cover of UNCTAD report

UNCTAD: Shipping decarbonization can’t wait

Not that you’d know it from any excitement in the streets, but today, September 28, is World Maritime Day and, ahead of it, UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, yesterday

Galvesub LNG bunkering facility

Pilot LNG partners up with Seapath for Galveston Bay LNG bunkering hub

Houston-based Pilot LNG LLC is moving ahead on its plans for a Galveston Bay LNG bunkering hub. It has now formed a joint venture with Seapath, a maritime subsidiary of the Logothetis

WinGD single cylinder ammonia-fueled two-stroke test engine.

WinGD wins LR approval in principle for ammonia-fueled two-stroke engines

As the race to be first to market with future-fueled engines picks up pace, Lloyd’s Register has granted Winterthur, Switzerland, headquartered engine designer WinGD the first ever approval in principle (AiP) for

augmented reality goggles in use

Crowley partners with ABS on augmented reality for maritime

Crowley and ABS are to jointly explore how to advance the use of augmented and virtual reality technologies for vessels and other marine environments. The agreement with ABS builds on a new

Vroon has sold its offshore fleet

Vroon completes offshore vessel sell-off

One of the best-known companies in Netherlands shipping, Vroon, says that it has finalized its restructuring and completed the sale of 37 vessels from its offshore fleet. That leaves Vroon with a

"Dead admiral" awards soccer trophy

“Dead admiral” appears in new videos

It now appears that Ukrainian Special Operations Forces were unduly overoptimistic in their assessment that Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was among those killed in a

Big Beautiful Gulf 2

BOEM postpones GoM oil and gas lease sale

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced that it is postponing Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261, which had been set for today, September

Bound4blue suction sails will make their tanker debut on an Odfell chemical tanker.

Shipping turns to wind and bubbles to cut carbon 

Helped along by major charterers, including Cargill and Brazilian ore giant, Vale, more ships are being ordered or retrofitted with wind assisted propulsion and hull air lubrication systems. Those options have been

Sokolov video image

Is “dead” Russian admiral Viktor Sokolov alive?

Russia’s Defense Ministry has released video purporting to showing the Commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, participating via a video link in a Russian Defense Ministry board meeting, said

Black Sea Fleet Commander

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Commander reported killed

As a trickle of merchant ships starts to use the Ukrainian-designated “safe corridor” to its ports, the Ukrainian Navy and special forces continue to degrade Russia’s naval capabilities. The most recent example

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