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

Kirby

Kirby earnings hit by COVID-19 and hurricanes

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

Oil and gas production shut in as Gulf coast prepares for Zeta

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

VIDEO: VB-10,000 arrives at Golden Ray wreck site

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

LNG fueled car carrier

ClassNK grants first “Digital Smart Ship” notation

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

IMO HQ

IMO panel agreement on CO2 reduction gets mixed reviews

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

False Claims Act caseFederal criminal charges filed in Key Bridge collapse case

Four charged in fake merchant mariner credential conspiracy

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

Crew change crisis takes toll on seafarer hopes

“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

Costa Cruises completes Italy’s first LNG bunkering operation

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

America’s first cargo hybrid to add autonomy

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

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