Liquid air energy storage and regeneration plant 18 AUG 2020 In the area of renewable energy vessel propulsion, the scale of maritime vessel technology allows for application of grid-scale energy storage technologies that would otherwise be impractical for road or rail vehicle propulsion. Initiatives are underway in the UK to …
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17 AUG 2020 The situation at the grounded bulk carrier Wakashio started to deteriorate overnight on Friday, August 14, and on Saturday, August 15 the end came when the 203,000 DWT Panama flagged bulk carrier broke apart. The drama had begun three weeks earlier when the ship sailing from China to Brazil …
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16 AUG 2020 The Singaporean oil and shipping magnate Lim Oon Kuin – better known as OK Lim – has been charged with “abetment of forgery for the purpose of cheating” in connection with an allegedly fraudulent trade financing transaction. According to prosecutors, OK Lim instructed a contracts executive at …
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15 AUG 2020 In one of the more unusual groundig incidents, a Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship went aground in the Philippines today (13th Aug). The Philippine Coast Guard responded to the scene of the accident and reported that their investigators were told, “According to Captain Nguyen Hoai, skipper of MV Globe 6, …
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14 AUG 2020 The installation of scrubbers and the economics of using this technology was one of the hottest topics in the shipping industry in the lead up to the January 1, 2020 introduction of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global sulfur regulations. The containership industry as of mid-year became …
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12 AUG 2020 In the latest salvo of the ongoing disputes regarding the shipment of Iranian oil, there are reports that Iranian Naval forces approached several vessels and boarded a Liberian-flagged tanker Wila as it was approaching the Khor Fakkan anchorage in the UAE. The marine security firm Dryad Global reported the …
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8 AUGUST 2020 The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the blast was caused by around 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored near the city’s cargo port. …
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7 AUGUST 2020 As if spiderwebs weren’t already icky enough, some spiders have gone and made them poisonous as well, a new study reveals. The unique properties of spiderwebs have long fascinated materials scientists. They’re constructed from one of the toughest known natural materials: lighter, yet five times stronger than steel, and bacteria resistant to …
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06 AUG 2020 A series of two massive blasts at the port of Beirut, Lebanon caused extensive damage Tuesday, leveling multiple buildings and damaging vessels. Bystander video shows that the both blasts originated in a warehouse complex on the east side of the port’s large concrete silo, next to Basin Number …
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05 AUG 2020 The International Maritime Organization (IMO) released the long-awaited 575-page final report for its Fourth IMO Greenhouse Gas Study. Coming six years after the third report, the results are viewed as a critical scorecard measuring the success of the shipping industry towards the goals of reducing greenhouse gas …
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