03 FEB 2022 Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has completed construction of its first’s rigid wind sail which will be installed on an under construction bulk carrier due to enter service later this year. Completion of the first construction marks an important milestone in what began as an academic research …
Read More »02 FEB 2022 In a strange twist to yesterday’s dramatic sea rescue of the crew from a drifting bulker during a raging storm, Dutch authorities are now detaining the captain and chief mate from the Julietta D. The vessel was secured by a salvage crew from Boskalis and brought to port, …
Read More »
31 JAN 2022 After parent company Genting Hong Kong filed for liquidation earlier this month, Genting’s Crystal Cruises brand has been winding down its commercial operations – and moving to avoid at least one vessel arrest. An additional wrinkle in its plans occurred Saturday when the vessel Crystal Serenity was denied entry …
Read More »
30 JAN 2022 Royal Caribbean Group is celebrating the final handover of its newest cruise ship, which is also the largest cruise ship in the world. The fifth ship of the Oasis class, the Wonder of the Seas, departed Marseille, France on January 27 with her AIS showing the vessel is …
Read More »
10 FEB 2022 We know that the climate crisis is already having a profound effect on global weather systems, altering temperatures, rainfall, wind patterns, and more – and a new study predicts likely deluges over the mountainous parts of East Asia in the future. The pouring rain will be brought on by atmospheric …
Read More »
09 FEB 2022 Aging boxships that would ordinarily be decommissioned continue to remain in service as owners take advantage of a booming container charter market, according to Alphaliner. In its latest weekly report, Alphaliner says that last year saw a significant decline in the demolition market as container ship owners …
Read More »
08 FEB 2022 Japan shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines moved to expand its partnership that is developing wave energy through an investment in Bombora Wave Power. MOL reports that it has been working with the company for 18 months and is making the investment in Bombora to support its technology …
Read More »
07 FEB 2022 Most people are familiar with the five senses (touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste), but not everyone knows that we have an additional sense called interoception. This is the sense of our body’s internal state. It helps us feel and interpret internal signals that regulate vital functions …
Read More »
06 FEB 2022 With judicial seizure awaiting upon her return to Miami, Crystal Symphony has diverted to The Bahamas instead, taking 300 paying passenger with her. After parent company Genting Hong Kong applied for bankruptcy last week, an unpaid bunker supplier has secured a federal court order for Symphony’s arrest. Instead of returning to …
Read More »
05 FEB 2022 Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises has become the latest casualty in the insolvency of its parent company Genting Hong Kong. Late today, the cruise line that had been acquired by Genting Hong Kong in 2016 sent out an email announcing that it would suspend the operations of …
Read More »