Ammonia-fueled shipping startup Viridis Bulk Carriers AS — a joint venture between two Norwegian shipowners, Navigare Logistics and Mosvolds Rederi, and zero emission ship project specialists Amon Maritime — is a step
More ship operators continue to be persuaded by the case for methanol as a marine fuel and while orders for methanol-fueled containerships have been getting a lot of attention, methanol is now
In recent years, NYSE-listed Safe Bulkers Inc. has retrofitted Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems on 20 of its bulk carriers. It recently installed its 21st PureSOx scrubber, and four more
Singapore-based dry bulk owner Berge Bulk and Kongsberg Maritime (KM) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and advance the deployment of decarbonization technologies onboard dry bulk cargo vessels. Berge
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
Technology in a series of up to 12 new 210,000 dwt LNG-fueled bulkers will include a scope of ABB solutions with permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators at its core. The ships are
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and the Interlake Steamship Company hosted a launch ceremony Thursday that marked the latest milestone in the construction of the new 639-foot M/V Mark W. Barker, its float out
The trend for shippers to switch goods from container vessels to bulk carriers looks to be picking up pace. Among those taking that route is Amazon. The Port of Houston recently tweeted
Recently, the Baltic Dry Freight Index, the main measure of bulk carrier market health, has been hovering around 11-year highs. Demand has been sustained by fundamentals, such as an increase in Chinese
A deal has been finalized that will soon see an Oldendorff Carriers post-Panamax bulker become the largest vessel to ever call at New Zealand for the loading of logs. The fixture is
