Through Steel: A Ship-wide Sensor Mesh
A new networked, radio mesh technology that could offer an affordable solution to one of shipping’s biggest safety challenges, writes Charlie Bartlett on Motorship.
Network...
First LNG-powered ConRo Ship for Crowley Delivered
Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken delivery of El Coquí, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by LNG, from...
2 Scrubber Ready New Builds for OSG
A new US-based Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has signed binding contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Company (HMD) for the construction of two tankers.
OSG primarily...
Questions on US Clean Up Operation
Numerous reports of marine fuel contamination on an unprecedented scale in the US Gulf Region have left stakeholders with more questions than answers.
Reports suggest...
Captain of Oil Tanker Arrested, Sailors Released
On July 22, four sailors were rescued from a Panama-flagged oil tanker, the captain of the vessel has been arrested.
What happened?
Four sailors were rescued...
Scrubbers: To Be or Not To Be, that is the Question
Guido Van Meel, Secretary General of Euroshore International (a non-profit association of waste contractors specialised in ships’ waste) discusses the key challenges with respect...
Alert! Ethylene Gas Vapors can Exhibit Cross-sensitivity
What happened?
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has recently published a Safety Alert relating to unplanned releases of different and unrelated gases:
07/18 entitled...
[Watch] The Last Moments Before Duck Boat Sinks
The last moments before a tourist duck boat tragically flipped over on a Missouri lake on Thursday, killing 11, were captured on a video...
Are LED Lights Making us Ill?
Over the last decade, much of Europe and the US have changed the way they illuminate city and town streets.
Councils and local governments from...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
TANKER REPORT
VLCC
Rates from ME Gulf eased down a point to WS 45.5/46 basis 270,000mt to China, although there is now a report of Shell...
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Asia’s US Crude Share Remains, But Flows Change Dramatically
US crude share in Q2 in Asia at record high of 7%: S&P Global
Increased flows of Russian crude will alter H2 flows...
