Himalaya Shipping's newbuild 210,000 dwt Newcastlemaxes will be LNG-fueled and ammonia-ready.

Dry bulks: Can the boom resume?

Looking for what’s ahead in the dry bulk shipping markets? The thermometer usually used to measure the health of the dry bulk market is the Baltic Dry Index, and through the first

Eagle Bulk Gary Vogel

CMA names its 2022 Commodore

The Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) has named Gary Vogel, CEO of Stamford, Conn.-headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) as its Commodore for the year 2022. The 2022 Commodore Award will be

Beaumaiden agroound

And when the master woke up, the ship had grounded

You can’t make this stuff up. A recent Danish Marine Accident Investigation Bureau report into the October 18, 2021, grounding of the 88.6 meter long Dutch registered general cargo ship Beaumaiden near

Genting Hong Kong: The other shoe drops

As we noted when German shipbuilder MV Werften filed for insolvency on January 10, the move raised big questions about the future of its parent Genting Hong Kong, whose operations include Dream

Commissioner Sola led cruise fact vfinding

Cruising: With CSO gone, booking season hopes mount

We’re now into the cruise industry’s “Wave season,” the three-month period from January 1 to March 31 when — prior to COVID — cruise lines and travel agents historically booked the largest

BP will offtake WasteFuel bio-methanol

WasteFuel launches bio-methanol marine fuel solution

California-based biofuels start-up WasteFuel has launched WasteFuel Marine, a renewable fuel solution for the shipping sector. Perhaps not surprisingly, given that Maersk is an investor in the company, WasteFuel Marine’s initial product

LNG fueled bulker

NYK Line orders 4 LNG-fueled Capesizes

Japan’s NYK Line has placed orders for four LNG-fueled Capesize bulk carriers at three shipyards. Three will be built in Japan (two at at Nihon Shipyard, one at Namura Shipbuilding) while the

New Maerk green methanol fueledcontainerships will operate on e-methanol

Maersk again ups profits guidance

Looks like A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S won’t be strapped for cash as it plans a new generation of methanol fueled box ships and ratchets up its decarbonization ambitions. Maersk is reporting

LNG carrier in Seapeak Livery

Teekay LNG to become Seapeak

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE: TGP) today reports that its previously announced acquisition by investment vehicles managed by New York City headquartered Stonepeak has completed. With the $6.2 billion deal done, the

Preliminary insolvency administrator

Insolvency administrator goes to work at Genting’s German shipyards

There’s some good news for the approximately 2,000 employees at Genting Hong Kong’s German shipbuilding subsidiary MV Werften, which filed for insolvency January 10. Though they have not been paid their December

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