Aasen Shipping orders first hybrid self-unloaders
Two 9,300 dwt self-unloading bulkers on order for Norway’s Aasen Shipping will be the first vessels of this type to feature hybrid propulsion. They will be fitted with excavators that will be
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DNV GL grants AiP for LNG fueled bulker design
Japan’s K-Line and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have received DNV GL approval in principle\ for the concept design of a 250,000 dwt LNG-fueled ore carrier. The concept vessel is based on Namura’s
LCS Commander removed after hitting moored bulker
Cmdr. Michael Johnson has been removed from command of the yet-to-be commissioned LCS-15, the future USS Billings, after the ship hit the moored bulk carrier Rosaire Desgagnés when leaving its berth in
Algoma Central’s eighth Equinox starts delivery voyage
St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC) reports that the recently completed Algoma Conveyer, the third Seawaymax Equinox Class 740-ft self-unloading dry-bulk carrier, has begun its delivery voyage from China
Gibdock completes BWTS refit on German bulk carrier
AUGUST 28, 2018 — Gibraltar’s Gibdock recently completed a complex ballast water treatment system retrofit onboard the 179m, 34,500 dwt bulk carrier Zambesi. Built in 2013, DNV GL-classed vessel, owned by Hamburg-based John T.
Bulk carrier towed to Port of New York, after loss of propulsion
AUGUST 26, 2018 —The U.S. Coast Guard reported today that it coordinated the tow of a disabled 55,848 dwt, dry bulk carrier into the Port of New York and New Jersey after
LNG fueled 200K DWT bulker concept design gains AiP
JULY 5, 2018 — ClassNK has given approval in principle (AiP) to the concept design for a 200,000 DWT LNG-fueled bulk carrier developed by NYK Line (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha) and shipbuilder
Eniram joins Project Forward LNG-fueled bulker initiative
MAY 18, 2018 — Eniram, a Wärtsilä company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Athens-based Arista Shipping to participate in the Project Forward initiative, which is led by Arista. The
NTSB reports on 2016 bulk carrier grounding
JANUARY 19, 2017 — The National Transportation Safety board says that the probable cause of November 2016 grounding of the 738 ft fully-laden bulk carrier Nenita in the Columbia River was the
How hackers could sink bulk carriers
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — Buckingham, U.K., headquartered Pen Test Partners LLP says that hackers could sink a bulk carrier by manipulating the loading data of its hull stress monitoring systems (HSMS) to