Thirteen members have launched the Blue Visby Consortium which is aimed at helping the shipping industry eliminate the wasteful practice of “Sail Fast, then Wait” (SFTW) through a collaborative...
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has reported an all-time revenue record earnings amounting to $7 billion for the 2021-2022 fiscal year following a series of transit fee hikes for vessels transiting the waterway. SCA announced that the busy international maritime passageway has continued to demonstrate its...
Two NGOs have demanded from the top ten container giants to invest a minimum of $95 billion of this year’s mega-profits in kick-starting their own upgrade to zero-emission propulsion. The post NGOs:...
[By: Stella Maris] Global ship visiting network, Stella Maris, has backed an urgent call from the Vatican for all seafarers to be granted shore leave immediately. In a message ahead of Sea Sunday on 10th July, the Vatican said that some governments and some shipping companies must no...
The offshore energy industry made it clear long ago that hydrogen will play an important role in the efforts to reach net-zero and achieve decarbonization targets. Many steps have been taken in this...
The UK Government is moving forward with its new legislation that would require segments of the shipping industry to pay seafarers at levels at least equivalent to the UK National Minimum Wage. Seen as a political response to P&O Ferries’ mass firing of crews in...
South Korean shipbuilding group Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has received two orders for the construction of a total of ten liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The post...
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) announced it has completed its first LNG bunkering operations for its managed vessel, Greenway, the world’s first dual-fuel LNG Suezmax tanker. The 158,000-dwt tanker M/T Greenway embarked on her maiden voyage to Malaysia for the historic bunkering operations. The supply of 1,500mt of...
Explora Journeys, part of MSC, and Fincantieri have signed (MOA for the construction of an additional two hydrogen-powered cruise ships. The post MSC orders two next-gen hydrogen-powered cruise...
[By Mustapha Manneh] On and off for almost four years now, vast quantities of dead seaweed have been washing up along beaches in The Gambia. The “Smiling Coast” of West Africa, as the country is affectionately known, has long been popular with tourists who enjoy its white sandy...
