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ME-GI Engines To Power Liquid-CO2 Carriers In Groundbreaking Carbon Transport And Storage Project

ME-GI Engines To Power Liquid-CO2 Carriers In Groundbreaking Carbon Transport And Storage Project

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. has ordered 2 × MAN B&W 7S35ME-GI dual-fuel engines in connection with the construction of...
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Nordic American Tankers Ltd.: Political Uncertainty Normally Stimulate The NAT Activities

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.: Political Uncertainty Normally Stimulate The NAT Activities

The following transactions indicate how active NAT has been recently: Two six-year time charters with Oman interest concluded, securing cashflow,...
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Singapore’s First Hybrid Electric Bunker Tankers To Be Developed By Shift Clean Energy And Designed By SeaTech For V-Bunkers, Vitol’s Singaporean Bunker Operations Company

Singapore’s First Hybrid Electric Bunker Tankers To Be Developed By Shift Clean Energy And Designed By SeaTech For V-Bunkers, Vitol’s Singaporean Bunker Operations Company

A new partnership between climate action solution provider Shift Clean Energy (Shift), SeaTech and Vitol, a leader in the energy...
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Cosco Reducing Charges For Ukraine Conflict Affected Cargoes

Cosco Reducing Charges For Ukraine Conflict Affected Cargoes

Cosco Shipping Lines is reducing extra costs for cargo affected by current Ukraine situation for the entire supply chain. According...
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IMO, WISTA And Maritime SheEO Launch Leadership Accelerator Programme 2022

IMO, WISTA And Maritime SheEO Launch Leadership Accelerator Programme 2022

The IMO has sponsored 30 women to participate in the Maritime SheEO Leadership Acceleration Programme as part of its celebration...
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Wallenius Wilhemsen Suspends Russia And Belarus Operations

Wallenius Wilhemsen Suspends Russia And Belarus Operations

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has suspended all operations in Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of the Ukraine. The company...
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Port Of Thessaloniki In $163 Million Expansion Project

Port Of Thessaloniki In $163 Million Expansion Project

The Port of Thessaloniki is increasing its container handling capabilities through a $163m expansion project. The “Expansion of the Marine...
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Damen Halts Delivery Of Newbuilds To Russia

Damen Halts Delivery Of Newbuilds To Russia

Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen has announced it decided to stop deliveries of new vessels to clients in Russia due to the...
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UN Signs Agreement To Offload Oil From Yemen’s FSO Safer

UN Signs Agreement To Offload Oil From Yemen’s FSO Safer

Officials from the United Nations and Yemen’s Houthi represents independently confirmed that progress continues to be made to address the...
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U.S. To Release 30 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil From Its Strategic Petroleum Reserve

U.S. To Release 30 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil From Its Strategic Petroleum Reserve

On March 1, the U.S. Department of Energy committed to releasing 30 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S....
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Marine Insurers Widen High-Risk Area As Ukraine Conflict Escalates

Marine Insurers Widen High-Risk Area As Ukraine Conflict Escalates

London’s marine insurance market has widened the area of waters around the Black Sea and Sea of Azov that it...
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Thousands Of Ukrainian And Russian Sailors Remain Stuck In Ports

Thousands Of Ukrainian And Russian Sailors Remain Stuck In Ports

Thousands of Ukrainian and Russian seafarers are stuck in ports around the world as the war in Ukraine intensifies and...
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Bureau Veritas Joins consortium to assess fire safety on container ships for the European Maritime Safety Agency

Bureau Veritas Joins consortium to assess fire safety on container ships for the European Maritime Safety Agency

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, will contribute its expertise to a consortium that will...
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IMO Heeds Meeting Call Over Impact Of Ukraine Conflict On Shipping And Seafarers

IMO Heeds Meeting Call Over Impact Of Ukraine Conflict On Shipping And Seafarers

IMO has responded to calls for council meeting over ships and seafarers trapped in the Ukraine and wider Black Sea...
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Floating Wind Turbines May Help Reverse Some Effects Of Climate Change

Floating Wind Turbines May Help Reverse Some Effects Of Climate Change

Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine...
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Maersk Curbs Belarus Cargo Due To Ukraine Sanctions

Maersk Curbs Belarus Cargo Due To Ukraine Sanctions

Shipping and logistics group Maersk will sharply curtail its transport of goods to Belarus to comply with sanctions over Russia’s...
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IEC: Satphones Are Helping Ukrainian Seafarers Reach Out To Family

IEC: Satphones Are Helping Ukrainian Seafarers Reach Out To Family

Satellite connectivity is proving its worth for crew wellbeing. IEC Telecom reports that it has seen a spike in maritime...
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Sea Lead Launching Asia – US East Coast Service

Sea Lead Launching Asia – US East Coast Service

Singapore-based Sea Lead Shipping is launching its second mainline container service connecting Asia with US East Coast ports. The fortnightly...
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Yangzijiang Issuing S$50m In Bonds, Setting Up Singapore R&D Centre

Yangzijiang Issuing S$50m In Bonds, Setting Up Singapore R&D Centre

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is to issue S$50m convertible bonds to strategic investors EDB Investments and Alexandrian Worldwide as it looks to...
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UK North Sea Flaring Reaches Lowest Level Ever Recorded By Oil & Gas Regulator

UK North Sea Flaring Reaches Lowest Level Ever Recorded By Oil & Gas Regulator

UK’s petroleum regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is encouraged by the record low annual level of flaring in the...
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