BEIHAI SHIPBUILDING CHRISTENS TWO 310,000 DWT AMMONIA-READY VLCCS
Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (BSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has held a naming ceremony for two 319,000 dwt ammonia-ready very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs) set to join the fleet...
KOREAN TEAM TESTS AI-POWERED AUTOMATIC FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM ABOARD SHIP
South Korean researchers have developed an advanced AI-powered firefighting system that can independently identify a petroleum fire, activate, and concentrate the discharge of firefighting foam at the blaze. The team believes that it is...
MACHINERY ALERT – STEAM SYSTEMS AND STEAM HAMMER RISKS
An investigation report has been published following two fatalities which resulted from the catastrophic failure of a bellow type expansion fitting on a steam system pipeline on a Lloyd’s Register (LR) class vessel.
Subsequent random...
EU MOVES TO SCALE UP PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE MARITIME FUELS AS GLOBAL RACE HEATS...
The European Commission has adopted the Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP) which sets out a common approach to boost investments in renewable and low-carbon fuels focusing on waterborne and aviation transport.
The plan responds to...
BIG GET BIGGER AS MSC AND HMM HIT NEW MILESTONES IN CONTAINER CAPACITY
The container sector continues to grow, with attention focused on the carriers’ total orderbook, which is more than 10 million TEU is the largest in history. While all the largest carriers continue to grow,...
“LARGEST” SHORE POWER FACILITY INSTALLED ON RIVER THAMES
UK’s builder and operator of renewable and shore power systems Net Zero Marine (NZM), in collaboration with towage services provider Svitzer, has installed “the largest shore power facility” on the River Thames.
The installation of...
SHIPPING FACE STARK REALITY AS SEAFARERS’ HAPPINESS PLUNGES
The Mission to Seafarers released its latest edition of the Seafarers Happiness Index, and it shows that after a period of encouraging improvement earlier this year, perception of working and living conditions at sea...
SVITZER, COCHIN SHIPYARD SHAKE HANDS ON ELECTRIC TUG MANUFACTURING IN INDIA
Denmark-based towage service provider Svitzer has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Cochin Shipyard to construct a new generation of electric tugs in India.
The agreement will see Svitzer and Cochin Shipyard collaborate on...
INTERMANAGER: FATIGUE REGULATIONS NEED TO REFLECT REALITY AT SEA
The uncomfortable truth is that the system we have built makes hours of work and rest compliance almost impossible - and everyone knows it.
Fatigue is not a new problem in shipping. It has been...
ROLLS-ROYCE: “WORLD’S FIRST” PURE METHANOL MARINE ENGINE ACES TEST
Power and propulsion solutions provider Rolls-Royce has completed testing of what is said to be “the world’s first” high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol.
Together with its partners in the meOHmare research project, Rolls-Royce...