The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administrator, Mark H. Buzby, has presented the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Gallant Ship Citation Award and U.S. Merchant Marine Medals for Outstanding Achievement to the crew of
The WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project has been officially approved and launched, backed by EUR 5.4 million (about $6 million) of EU funding. The project brings together universities, wind-assist technology providers
With heavy fuel oil currently covering 82 per cent of the sector’s energy needs, decarbonizing global shipping will play a critical role in achieving climate objectives, a new report by the International
Responders are placing a rock barrier around the capsized car carrier Golden Ray, which remains resting on its side in St. Stephen’s Sound. Georgia. Crews from the Unified Command responding to the
A papermaking byproduct often burned in pulp mills as fuel could be shipping’s green new fuel. Called lignin, it’s an organic copolymer found in wood — and it’s what makes newsprint turn
Finland’s Viking Line says that its newbuild cruise ferry, the 63,000 gt M/S Viking Glory, will be one of the most climate-smart passenger ships in the world. It estimates that the ship,
Busan, Korea, headquartered Gas Entec Co. Ltd. (Gas Entec) has won a contract from Sembcorp Marine under which it will provide the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the cargo handling system
Russia’s Sovcomflot reports that two of its 113,000 tankers, Mendeleev Prospect and Lomonosov Prospect, have successfully completed voyages eastbound along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) using LNG as their primary fuel.. Lomonosov
This year has already seen an alarming number of containership fires including Yantian Express, APL Vancouver, Grande America, E.R. Kobe and KMTC Hong Kong. The escalation is of growing concern to IUMI
White smoke was yesterday reported coming from the capsized car carrier Golden Ray, which remains on its side in St.Stephen’s Sound, Georgia. By afternoon the Unified Command responding to the situation (USCG,