As of the end of May 2022, 247 vessels remain abandoned at multiple locations around the world – along with 3,623 seafarers cast adrift, unable to return home – with some of their cases open for more than a decade. This is according to figures collected and released...

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Wärtsilä Voyage, part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has signed a contract with Fortris Company Ltd to implement its pioneering Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system and VTEK Technology’s Terminal Operating System (TOS) at Malindi Port in Zanzibar (Tanzania) for...

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The Long Beach City Council has unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 6-0 calling for zero-emission ocean shipping. Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen introduced the resolution on Earth Day, 22 April, calling on Long Beach’s top maritime importers to...

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Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and its subsidiary Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV for their newly developed waste heat-derived LNG fuel supply system Hi-eGAS (Hyundai High Efficient Gas Supply...

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In the ongoing battle between shippers and carriers over the difficulties in shipping goods for the past two years, an Illinois-based manufacturer and importer of gourmet foods and food gifts has filed a complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission accusing HMM and...

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