Fujairah Fuel Oil Stocks Soar High

Oil stocks including those of bunker fuel at the Middle Eastern bunkering and shipping hub of Fujairah have risen to their highest level since...

DNV GL & HHI Collaborate on Green Tanker Designs

DNV GL and HHI Group have teamed up to embark on the development of future-proof tanker designs. Results of the joint research shows...

[Watch] 45 IMO States Designate Seafarers As Key Workers

IMO Member States and one Associate Member have now designated seafarers as key workers, a key step in resolving the ongoing crew change...

Bunkers To Face ‘Optimistic’ 2021 Amid Boost in VLSFO Supply

VLSFO is likely to see increased supply in 2021. Mostly firm sentiment for 3.5%S fuel oil. Oil inventories to weigh on tanker demand. ...

First VLGC Powered by LPG Headed from US Towards Panama Canal

Houston — The first VLGC powered by liquefied petroleum gas was headed toward the Panama Canal on Dec. 17. It was loaded at...

US Hospitals Anticipate The Approval Of The Second Vaccine

COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to record heights for a 19th straight day, with nearly 113,000 coronavirus patients counted in U.S. The virus has claimed...

More Than 40 Firms Become Victims of Cyber Breach, Says Microsoft

Microsoft has identified more than 40 of its customers around the world that had problematic versions of a third-party IT management program installed and...

World’s First Global, Real-time Maritime Emergency Service Launched

GMDSS is an internationally regulated service, that provides life-saving assistance to seafarers in distress. Iridium’s service functions much like an international SOS button. ...

Cosco Clinches Shanghai Development Bank’s Panamax Shipbuilding Contracts

In a major development, SPDB Financial Leasing, the leasing unit of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, has announced that they have entered into shipbuilding contracts...

ICS Webinar Regarding Stranded Seafarers

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) reviewed how COVID-19 is affecting seafarers and how the industry might find better ways to influence government, with...