USS Gravely shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired towards Maersk Hangzhou

10 Houthis killed in attack on Maersk Hangzhou

Underscoring the continuing threats facing commercial shipping in the Red Sea, U.S. Central Command has reported on two attacks by Houthis on the Maersk Hangzhou containership. In the second, ten Houthis died.

tanker with graphene hull coating

Stolt Tankers claims graphene hull coating world first

Stolt Tankers says that is the first shipping company in the world to apply a cutting-edge sustainable coating based on graphene to the hull of a chemical tankers, its 30,000 dwt Stolt

Yokohama green methanol MOU

Maersk moves to line up Yokohama green methanol supply

A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Yokohama and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC). The collaborative agreement will focus on the development of a Yokohama green

Long term biofuel use trials will follow earlier short term trials

NYK Line to trial long-term biofuel use

Japan’s NYK Line says that, starting in FY2024, it will conduct full-scale trials of the long-term use of biofuels, considered as net-zero CO2 fuels, in its current HFO-fueled ships. Moving forward from

Treasury Department's OFAC imposes sanctions on Houthi enablers

OFAC moves to stem flow of Iranian funding to Houthis

As the Houthi attacks that began with the hijacking of the Galaxy Leader continue to disrupt Red Sea shipping, the U.S. is moving to stem the flow of the Iranian money that

Vessel that struck Black Sea mine

Two seafarers injured in Black Sea mine explosion

Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces report that two seafarers were injured when a Panama-flagged general cargo ship headed to load grain in a Danube port struck a Black Sea mine. The ship lost

GAO report looks at MARAD sfinancial assistance programs.

GLDD succeeds in bid protest of USACE action

As those who watch these things know, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) rejects the majority of bid protests filed with it. However, a number of bid protests do, in fact, succeed and

Saverys says Euronav will buy CMB.TECH

Euronav set to acquire CMB.TECH

The Saverys family is continuing with the reshaping of Euronav (NYSE:EURN) following the deal that saw 24 of the company’s VLCCs being transferred to John Fredriksen’s Frontline, resolving a long-running merger battle,

Fat Leonard, Leonard Glenn Francis

Venezuela hands over “Fat Leonard”

When Leonard Glenn Francis, the man at the center of the “Fat Leonard” bribery case that rocked the Navy, last surfaced in public, it was back in September 2022 when he was

OSG president & CEO Sam Norton talks Saltchuk acquisition

OSG sees liquefied CO2 carriers in its future

Tampa, Fla., headquartered Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE:OSG) is looking to get into the growing carbon storage and transport business, including operating liquefied CO2 carriers, and it’s taking its first steps right

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