SOHAR PORT AND FREEZONE’S CONTAINER TERMINAL TO GET SHORE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
SOHAR Port and Freezone, a deep-sea port and adjacent free zone in the Middle East, has signed a development agreement with Oman’s Moonrock Research and Development and Denmark’s PowerCon to establish shore power infrastructure...
VESSEL REPORTS EXPLOSION IN THE WATER OFF SAUDI RED SEA COAST
A merchant vessel may have narrowly avoided an attack off the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, an area that has previously had comparatively few security issues for passing traffic. The reported incident follows...
METHANOL AND LNG BUNKERING APPROVED AT HAMBURG’S WALTERSHOFER HAFEN
The Port of Hamburg’s Waltershofer Hafen has been given the rubber stamp of approval for ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering of methanol and liquefied natural gas (LNG), marking another ‘milestone’ for the port’s efforts oriented toward...
OCEANBIRD WING SAIL REACHES FOR THE SKY IN DEMONSTRATION
After more than three years of planning and research, Oceanbird unveiled its first prototype wing sail as the latest entry into the wind-assisted propulsion market. At an event in Sweden on August 25, the...
THE ERA OF OIL IN MARITIME IS ENDING, UK GOVERNMENT’S FORECASTS SHOW
The UK’s Department for Transport has published new long-term forecasts showing a major shift in the way goods move through British ports, with oil and fossil fuel traffic expected to collapse while ferries, roll-on/roll-off...
ALASKA CARRIER IS LATEST TO SUSPEND TRANSPORT OF EVS DUE TO FIRE RISK
Fire concerns and the potential for toxic, runaway fires spurred by lithium-ion batteries continue to weigh heavily on the shipping industry. Lynden’s Alaska Marine Lines has become the latest carrier to report it will...
BIOFUEL-CAPABLE, DIESEL-ELECTRIC CEMENT CARRIER ARRIVES HOME
MV Tamarack, an eco-friendly cement carrier, arrived at the Port of Montreal on August 22, 2025, completing its maiden transatlantic voyage and marking a major milestone in North American shipping.
Owned by Eureka Shipping, a...
GLOBAL BUNKER FUEL QUALITY HOLDS STEADY AS BIOFUEL BLENDS GAIN MOMENTUM
LR’s latest FOBAS Fuel Insight report highlights broadly steady fuel quality with particular issues around high sediments and chemical contamination, and an increased use of biofuel blends with developments in energy-content measurement.
Global bunker fuel...
HD HYUNDAI, BILL GATES-FOUNDED TERRAPOWER ADVANCE NUCLEAR SUPPLY CHAIN COOPERATION
Leaders of the South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai and the US-based nuclear reactor design and development engineering company TerraPower have met to review nuclear supply chain expansion and commercialization progress.
On August 22, Executive Vice...
AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATING AFTER BULKER BLACKS OUT AND DRIFTS TOWARD NEWCASTLE
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the circumstances around an incident where a larger bulker lost power and drifted dangerously close to Newcastle. It will be looking for critical safety issues, and...