DECEMBER 9, 2013 — Could methanol be as attractive an alternate clean fuel as LNG? The world’s largest methanol supplier, Canada’s Methanex Corporation, thinks so. It reports that its Waterfront Shipping subsidiary
NOVEMBER 19, 2013 — Robert Bugbee, President of Scorpio Tankers, Inc., has been named as the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Commodore for the year 2014. Mr. Bugbee follows a long succession of
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — Wärtsilä reports that its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) has been granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). This allows all
NOVEMBER 11, 2011 — The two 3,600 TEU Jones Act containerships ordered by Matson at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard will have the largest dual-fuel engines ever ordered in terms of power output. Each
OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) (the “Company”) announced today that it has exercised options to construct two Very Large Gas Carriers in South Korea. The company also took
OCTOBER 9, 2013 — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, remains closed as a result of the government shut down. The midshipmen were sent home Friday, October 4. Now the
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 — Ship operating costs look to have taken a slight dip last year. International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total annual operating costs in the shipping industry
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Wilbur Ross’s WL Ross & Co. and other private equity investors have provided more than $100 million in capital to launch a Bermuda-based dry bulk shipping company, Nautical
AUGUST 27, 2013—ABS Nautical Systems recently signed three separate contracts for use of its NS5 Enterprise software with three different European ship operators. Athens, Greece-based Central Mare Inc. plans to utilize the
AUGUST 26, 2013 — “The discovery of new gas resources around the world and the exciting potential for wide-scale adoption of gas as a marine fuel are leading to a dynamic shift
