Joint study into ammonia as alternative marine fuel
CLASSIFICATION society ClassNK and 22 industry players have entered into a memorandum of understanding on a joint study of ammonia as an alternative marine fuel beyond industry...
Downward trend for piracy incidents in Asia
ACCORDING TO ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, in May 2021 four incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia. No piracy incident was reported. Of the four...
Stolt Tankers partners with Tufton Investments
STOLT Tankers and Tufton Investment have entered into a pooling agreement for seven of Tufton’s 19,000-21,999 DWT chemical tankers to join the Stolt Tankers Joint Service (STJS)...
Port congestion in southern China continues to worsen
THE Port of Yantian is the latest chokepoint in an ocean shipping network that has been seeing issues with congestion for the past year. The problem stems from restrictions the...
Shipping association highlights risks to zero emissions future
THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned that without decisive government signals declining levels of maritime research and development could jeopardise industry’s...
Officer shortfall to reach decade high by 2026
MARITIME consultancy firm Drewry says diminishing attractiveness of a career at sea, coupled with rising man-berth ratios and continued fleet growth will lead to the highest...
Höegh LNG gets in on hydrogen with minority stake in Gen2 Energy
HÖEGH LNG and Gen2 Energy have partnered up to develop a seaborne logistics chain for green hydrogen. The two companies aim to take what they said is a “first mover position” in...
Vessel delays eating up tremendous capacity in global container shipping
VESSEL delays ate up about one quarter of container-shipping capacity deployed on the trans-Pacific routes in January-April 2021, according to research and advisory company...
Yara Marine joins Windship Association
AFTER partnering with BAR Technologies to bring WindWings to the global shipping industry, Yara Marine Technologies is now joining the International Windship Association to...
IMO looking to assist in X-Press Pearl situation
INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization secretary-general Kitack Lim said the IMO is looking to assist local and international authorities in dealing with the fallout from the X-Press...
Record winter crops could lead to record exports
FORECAST winter crop production will see high demand for export freight services although there will be differences across growing regions, according to data from the Australian...
Container ship converted to LNG arrives in Hamburg
SHIPPING line Hapag-Lloyd announced that its 15,000 TEU container ship Brussels Express returned to its homeport in Hamburg recently, after being converted to gas propulsion using...
Millions of dollars in seafarers’ owed wages recovered
THE International Transport Workers’ Federation said it had recovered US$44,613,880 of seafarers' owed wages last year. The ITF said the wages were recovered by its network of...
Hydrogen carrier development commences
GLOBAL Energy Ventures has commenced development of a pilot bulk hydrogen carrier for operation by mid 2020s. The 430-tonne capacity ship will be a scaled version of its planned...
Survey highlights impediments to Australia's trade
UNNECESSARILY complex regulation, erratic enforcement mechanisms and shipping costs were identified as impediments to Australia’s international trade regime in a recent survey....
