Viking Line ship

Viking Lines set to slash emissions in Green Corridor demo

Thursday, August 29, will be Baltic Sea Day and Finland’s Viking Line will mark it by starting a week in which its vessels serving the Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden, route will

Hydrex diver works on double underwater stern tube seal repair

Hydrex team completes double underwater stern tube seal repair

Underwater repair specialist Hydrex reports that, earlier this year, its diver/technician teams carried out a double underwater stern tube seal repair on a RO/RO ship berthed in the Port of Burnie, Tasmania.

Jacqueline A following salvage after the sinking.

Watertight integrity at issue in sinking of Jacqueline A towboat

The sinking last year of a towing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean was due to a lack of watertight integrity, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The vessel, the Jacqueline A,

Bege Bulk officers using Wayfarer voyage optimization

Berge Bulk deploys Sofar Ocean voyage optimization fleetwide

Singapore-headquartered Berge Bulk has adopted San Francisco based Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder voyage optimization platform across its fleet of owned vessels, including new vessels equipped with wind propulsion technology. Berge Bulk uses Wayfinder’s

B100 biofuel bunkering

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels performs its first B100 biofuel bunkering

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels reports that it supplied its first B100 biofuel bunker in Singapore, August 5. The B100 specification means that the fuel is 100% biofuel and not a biofuel blend, marking

Ningbo was rocked by explosion

VIDEO: Box ship explosion rocks Port of Ningbo

One of the world’s busiest ports, China’s Port of Ningbo was has been rocked by a massive explosion that sent a huge fire ball into the air. The Chinese Government run Global

RISC launch event

Ship registries launch RISC: A new tool to strengthen maritime compliance

Leading ship registries — including the world’s largest, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR) — have launched the Registry Information Sharing Compact (RISC) database. The initiative, created as a sovereign

Op-Ed: Open reporting is a maritime safety must

The shipping industry’s struggles to overcome its most persistent safety challenges highlights the need for open reporting based on cultural change and modern technology, says Peter Broadhurst, senior vice president of Inmarsat

Strike on Houthi assets

U.S. continues strikes on Houthi assets

As U.S. efforts to neutralize Houthi assets and access to weaponry continue — both on the ground and in the court room, United Kingdom Maritime Operations said today that it had received

San Francisco Bay Ferry is focusing on new battery electric ferries that they expect to come online starting in 2026. (Credit: WETA)

Ferry operators continue to embrace greener standards  

By Maura Keller, Marine Log correspondent These days, just about everyone in the marine business is facing some kind of environmental challenge—from reducing emissions to understanding the ever-changing alternative fuel options. The

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