5th fleet says Iran seized tanker

5th Fleet: Iran seizes Marshall Islands flagged tanker

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command reports that on April 27 at approximately 1:15 p.m. local time, the Marshall Islands flagged tanker Advantage Sweet was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy

Singapore methanol bunkering is set to grow

DNV joins Singapore methanol bunkering initiative

As Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port, prepares for a multi-fuel future, DNV has joined a working group on methanol bunkering, managed by the Standards Development Organization at the Singapore Chemical Industry

Bonhomme Richard ship fire

GAO: Navy needs to up ship fire prevention efforts

According to the Navy, more than $4 billion in estimated total damage resulted from 15 major fire incidents that occurred onboard ships undergoing maintenance from May 2008 through July 2020. Two ships

methanol fuel retrofit agreement signing ceremony

Berge Bulk and ABS explore bulker methanol fuel retrofit

Singapore-headquartered Berge Bulk and ABS are to explore the possibility of retrofitting a 210,000 dwt HFO-fueled bulk carrier to methanol fueling. The candidate ship for the methanol fuel retrofit, the Berge Mauna

Luke de Freitas, Head of Silverstream’s Retrofit Delivery Unit

Op-Ed: Clean technologies and the existing fleet

By Luke de Freitas, Head of Silverstream’s Retrofit Delivery Unit Retrofitting verified clean technologies is an imperative to ensure continuity of service for the enormous global internationally-trading fleet. The existing commercial fleet cannot

Navigator Gas CEO says company is committed to improving gender diversity

Navigator Gas in $200 million financing that includes gender diversity targets

By now, we’re used to the idea of green loans tied to things like environmental performance. Now, liquefied gas carrier specialist Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NVGS) has entered into a financing arrangement

Green shipping corridor MoU signatories and witnesses

Green shipping corridor plans move forward

Two developments today give hope that green shipping corridors are starting to move closer to reality. The long in the works plan for a green corridor linking California’s San Pedro Bay ports

Kodiak Enterprise fire response has coocluded

Kodiak Enterprise fire: Unified command stands down

The unified command created in response to the fire aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise was stood down Friday, April 21. The fire broke out aboard the catcher processor around 3.20 a.m.

Kirby vessel carries out barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

Kirby in barge-to-ship methanol bunkering first

Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) has carried out the first two barge-to-ship methanol bunkerings on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Two ships operated by Proman Stena Bulk, the tankers Stena Pro Marine and Stena Prosperous,

shipping not yet ready for future fuels

Maritime not yet ready for prime time on alternative fuels

The maritime industry is not yet ready for the safe adoption at scale of alternative fuels. That’s the key take-away from a new report from the Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF), which says

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