Tanker blocks Suez Canal, but not for long
It could have been the Ever Given all over again, but thankfully it wasn’t. Admiral Ossama Rabiee, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), announced today that navigation through the canal
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ZIM inks $1 billion LNG bunker supply deal with Shell
Haifa, Israel-headquartered ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) has signed a 10-year marine liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement with Shell NA LNG LLC. Valued at more than $1
Inmarsat: Maritime data usage surges
An internal study undertaken by Inmarsat indicates that data usage on commercial maritime vessels has jumped more than threefold since 2019. Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications services, connects
MOL orders 6 large LNG-fueled vessels
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is, quite literally going big on LNG as a marine fuel. It has signed contracts for the construction of four Capesize bulkers and two Very Large
IMO: WSC weighs in on what should follow MEPC 78
The World Shipping Council (WSC), which represents the liner shipping industry, is turning its attention to the mid-term shipping decarbonization measures that will follow the short-term measures agreed at IMO’s MEPC 78.
NTSB reports on $1.5 million bulker strike on GoM platform
The National Transportation Safety Board says that “poor bridge resource management and a charting error” led to a Hong Kong-flagged 52,382 dwt bulk carrier striking an oil and gas production platform in
Op-Ed: Good lighting is the best defense against growing disruption
By Mark Nailer, Maritime Manager, Midstream Time is one of the most important assets a logistics operator can ever have. The logistics world runs on tight schedules, with multiple points of failure
Hapag-Lloyd kicks off fleet upgrade program
Hapag-Lloyd has marked the start of a 150-ship fleet upgrade program by loading a massive retrofit propeller onto one of its vessels in Hamburg for shipment to Dubai, where it will be
Bearing launches AI product to predict and manage impact of CII
Palo Alto, Calif., based AI specialist Bearing Inc., whose backers include Mitsui, has turned its attention to IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulation. It has released a new AI-powered application designed to
Algoma Central in four product tanker JV with Furetank
St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC) and Donsö, Sweden, based Furetank have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to construct four dual-fuel ice class 1A 17,999 DWT climate