On Saturday, a federal judge ruled in favor of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in a case against the State of Florida, issuing an injunction to block Florida's ban on vaccine passports. Last month, the company filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...
Japanese LPG trader and importer Astomos Energy Corporation has announced that it will bring the liquified petroleum gas (LPG)-powered very large gas carrier (VLGC) into operation later this...
A coalition of companies, research institutes, public authorities, and a classification society plan to work together to develop Singapore’s first comprehensive electric vessel supply chain, which they believe can become a model for decarbonizing harbor operations. The effort, which will be led by Keppel Offshore...
Shell Tankers (Singapore) has signed a partnership agreement with Greece-based ship management company Signal Maritime placing ten Medium Range (MR) product tankers into the company's MR pool. The...
In its latest report, seafarer charity Stella Maris echoed growing concerns about crew mistreatment, including abandonment, unpaid wages and forced labor. In 2020, abandonment cases soared to a record high. More than twice as many seafarers were abandoned in 2020 compared to 2019, and data from...
Although we are in the midst of the summer holidays and mails are returned with out-of-office messages, some moves were made on the offshore energy chess board. Moves that show that the strategy of...
Lim Huey Ching, the daughter of scandal-hit shipowner and oil trader Lim Oon Kuin, has been charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the investigation into the collapse of the family's sprawling business holdings. Lim Oon Kuin, better known as OK Lim, faces 130 charges...
The Waterborne Technology Platform has expanded its membership by welcoming its 100th partner - Maritime & Logistics Innovation Denmark (MARLOG). The post Waterborne Technology Platform welcomes...
[By Stephen P. Leatherman] Here’s a handy geography question for your next trivia match: What is the world’s only sea that doesn’t have a land border? The answer is the Sargasso Sea – a 2-million-square-nautical-mile haven of biodiversity that lies east of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean. Rather than...
Singapore-based Phoenix Tankers, a subsidiary of shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a deal with Namura Shipbuilding Co. for the construction of two very large gas carriers (VLGC) to...
