Pyxis Ocean at sea with WindWings

VIDEO: Cargill-chartered Pyxis Ocean is first ship to sail with WindWings

Pyxis Ocean, a 2017-built 80,962 dwt bulker chartered by Cargill, has become the first ship to be fitted with BAR Technologies’ WindWings. The vessel, which is owned by Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary MC

Oil ,ist dertector malfunction triggered incident that led to ship damage seen in image

Oil mist detector malfunction likely caused $3.4 million collision

A false alarm from an oil mist detector is seen as playing a key role in an August 2022 collision in the Sabine Pass, Texas, involving an 18,143 dwt Netherlands-flagged general cargo

ship enters temporary corridor

Schulte ship first to use Ukraine’s “temporary corridor”

The first vessel to use the “temporary corridor” from Ukrainian ports announced on August 10, is the 2013-built Hong Kong-flagged containership Joseph Schulte. Ukraine’s Ministry for Reconstruction announced this morning that the

Sukru Okan boarding

Russia releases video of Sukru Okan boarding

Perhaps stung by social media posts saying that its boarding of the Turkish-owned cargo ship Sukru Okan was fake news, or even involved a different ship, the Russian Ministry of Defense has

Wallenius Wilhelmsen methanol-fueled car carrier

Wallenius Wilhelmsen in LOI for up to 12 giant methanol dual fuel car carriers

Upping the ante in the car carrier size and greenness game, Oslo, Norway, headquartered Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a letter of intent with China Merchants Jinling (Jiangsu) for four 9,350 CEU (car

Russian chopper hovers over Sukru Okan

Russia boards Turkish-owned Sukru Okan after firing warning shots

Video has appeared on social media showing Russian troops boarding the Turkish-owned cargo ship Sukru Okan as the crew was forced to sit on deck. Reports indicate that the ship was in

Marsh sets up Ukraine grain war risk insurance

Ukraine announces “temporary corridors” to its ports

In a post on its Facebook page yesterday the Ukrainian Navy announced “temporary corridors for trading vessels going to / from ports of Ukraine.” As usual with such things, it’s worth reading

Matson containers

Matson mobilizes for Maui disaster response

As the death toll from the wild fires devastating the Hawaiian island of Maui soared, Honolulu-headquartered Matson has mobilized to get emergency equipment and supplies to the island. The company said yesterday

Udo Lange has been named next CEO of Stolt-Nielsen

Stolt-Nielsen names Udo Lange as its next CEO

London-headquartered Stolt-Nielsen, which operates the world’s largest parcel tankers fleet, has announced that, after 23 years as chief executive officer of the bulk liquid logistics giant, Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen will now step

Containership deliveries

Containership deliveries reach a record high

Even as containership operators across the board report softening demand, new tonnage continues to enter the market. BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst, Niels Rasmussen, reports that new containership deliveries in the first seven

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