Suez Canal: Ever Given partly refloated

Hopes are that the Suez Canal can soon be fully open to traffic. Efforts to refloat Ever Given, the giant containership that has been blocking the channel since March 23, are starting

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World’s first zero-emission bulker to debut in 2024

Trondheim, Norway, headquartered family-owned shipowner Egil Ulvan Rederi has been awarded a contract to build what is claimed will be the world’s first zero-emission bulk carrier. The 88-meter, 5,000 dwt self-unloading vessel

VIDEO: Suez Canal could be blocked for weeks

UPDATED: This morning, the Suez Canal remained blocked by the giant containership Ever Given, which remains wedged across the waterway, preventing the passage of canal traffic in both directions. The delays could

DESMI marks milestone: 50 Stolt Tanker vessels fitted with CompactClean BWMS

Back in January 2019, the first DESMI Ocean Guard ballast water management system to be installed in a Stolt Tankers B.V. vessel was commissioned. Just two years later, another 49 vessels in

CSL puts focus on testing green fuels as Seaway season opens

The official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway’s 63rd navigation season was marked today when Canada Steamship Lines’Trillium Class self-unloading ship Baie St. Paul was the first vessel to transit the St.

TTB: How has COVID changed salvage response to the tug, towboat and barge industry?

Despite COVID-19, casualties have continued, regulatory changes have persisted, and salvage and marine firefighting providers are expected to meet response standards despite travel restrictions and social distancing requirements. Although the pandemic hasn’t

Wärtsilä sees potential for scrubbers to be used for onboard carbon capture

Could scrubbers do more than remove sulfur from ships’ exhaust emissions? Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Treatment at Wärtsilä, thinks so. He sees the potential for exhaust gas abatement systems to directly tackle

VIDEO: Golden Ray responders remove another section of wreck

Before the car carrier Golden Ray capsized in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on September 8, 2019, it was 200 meters (669 feet) long. As responders continue to dismantle it, the remaining portion

Ardmore Shipping, Maritime Partners in JV with hydrogen fuel cell developer

A new joint venture aims to bring fuel cells using advanced methanol-to-hydrogen technology to the marine sector — including the inland waterways market. It has been formed by chemical and product tanker

Halliburton to convert veteran RO/RO for greener operations

A RO/RO combination carrier chartered in by Halliburton subsidiary Halliburton AS is to be retrofitted to operate as an LNG dual fuel vessel and will also get a shore power upgrade. The

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