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EXMAR Reports Third Quarter Operating Results Of $22 Million On Solid Midsize Gas Carrier Market

EXMAR Reports Third Quarter Operating Results Of $22 Million On Solid Midsize Gas Carrier Market

The Executive Committee of EXMAR NV reports its third quarter results 2020. Highlights • The operating result (EBIT) in the...
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U.S. Oil Production Will Not Return Soon To Pre-pandemic Levels, Energy Secretary Says

U.S. Oil Production Will Not Return Soon To Pre-pandemic Levels, Energy Secretary Says

U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Wednesday he does not expect U.S. oil production to return soon to pre-pandemic...
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Crews Stranded in Italy Repatriated with Support of Maritime Charity

Crews Stranded in Italy Repatriated with Support of Maritime Charity

The global maritime charity Stella Maris is reporting a successful effort at repatriating seafarers who had found themselves stranded in...
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60 Stranded Fishermen Return to South Africa

60 Stranded Fishermen Return to South Africa

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) reported the successful conclusion of South Africa’s biggest sea rescue mission in over...
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Decaying Oil Tanker Off Yemen Threatens Environmental Disaster

Decaying Oil Tanker Off Yemen Threatens Environmental Disaster

The satellite image above shows a decaying floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility moored off Yemen’s west coast, threatening to...
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Cochin Shipyard Signs MoU With Fincantieri

Cochin Shipyard Signs MoU With Fincantieri

Cochin Shipyard and Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for co-operation in the...
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MPA Launches Request For Proposal For New LNG Bunker Supplier Licence

MPA Launches Request For Proposal For New LNG Bunker Supplier Licence

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a request for proposal (RFP) today for parties seeking to...
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ClassNK Has Granted Its First “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” Notation For LNG-Fueled PCTC “SAKURA LEADER”

ClassNK Has Granted Its First “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” Notation For LNG-Fueled PCTC “SAKURA LEADER”

Leading Classification Society ClassNK has granted its “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” notation for “SAKURA LEADER”, LNG-fueled PCTC which was ordered to...
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Maersk Forges Supply Chain Agreement To Deliver Covid-19 Vaccine Worldwide

Maersk Forges Supply Chain Agreement To Deliver Covid-19 Vaccine Worldwide

Maersk has announced a partnership with Covaxx to establish a supply chain service to deliver up to a billion doses...
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Smart Ports Are The Gates To The Maritime Industry’s Digital Future

Smart Ports Are The Gates To The Maritime Industry’s Digital Future

The coronavirus pandemic will hopefully speed up the digital transformation of the global sea port community, changing the role of...
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Russia Launches Criminal Probe into Deadly Tanker Explosion

Russia Launches Criminal Probe into Deadly Tanker Explosion

Russian authorities reported that they now believe they have located the remains of three sailors missing after the tanker they...
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British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel

British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel

British authorities are warning ships operating in the Bristol Channel that a container ship lost several containers that it was...
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World Shipping Council Urges IMO Member States To Take Concrete Action Towards Decarbonising Shipping

World Shipping Council Urges IMO Member States To Take Concrete Action Towards Decarbonising Shipping

Amid the criticism of the results of the IMO intercessional GHG working group, the World Shipping Council urges member states...
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Port Of Gdynia Authority Set To Launch Outer Port Call For Tender

Port Of Gdynia Authority Set To Launch Outer Port Call For Tender

The Port of Gdynia Authority S.A. is about to launch a call for tender for a private partner for the...
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APM Terminals Poti To Develop New Bulk Cargo Facility

APM Terminals Poti To Develop New Bulk Cargo Facility

APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed a deal to jointly develop a new bulk...
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Foreship Adds Drones Service For Draught Surveys

Foreship Adds Drones Service For Draught Surveys

Ship design and engineering firm Foreship has employed the use of drones as a method of enhancing speed, safety and...
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Mixed Reaction To Imo’s Latest Green Deliberations

Mixed Reaction To Imo’s Latest Green Deliberations

Shipping has had a mixed reaction to last week’s Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships at...
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Sagarmala Development Co To Bail Out Idling Cargo, Ropax Vessels Of IWAI

Sagarmala Development Co To Bail Out Idling Cargo, Ropax Vessels Of IWAI

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has sought bids to privatise the multi-modal terminals at Varanasi and Haldia. The...
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New Cargo Support Policy For Indian Ship-Owners May Not Fetch Order In-Flows For Local Yards

New Cargo Support Policy For Indian Ship-Owners May Not Fetch Order In-Flows For Local Yards

The Shipping Ministry’s plan to drive demand for ships built in India by linking a government-mandated cargo support policy for...
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Japan’s Sea Missile Defense System Faces Mounting Costs

Japan’s Sea Missile Defense System Faces Mounting Costs

Basing Japan’s missile defence systems at sea may cost at least twice as much to complete as its now-abandoned plans...
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