Avenir LNG CEO

Shell to charter Avenir LNG bunkering vessel

As LNG fueled vessels get larger, so do their bunkering needs. Today, London-headquartered Avenir LNG Limited (N-OTC: Avenir) reported that it has entered into a Time charter party (TCP) with Shell NA

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack,

Message to ocean carriers: Act on U.S. agriculture exports or face FMC action

Two Biden administration cabinet members, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, have written leading ocean carriers. They urge them to help mitigate disruptions to agricultural shippers of

Kamil Beffa

Louis Dreyfus names new CEO

France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has named Kamil Beffa as CEO in a change of management structure that the family-owned company describes as creating a “new organization, oriented towards the future and

China to import U.S. LNG from Plaquemines terminal

Arlington, Va.-headquartered Venture Global LNG reports that it has signed a 20-year sales and purchase agreement with CNOOC Gas & Power Group Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Offshore

Arnold Donald

Carnival: $2 billion loss, but cash-positive operations

The world’s largest cruise ship operator, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) released a fourth quarter 2021 business update that included an adjusted net loss of $2 billion. Still, the

Car carrier on fire in Jacksonville

NTSB reports on 2020 Jacksonville car carrier fire

The cause of fire that broke out aboard the vehicle carrier Höegh Xiamen at the Blount Island Horizon Terminal, Jacksonville, Fla., has been determined, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. An

Marine insurers get their own Poseidon Principles

Since they were launched in June 2019 as a framework for assessing and disclosing the climate alignment of financial institutions’ shipping portfolios, the Poseidon Principles are increasingly influencing what kind of maritime

Langh technicians th scrubber used to capture CO2

Langh Tech looks to capture CO2 using existing scrubbers

On board carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a means of reducing ships’ CO2 emissions is rapidly moving out of the “what if?” category, with exhaust gas scrubbers emerging as an answer

USMMA Advisory Council will hold public meeting

USMMA Sea Year program set to resume

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) are planning to resume the Sea Year program at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. The program was paused

Ammonia-fueled bulk carrier

Ammonia-fueled shipping project gets Norwegian government funding

Viridis Bulk Carriers—a joint venture between Navigare Logistics, Amon Maritime and Mosvolds Rederi—and its consortium partners in an ambitious ammonia-fueled shipping project have been awarded NOK !3.75 (about $1.53 million) in Norwegian

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