White House unveils plans to get goods moving from ship to shelf
The Port of Los Angeles is set to move to 24/7 operation as part of a broad range of initiatives to tackle port congestion and supply chain challenges. Following up on work
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Capital Gas LNG newbuilds will have Wärtsilä shaft generators
Wärtsilä is to supply four shaft generator systems to provide power take-off from the main engines for two 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers on order at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard in Korea
New report confirms pandemic accelerated shipping digitalization
A report from satcom leader Inmarsat pinpoints the impact of COVID-19 in accelerating global shipping’s digital transformation. Entitled “A Changed World: The state of digital transformation in a post-COVID-19 maritime industry,” it
NTSB reports on bulker crane’s costly contact with grain elevator
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on its investigation of a November 11, 2020, incident in which the boom of a bulk carrier’s crane contacted part of
Skuld: Ship-to-ship transfers raise red flags
Mutual insurer Skuld notes that cargo trackers have noticed increased ship-to-ship (STS) transfers at sea, most commonly off Malaysia, Africa and in the Caribbean, as sanctioned countries such as Iran and Venezuela
MAN and DP World to cooperate on decarbonization
Set to run for an initial five years, a newly signed cooperation agreement between MAN Energy Solutions and DP World targets common progress in the field of decarbonization. Mutual areas of interest
Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies JV orders CO2 carrier duo
Dedicated CO2 carriers have gotten past the stage of being concepts that win class societies approvals in principle. China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. has just booked an order for two carriers,
Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested on espionage charges
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Md., were arrested in Jefferson County, W.Va., by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, October 9. They will have their
Malaysia’s first LNG bunker vessel design gains BV AiP
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted Malaysia’s LNG Marine Sdn Bhd an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its first LNG bunkering vessel concept, the first of its kind ever developed by
Will Coast Guard revise towing vessel inspection fees?
The TVIB (Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau) reports that the Coast Guard is proposing a rulemaking that would revise user fees for towing vessels inspected under 46 CFR subchapter M and update the