Failed con rod assembly cause of towboat fire The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an engineroom fire aboard a 57-year-old towing vessel that resulted in an estimated $2 million of damage to the vessel. The incident
Kongsberg Digital partners with Nautilus Labs The Nautilus Platform fleet and voyage optimization tool will be included in Kongsberg's Kognifai open ecosystem under an agreement reached by Kongsberg Digital and Nautilus Labs. The companies say this will deliver
Solvang signs up for cloud-based solution to support performance gains Norwegian ship operator Solvang ASA has signed a five year agreement that will see it use Wärtsilä's cloud-based OPERIM (Operational Performance Improvement & Monitoring) solution to support LPG/ethylene carriers fitted with W'rtsil'
J.F. Brennan establishes joint venture with Ahtna La Crosse, Wis., headquartered J.F. Brennan Company reports that it has entered a Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) certified joint venture with Ahtna Marine & Construction Company LLC (AMCC). The Ahtna -
VIDEO: New pilot boats enter service in Port of Los Angeles The Los Angeles Pilot Service has welcomed two new pilot boats, Angels Pilot and Angels Navigator, to the Port of Los Angeles. The 56-foot Camarc-designed boats, built by Vigor Industrial (see earlier
ZIM to charter in ten LNG-fueled box ship newbuilds from Seaspan In a sign of the growing trend to LNG fueling in the containership sector, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM), Haifa, Israel, has entered a 12-year agreement with Seaspan Corporation to
The Lloyd's List Podcast: Why Africa should be higher up shipping's investment agenda The potential of Africa's booming demographics are clear, but shipping has focused more on the risk than the rewards in...
Fears for Filipino jobs as crew deployments crash Filipino seafarer deployments fell by 300,000, or 58%, in the past year. The decline mirrors the imposition of draconian travel...
Sanctions-busting tankers are an issue for whole industry Ultimately, fallout from actions of the few will be visited on the vast majority of tanker operators that do abide...
The week in charts: Pool claims to top $500m; cooling box spot rates and dim tanker hopes International Group pool's claims set to eclipse half a billion dollars in its worst year on record, as prospects dim...
Okeanis 'bullish' on tanker recovery Oslo-listed owner is looking to free up as much tonnage as possible for spot market action as Opec production forecasts...
Panama de-flags five tankers for sanctions-evading practices Togo international registry is cancelling the flag of an aframax tanker involved in ship-to-ship transfer of Iranian crude
From the News Desk: Pain and renewal The bill for 2020's spate of huge casualties is due on February 20, the deadline for P&I contract renewal talks...
Red hot box rates show first signs of cooling Spot rates on the major east-west trades fall back slightly heading into the post-Chinese New Year period, but whether they...
ONE eyes biofuels as decarbonisation pathway The company has completed a two and a half months Rotterdam-US voyage on biofuels that have 80%-90% less CO2 from...
Eagle Bulk buys three more supramaxes US-based Eagle Bulk has bought three more supramaxes, taking its fleet above 50 ships
CMA CGM airfreight takes off with own aircraft Demand for airfreight is increasing at a time when airlines are flying less cargo. CMA CGM will boost its logistics...
Castor Maritime further diversifies with first tanker buys Pair of aframaxes with charters attached take dry bulk owner into tanker market 'at an opportune time', states chief executive...
Eneti sells another five ultramaxes Eneti, formerly known as Scorpio Bulkers, is continuing the divestment of its dry bulk assets by selling five more ultramaxes...
Qatar on track to be largest LNG producer by 2030 Rystad Energy expects Qatar's actual production in 2030 to reach 107m tonnes per year, about 22.5% of the so far...
US Atlantic ports see surge in container traffic The import volume of US east coast ports in the first half of 2021 is forecast to surge by 17.9% versus the equivalent...
Ocean carrier CMA CGM buys jets for new air cargo unit Ocean carriers as airlines? No one thought an online retailer would own a private airline until Amazon did it. The ocean carrier also owns a...
Containerization pioneer Chris Kritikos dies at 95 Kritikos launched Ceres Terminals in 1958 and sold the company to NYK in 2002.
Among Piers: APM Terminals Elizabeth converts to green energy Lending a hand includes everything from improving the environment to funding community initiatives to rescuing a skier mauled by a bear.
Port of Oakland tenants file appeal after latest loss to A's A coalition of Port of Oakland tenants continues to fight after losing its latest legal battle to slow the process of building a new baseball...
S.F. Express merger with Kerry Logistics creates logistics powerhouse S.F. Express is growing its domestic Chinese parcel business at a dizzying rate. The acquisition of a large Hong Kong logistics company helps it expand...
Bunkerworld Index: Prices rising with crude, but demand remains weak The BW0.5%S Index ended Feb. 11 at $486/mt, down $4/mt day on day but up $18/mt on the week and $39/mt higher than 30 days previously.
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