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
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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
Navibulgar orders Bluetech 45 bulker quartet
OCTOBER 6, 2017 — Bulgaria’s Navigation Maritime Bulgare (Navibulgar) has contracted four Bluetech 45 handymax bulk carriers at China’s Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. The contract includes options for two further ships. The
DryShips gets an SEC subpoena
AUGUST 31, 2017 — “We are pleased to complete another step in the transformation of DryShips,” said Chairman and CEO George Economou, the Chairman and CEO of the Athens headquartered, NASDAQ listed
Injured crew members airlifted from Tamar
APRIL 26, 2017 — The Coast Guard reports that two surviving crew members of the bulk-carrier Tamar explosion (see earlier story) were medevaced at approximately 4:30 a.m., by a Portuguese aircrew along
Eagle Bulk in $153 million nine ship Ultramax deal
MARCH 1, 2017 — Stamford, CT, headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLE) says it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase a minimum of six, and up to nine, Crown-63 Ultramax
Bulk carrier calls at Port of Vancouver on maiden voyage
FEBRUARY 26, 2017—The 39,310-dwt bulk carrier Brighten Trader recently arrived at the Port of Vancouver USA in Vancouver, WA, to load 10,500 metric tons of copper concentrate before sailing to Vancouver, BC, to
Project aims to bring LNG fueling into shipping mainstream
JUNE 7, 2016 — “The long-term potential for LNG as a marine fuel is tremendous,” says Patrick Janssens, Vice President of Global Gas Solutions at classification society ABS. “We see the near-term
Wartsila joins LNG-fueled bulker project
MAY 11, 2015 — Wärtsilä is joining Project Forward. Led by Athens-based Arista Shipping, the project aims to develop a design for a commercially feasible LNG fueled dry bulk carrier design that
Golden Ocean unveils plan to boost balance sheet
FEBRUARY 18, 2016 — The oceans have been less than golden for bulk carrier owners lately, and that’s certainly been the case for Oslo listed Golden Ocean Group. Today it reported a