New national lockdowns, an increase in flight cancelations, travel restrictions, and increasingly strict crew change requirements, especially in Asia, are preventing seafarers from going back home after completing their contracts. This is
Perth, Western Australia-headquartered Global Energy Ventures (ASX: GEV) is pushing forward with its plans to develop compressed hydrogen tankers as a means of transporting green energy to regional markets. Back in July
One of the most iconic names in U.S. shipping, Honolulu, Hawaii, headquartered Matson Inc. (NYSE: MATX), has published new long-term environmental goals in a Sustainability Report 2020 Supplement that commit the company
The master’s decision to deviate from the planned route was among the causal factors in what an investigation conducted by the Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator identifies as a “very
Shipping decarbonization has been very much in focus in the run up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), being held in Glasgow, October 31-November 12. Ahead of
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NVGS), reports that Dr. Henry “Harry” Deans has given notice that he intends to step down as Navigator’s CEO and as a member of its Board of Directors,
The crew change crisis could be followed by a crew retention crisis. Though the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report contains more evidence that significant numbers of seafarers are likely to leave the
More than two years after the capsize of the car carrier Golden Ray on September 8, 2019, the final section of its dismantled wreck has now been removed from St. Simons Sound,
Following a successful test on the product and chemical tanker Fure Ven, Danish deepwell pump specialist Svanehøj is launching “FlowControl.” This newly developed software-based control system automates the control of electric cargo
After serving as interim CEO since the January 2021 resignation of Frank Coles, John-Kaare Aune has now been appointed CEO at Hong Kong headquartered Wallem Group. Prior to that, Aune,who joined Wallem