Cargill in wind propulsion initiative
Agribusiness giant Cargill, one of the world’s top charterers of ships, is continuing to put its considerable weight behind efforts to decarbonize shipping. In its latest move in this direction it has
Agribusiness giant Cargill, one of the world’s top charterers of ships, is continuing to put its considerable weight behind efforts to decarbonize shipping. In its latest move in this direction it has
America’s largest tank barge operator, Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), today reported third quarter net earnings of $27.5 million, or $0.46 per share, compared with net earnings of $48.0 million or $0.80
In an advisory issued at 10.00 a.m. CDT this morning, the National Hurricane Center warned that Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm of the current hurricane season, is expected to produce a
The largest heavy lift vessel ever built in the U.S., the twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000, has now arrived in St. Simons Sound, Ga., where it will play a key role in the
Delivered to NYK Line today by Shin Kurishima Dockyard, Sakura Leader is not only the first large LNG-fueled PCTC to be built in Japan, but the first ship to be granted ClassNK’s
An International Maritime Organization working group that met virtually last week has produced a proposed package of additional CO2 reduction measures for the existing global shipping fleet. The draft text will now
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that four individuals have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to sell phony U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk, Va. According to
“Life during COVID is hell,” is one response received in the most recent survey on Seafarers Happiness survey conducted by the Mission to Seafarers with the support of the Shipowners’ P&I Club
Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises brand reports another milestone for Costa Smeralda, its first ship fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Costa flagship’s bunkering with the fuel on October 25 in the
The first hybrid cargo vessel to be built in the U.S., the Captain Ben Moore, the third in a series of 65 foot hybrid catamarans built by Derecktor Shipyards, Mamaroneck, N.Y., is