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The US-based Maritime Partners has revealed that the M/V Hydrogen One, the world’s first methanol-fuelled towboat, will join its fleet and become available for charter in 2023. The towboat is said to be developed using proven, efficient ...

German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has revealed its plans to work on upgrading its four-stroke engines to run on green future fuels, including methanol and ammonia. The company will in due course enable shipowners to use ...

A tanker operating company’s decision to change masters without a handover period led to a $72.9 million marine accident, according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Marine Accident Brief issued on 23 November. The report details the ...

China tops the list of the ten biggest shipowning nations globally, according to VesselsValue.China has moved up from second in January to first place this time, owning a total of $191 bn in assets.November 2021 total fleet values include the vessel ...

UK-based Marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies (BARTech) has secured an approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for wind propulsion technology WindWings developed in cooperation with Yara Marine Technologies. The AiP ...

ABS, ConocoPhillips Polar Tankers, Sembcorp Marine Ltd and 3D Metalforge have taken a significant and tangible step to make additive manufacturing (AM) - also known as 3D printing - a reality in the marine industry through a joint development ...

Ship classification society, RINA has announced the Approval in Principle (AiP) of a new-concept offshore fish-farming vessel. The fish-farming Ocean Ark vessel is developed by Ocean Arks Tech of Chile (OATECH) in accordance with RINA Rules and ...

IDEAS are floating around of having 200 TEU-300 TEU box ships sailing at 40 knots on short-haul intra-Asia trade to meet the logistics demand spurred by fast-growing online shopping, reports UK's Lloyd's List. Market players are weighing this as a ...

Shipping group CMA CGM on Friday reported a surge in third-quarter earnings and said it expected an even stronger performance for the end of the year as intense demand kept freight rates high and container capacity stretched. French- based CMA CGM, ...

This month it was revealed that transit traffic on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – the trans-Arctic shipping lane that runs from Norway’s northernmost reaches to Russia’s Pacific coast and Asia – had increased 66% from January to November, year on ...

The March 2021 grounding of the 20,150 TEU containership Ever Given and the consequent blockage of the Suez Canal had far-reaching implications for the shipping industry. The 400-meter-long and 59-meter-wide Ever Given, too big to allow other ships ...

The world's first fully electric and self-steering container ship, owned by fertiliser maker Yara, is preparing to navigate Norway's southern coast and play its part in the country's plans to clean-up its industry. The Yara Birkeland, an ...

Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of OXAGON, the world’s largest floating industrial complex and the world’s first fully integrated port and supply chain ecosystem. OXAGON is located in NEOM, a planned $500 billion futuristic megacity in ...

The technology group Wärtsilä will commercially launch its Two-Stroke Future Fuels Conversion platform during the first quarter of 2022. This innovative and patented engine combustion technology platform will enable the fast and cost-effective ...

CARNIVAL FACINATION name on its AIS signal was recently changed from CENTURY HARMONY to a shorter Y HARMONY before arriving Arriving in Alang. The shipwreck yards in Alang, India have received a record number of cruise ships and passengers in the ...

Royal Caribbean took delivery of its newest ship, which has become the largest cruise ship in the world Wonder of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean at some point last week, and departed the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in ...

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its wholly-owned subsidiary MOL Drybulk have signed a basic agreement with their compatriot Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) to cooperate in a trial of a hydrogen-fueled engine equipped on an ...

Ever Given, the giant containership that ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, has suffered the majority of damage on its bow module and the area around its bow thrusters, as well as around the rudder and propellor, new photos show. Last month, ...

Leading marine technology company, Wärtsilä Voyage has successfully delivered its advanced integrated bridge and navigation solution for polar cruise vessel National Geographic Resolution (CruiseMapper). Built at Ulstein Verft shipyard, Lindblad ...

Clean energy solutions provider Unitrove has unveiled the liquid hydrogen bunkering facility for fuelling zero-emission ships. Said to be the world’s first, liquid hydrogen bunkering facility was unveiled at the City of Glasgow College’s Riverside ...

The commander, executive officer and senior enlisted sailor for attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22) have been fired following the results of an investigation into the Oct. 2 underwater collision in the South China Sea, the Navy announced on ...

MAERSK, the world's biggest shipping company, posted a record net profit of US$5.5 billion for the third quarter, drawn on revenues of $16.6 billion, which increased 68 per cent year on year. But total liftings were flat at 6.5 million TEU, with ...

2nd November 2021: Windship Technology can today reveal that its Zero Emissions solution for shipping has been independently assessed by classification society DNV.

By using data provided by Windship Technology – a British innovation company – DNV ...

Dubai-based port operator DP World has signed a strategic alliance agreement with the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) to enhance Indonesia’s maritime and port sector within the global manufacturing ecosystem. The partnership was formed to ...

The icebreaker Dixon of the Arkhangelsk Branch of FSUE "Rosmorport" successfully piloted the cargo vessel, Blue Marlin, through the Long Strait (East Siberian Sea), where the ice cohesion in certain areas was up to 6-7 points. The cargo vessel ...

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South Korean shipbuilders, brimming with heavy order backlogs, are turning their focus to high-value and eco-friendly vessels for new orders as the industry is expected to enjoy a buoyant order book through 2030.
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Four of the 109 containers now confirmed lost overboard from the fire-damaged Zim Kingston containership have washed ashore near Cape Scott, the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has reported. None of these containers was loaded with dangerous cargo, ...

China COSCO Shipping Corp, the country’s largest shipping group, announced on Monday that it has completed an additional 16 percent stake acquisition in the Greek port of Piraeus, marking a fresh step in turning the port into a major international ...

Boston-based autonomous tech firm Sea Machines Robotics has completed the world’s first 1,000 nautical miles autonomous and remotely commanded journey of a commercial vessel at sea.  Under the project name the Machine Odyssey, the autonomous ...

The MAERSK MARIENBURG was recently re-named SANTA MARTA EXPRESS, the paint used for the new name was not a quality paint as can be seen above or next time clean the surface first better before painting the new name on, just a tip from an old fashion ...

Japanese engine manufacturer Yanmar Power Technology (YPT) said it has conducted the world’s first 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen refueling of a ship using a demonstration test boat equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell system. YPT carried out the 70 ...

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K LINE) has successfully separated and captured carbon dioxide (CO2) from the exhaust gas emitted from the vessel, coal carrier CORONA UTILITY (operated by “K” LINE for Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.), which has been ...

The 1965 delivered St Kitts & Nevis flagged MNG FLATTERY (IMO 7333195) (ex-NOAA David Starr Jordan), has been a work horse for NOAA and science. So far she has spent an estimated 8,949 days at sea and sailed more than 1.3 million miles. Researchers ...

The Swire Group has taken the decision to rebrand the oldest part of the famous trading house’s business. China Navigation (CNCo) announcec, one of the most venerable names in Asian shipping, is no longer. Henceforth it will be called Swire ...

Online leviathan Amazon has become the latest retailer to try to circumvent the congested containership sector to get goods to market. Consultancy Alphaliner reported that the US conglomerate loaded a number of its own 53-foot containers on to an ...

The earliest instance of modern stock trading occurred in Amsterdam with the Dutch East India Company. In order to raise capital, it sold shares to the public and paid dividends based on the success of its ventures, oftentimes involving voyages out ...

AMERICAN big box retailer Target has chartered its own cargo ship to get merchandise to the US ahead of the Christmas shopping season, reports New York's Business Insider. Other big US retailers are also trying to sidestep shipping delays. Walmart ...

Almost two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the International Maritime Maritime (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved a draft IMO Assembly resolution consolidating issues related to crew change, access to medical care, ʺkey ...

RUSSIA's Rosatom State Corporation will deploy the first Arctic container vessel on the Northern Sea Route in 2025, reports St Petersburg's SeaNews. A plot series of 6,000-TEU ice-class containerships are planned to be built, according to Rusatom ...

The white paper, based on research from I-Tech and Marine Benchmark, draws upon the former’s experience in developing the antifouling agent Selektope – a component of an increasing number of antifouling products, and takes a deep dive into why idle ...

Bluewater Engineering has contracted ICE for concept development of the SKYTUG (www.skytug.co.uk), an innovative class of vessels designed for ocean towing of slow-moving cargo ships. Incorporating Bluewater’s patent-pending technology to deploy and ...

This title is entirely misleading. The article itself is disingenius. First, the data shows that the Port of Southampton received at least thirty-three, not just twenty-one, reports of COVID-19 involving guests who disembarked in that port from the ...

The majority of orange juice that is drunk in Europe comes from Brazil and is transported as a concentrate by tanker. Most oranges in the world are harvested in Brazil, around 25% of the global orange harvest takes place here. The majority (around ...

Raytheon Anschütz is now launching the electronic logbook for ships. Called eLog, it provides secure, high-quality logbook data and is a significant step to- ward paperless shipping and improved efficiency of onboard processes Featuring automatic ...

Chief Inspector Andrew Moll considers the importance of training and equipping seafarers to meet a rapidly accelerating pace of change. My grandfather was born before the Wright brothers first took to the air, and men had landed on the moon within ...

Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) to build a series of ammonia-ready Aurora class vessels. Under the agreement, the first two 9,200 CEU vessels will be ...

Van Oord has ordered a new offshore installation vessel to further strengthen its market position in offshore wind. The jack-up vessel can operate on methanol and install up to 20 MW wind turbines at sea with a very low CO2 footprint. The investment ...

The Liberian Registry has become the preferred tanker flag in the world, with the recent addition of 2.7 million gross tonnes of new tankers. The Liberian Registry, with a total fleet size of 205 Million GT, has grown to be one of the world’s ...

Stockholm Norvik Port, Sweden’s newest major port, has installed a new solar cell system “larger than that of any other Swedish port”, as part of its efforts to reach long-term environmental goals. As informed, the solar cell system facility ...

Seaspan Corporation (Seaspan), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. (Atlas) (NYSE: ATCO), on Monday (Sep27) announced that it has entered into an agreement with a major shipyard for ten 7,000 TEU modern newbuild containerships. The Vessels, ...

Swiss container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has ordered 30 air lubrication systems from British clean technology company Silverstream Technologies which represents “the largest order of air lubrication technology from a ...

New York and Connecticut investment funds rushed into shipping in the decade after the financial crisis, believing they’d make a killing buying low and selling high. Many failed miserably, much to the amusement of industry old-timers — the shipping ...

“A leak of data on limited customer information (first and last names, employer, position, email address and phone number) has been detected during our surveillance operations on the group’s APIs,” CMA CGM said in a notice. “Our IT teams have ...

This is the first time this emissions-reducing technology is deployed in Singapore for bunker tankers Vitol’s Singaporean bunker operations company, V-Bunkers, has placed an order to build two electric-hybrid bunker tankers. V-Bunkers intends to ...

A Russian expedition to search for radioactive waste intentionally scuttled by the Soviet Navy has pinpointed where the reactor compartment for the troubled K-19, Moscow’s first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, was dumped.The voyage ...

Boston-based developer of autonomous vessel software and systems Sea Machines Robotics has revealed that it will send an autonomous, remotely commanded tugboat on a 1,000 nautical mile voyage around Denmark. The vessel named Nellie Bly will depart ...

Following the official handover held on the 18th and 19th of August at Damen Shipyards Mangalia, Debmarine Namibia’s new diamond recovery vessel departed on a four-week long maiden voyage to the Port of Cape Town, South Africa, where it will be ...

Where winters are harshest, the toughest technology is required for marine operations to continue uninterrupted during the frozen months. For 30 years, Azipod® propulsion has proven to be up to the task, keeping harbors open and moving goods and ...

The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) and the International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association (IVODGA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to tackle safety issues of dangerous goods, storage and ...

Two Ulstein designed heavy lift vessels, the 'JSD 6000' and the 'Alfa Lift' are currently in their last months of construction before entering the market in 2022 to set new standards in their respective markets. The ZPMC shipyard, China, has ...

The rush to build new containerships is continuing with orders poised to set a record for the total orderbook before the end of 2021. With its new ultra-large containership, the EVER ACE, still on its maiden voyage, Evergreen Marine confirmed that ...

A record number of passengers on the MSC Virtuosa have tested positive for COVID-19 during the past two weeks. Three days ago, in our article titled COVID-19 Aboard MSC Virtuosa, we first reported that several dozens of cruise guests on the MSC ...

Thirty Japanese companies have completed the construction of a fleet operation center (FOC) in Makuhari, Chiba city, to provide onshore support for crewless maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). The FOC is part of a comprehensive system that ...

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, have announced an industry-first collaboration between a satellite communications provider and classification society to provide a connectivity solution ...

Industry coalition SEA-LNG recognises significant growth in LNG-fuelled vessel orders in 2021. According to the latest report from Clarksons, LNG-fuelled vessel orders are approaching 30% of Gross Tonnage on order, representing a substantial part of ...

SpaceX's newest drone ship, "A SHORTFALL OF GRAVITAS" (ASOG) arrived in port Tuesday (Aug. 31) with its first catch secured to its deck. The booster, dubbed B1061 by SpaceX, launched just two days prior, carrying a cargo Dragon spacecraft to the ...

Greece remains the world’s largest shipowning nation: With a fleet of 4,901 vessels, Greek shipowners control 19.42% of global deadweight tonnage (dwt). In 2020, the Greek-owned fleet grew by over 4% to approximately 364 million dwt
 The backbone ...

Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, USN, reads her orders during a change-of-command ceremony held Aug. 19 on the flight deck of USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt/Navy)
 Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, ...

Today, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) and Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) publishes a study to generate an understanding of the practical application and usability of ECDIS and support future ECDIS design, ...

Hong Kong-based container shipping and logistics company Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) has ordered ten environmentally friendly 16,000 TEU containerships in China. Five boxships will be built at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering and ...

The recent incident to “mega” container vessel, EVER GIVEN in the Suez Canal highlighted the impact one break in the supply chain can mean to global trade. The Ever Given’s 20,388 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) capacity and cargo remains anchored in ...

On 17 July at 0125 hrs the Maersk Njussfjord was boarded and the perpetrators point a homemade handgun at the duty watcher’s head and tied him to the ship’s railing. Seven more perpetrators boarded the vessel and stole a mooring line rope On 4 ...

The captain of the Navios Maritime Partners supramax bulker Navios Amaryllis that ran aground on a reef in the Maldives last Thursday is being held responsible for the incident by the country’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Deputy ...

The largest containership in the world, the 24,000 TEU Ever Ace, crossed the Suez Canal for the first time on 28 August 2021. The boxship measures 400 meters in length and 61.5 meters in width. It weighs about 235,000 tons and can transport 23,992 ...

The bow part of the fragmented hull of wood chip carrier Crimson Polaris, which broke into two pieces after running aground off Japan in the first half of August, has been towed to the Port of Hachinohe. It was moved by a salvage company arranged ...

MS THE WORLD is a residential cruise ship. Unlike other cruise ships, which operate like a resort, it is operated like a condominium complex, with large cabins that can be purchased. The residents, from about 19 countries, live on board as the ship ...

5 Years ago, PIONEERING SPIRIT announced herself in style, lifting the 13,500 tonne Yme platform clean off its legs in seconds She has since set and broken countless offshore lift records for platform installations and removals, and earlier this ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) got a major boost last week when the Court of Audit in Greece approved the sale of another 16 percent stake in Piraeus Port (OLP) to COSCO Shipping Line. The agreement includes a five-year extension for the ...

Seafarers working for HMM are reportedly planning to stage a mass demonstration today August 25 in response to failed contract negotiations. According to reports in the Korean media, more than 400 seafarers are expected to submit their resignations ...

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot cyborg technology company MELTIN MMI Co. for the installation of remotely controlled robots in ocean shipping operations. The objective ...

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The blocking of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given container ship in March shows that ever-increasing vessel sizes continue to pose a disproportionately large risk, said marine insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS).
On Mar. 23, 2021, ...

FORWARDERS and beneficial cargo owners face more delays on the transpacific trades as the number of containerships waiting to dock in Los Angeles and Long Beach returns to near record numbers while a terminal closure in Ningbo is adding to schedule ...

The Power ARK 100 is a 100 TEU trimaran specially designed for transferring renewable energy in Japan’s coastal waters. Upon its completion in 2025, Power ARK 100 will carry 100 grid batteries, equating to 200 MWh of power which is equivalent to ...

The global fleet of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels is aging creating increasing safety challenges as many of the ships are nearing or now at the end of their design life. According to ABS, more than half of the ship type ...

2021 will be the first year in the history of container shipping when carrier profits approach $100 billion and average freight rates jump by 50 per cent, according to the latest edition of Drewry’s Container Forecaster.
“The market truly is crazy ...

German dry bulk owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers has taken a minority stake in Finland-based navigation technology start-up Groke Technologies. With the latest investment, Oldendorff will focus on the support of crews and safety of the ...

After running aground off Hachinohe Port, Japan, on 11 August 2021, the Panama-flagged bulk carrier split in two today. The ship in question is the 2008-built Crimson Polaris, a wood chip carrier chartered by Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen ...

An investigation led by the US Central Command has concluded that Iran was responsible for the deadly attack on the Zodiac Maritime-operated product tanker Mercer Street. An expert explosive investigative team from the USS RONALD REAGAN found the ...

As the largest independent charter owner and manager of containerships Seaspan is a global operation employing more than 5,200 people at their offices in Hong Kong, Canada, and India, and on board their fleet of 132 operating vessels. Seaspan state ...

There are currently over two dozen crew members on the Carnival Vista who tested positive for COVID-19, according to two sources who prefer to remain anonymous. A total of twenty-six ship employees on the Carnival Vista reportedly tested positive ...

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) has been conducting a joint project with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Shipbuilding) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK) to develop CO2 capture plant onboard vessel as part of the "Research and ...

When the U.S. Navy submarine that’ll be named after the state of Iowa sets sail for patrol duty in about two years, it will have an important distinction from all previous vessels in the fleet, according to Tom Hudson, executive director of the USS ...

Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the currents that researchers ...

A Panama-flagged ship has been hijacked by armed men in the Gulf of Oman and ordered to sail to Iran, Lloyds List Maritime Intelligence has confirmed. The bitumen tanker MV Asphalt Princess is heading into the congested approach to the Strait of ...

China’s shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured contracts for up to 17 newbuildings from Seaspan Corporation worth $1.58 billion in total. The shipyard received orders for 10 liquified natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel 7,000 TEU containerships ...

Bloom Energy today announced the achievement of two key milestones on its path to decarbonize a centuries-old maritime industry. In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel cell-powered ...

A team of former SpaceX rocket engineers have joined the race to build the first commercial electric speedboat. The Arc Boat company announced it had raised $4.25m (£3m) in seed funding to start work on a 24ft 475-horsepower craft that will cost ...