U.S. owned bulker Genco Picardy hit by Houthi drone
Yesterday, at approximately 8:30 pm (Sanaa time) the U.S. owned bulker, the M/V Genco Picardy was hit by a Houthi drone when 60 nautical miles southeast of Aden, Yemen. Fortunately, no seafarers
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OSM Thome takes role in zero-emission bulk carrier project
Arendal, Norway headquartered ship manager OSM Thome has signed a letter of intent with Oslo-based Pherousa Green Shipping AS, which aims to build a series of six 63,000 dwt zero-emission bulk carriers.
VIDEO: Cargill-chartered Pyxis Ocean is first ship to sail with WindWings
Pyxis Ocean, a 2017-built 80,962 dwt bulker chartered by Cargill, has become the first ship to be fitted with BAR Technologies’ WindWings. The vessel, which is owned by Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary MC
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
NTSB reports on $1.5 million bulker strike on GoM platform
The National Transportation Safety Board says that “poor bridge resource management and a charting error” led to a Hong Kong-flagged 52,382 dwt bulk carrier striking an oil and gas production platform in
Wakashio wreck removal draws to a close
Brand Marine Consultants GmbH (bMC) reports that technical operations to remove the wreck of the grounded bulker Wakashio, along with all associated debris, concluded January 16. The final actions of the wreck
Dry bulks: Can the boom resume?
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
Oldendorff trials biofuel on voyage from Australia
A 38,617 dwt Oldendorff Carriers bulker is headed from Western Australia to Vietnam using biofuel supplied by BP. The bulker, the Edwine Oldendorff, is carrying 30,000 tonnes of sustainably certified malting barley
Bulker is first to take advantage of new Mississippi River draft limit
Norfolk, Va.,-headquartered T. Parker Host reports that the first ship has sailed from its United Bulk Terminals on the Mississippi River with a draft of 47.7 feet. This follows a newly announced
Synergy Group to manage 17 Oldendorff bulk carriers
Synergy Marine Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of Captain Rajesh Unni’s Singapore-based Synergy Group, has signed an agreement that will see it manage part of the bulk carrier fleet owned by Germany’s Oldendorff