seafarer vaccination rates are low

IMO Secretary General urges priority COVID-19 vaccination for seafarers

Welcoming a UN General Assembly resolution calling for seafarers to be designated as key workers IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim is urging that seafarers and maritime workers receive priority COVID-19 vaccination to allow

Pandemic pushes up ship operating costs

Confirming reports that have been coming in all year from shipowners, ship managers, crewing agencies and other sources, a just published report confirms that the cost of complying with COVID-19 restrictions have

OSG picks oneTank for aftpeak tank ballast water treatment

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has chosen Glosten spin-off oneTank, LLC to provide an aftpeak ballast water treatment solution for vessels in its fleet. Installation of the oneTank system will help bring OSG

Fat Leonard gets 15 year prison term

Norwegian shipowner sentenced to prison for role in notorious scrapping case

George Eide, the Norwegian shipowner at the heart of a controversial ship scrapping case that first hit the headlines in 2017, has been sentenced to a prison term. Attempts to illegally export

Partnership aims to develop hydrogen powered ferry for Oslo-Copenhagen

A group of companies plans to develop a 100% hydrogen fuel cell powered RoPax ferry for DFDS’ Oslo – Frederikshavn – Copenhagen route. The partnership includes DFDS, ABB, Ballard Power Systems Europe,

InterManager elects O’Neil as new President

InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third-party ship managers, has elected Mark O’Neil, CEO of Columbia Shipmanagement, as its new President. He was voted in at today’s Annual General Meeting,

Environmentalists slam MEPC decision on Arctic HFO ban

A ban on the on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic just approved byIMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) has been slammed by the Clean Arctic

Golden Ray: Cutting continues

New photographs have been released giving an indication of the progress being made in cutting the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray into sections. The cuts are being made by

Petredec LPG carrier newbuilds to be powered by LGIP dual fuel engines

Use of LPG as a marine fuel continues to gain ground. Singapore-based Petredec Holdings (Eastern) PTE Ltd this month signed a contract for the construction of three 93,000 cu.m LPG carriers at

Q-LNG ATB completes sea trials

Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (Q-LNG) reports that its LNG bunkering ATB built at Halter Marine has now successfully completed sea trials and is headed Elba Island, Ga., to load gas and

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