The chairs of six key congressional committees are demanding action following the allegation of rape aboard a U.S.-flag merchant ship recently made by a female cadet at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy,
Shipping decarbonization has been very much in focus in the run up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), being held in Glasgow, October 31-November 12. Ahead of
Island Offshore reports that its LNG battery-hybrid PSV Island Crusader has become the first offshore vessel on the Norwegian shelf running on biogas, resulting in immediate and significant net reductions in CO2
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NVGS), reports that Dr. Henry “Harry” Deans has given notice that he intends to step down as Navigator’s CEO and as a member of its Board of Directors,
Can you burn ammonia in existing LNG dual-fuel engines? Stavanger, Norway-based offshore support vessel specialist Simon Møkster Shipping aims to find out. The family-owned company has entered a collaboration agreement with Wärtsilä
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by TotalEnergies and Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) will initially see the companies partner on developing a lube oil monitoring, optimization and supply platform. It will utilize the
The crew change crisis could be followed by a crew retention crisis. Though the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report contains more evidence that significant numbers of seafarers are likely to leave the
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved a project that will see major domestic players move ahead on the commercialization of ammonia-fueled vessels with Japanese-produced ammonia-burning engines. The
In a lawsuit filed October 22 in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana, Odfjell Chemical Tankers is seeking damages from American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL) following a March 16, 2021, incident
More than two years after the capsize of the car carrier Golden Ray on September 8, 2019, the final section of its dismantled wreck has now been removed from St. Simons Sound,