show responsibility for all its workers in its extended supply chain at sea and ashore.
Maersk asked...
