[Brief] Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen is known best for her career in fashion, and her appearance has graced the covers of more than 1,200 magazines over the years, but she is also a prominent environmental philanthropist and activist. So when she encountered a sea turtle...
Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Swedish company Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol. The post Alfa Laval gets marine...
As the European Union moves to tighten waste shipment regulations, a coalition of non-governmental organizations have accused Germany of contravening the Waste Shipment Regulation and the Basel Convention in trying to ship plastic wastes from Turkey to Vietnam. U.S.-based Basel Action Network (BAN) said that as part of...
Towage operator Svitzer, part of Maersk, has signed an agreement with naval architect Robert Allan and shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards to build the TRAnsverse Tug, the next-generation multipurpose tug...
One of COSCO’s containerships has sought a port of refuge aborting a trans-Pacific crossing and returning to South Korea. Early indications are that the vessel encountered a Pacific storm which is believed to have caused an overboard loss of containers as well as a collapse...
Norwegian naval architect and ship design firm LMG Marin, part of Sembcorp Marine Ltd, has secured a contract to design the world’s first green ammonia-fuelled tanker, the MS Green Ammonia. The post...
Singapore is cementing its position as a Far East maritime powerhouse with the announcement that the first two berths at its futuristic Tuas Port will commence operation this month. Officials said the reclamation works for the first phase of the $20 billion facility have been completed, paving...
The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance has identified a pipeline of over 750 projects that European industry is undertaking to roll out the hydrogen economy on a large scale in Europe. The post In...
Samsung Heavy Industries has found a buyer for an unwanted high-spec drillship that was canceled three years ago. Long-defunct driller Ocean Rig ordered the ultradeepwater drillship Ocean Rig Crete back in 2014, with delivery scheduled in three years. When oil prices plummeted in 2015, the company delayed...
ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Japanese corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register. The post ClassNK adds world’s 1st liquefied hydrogen...
