10 APRIL 2021  The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal by a megaship named Ever Given came to an end on March 29 after salvage teams used dredging and tug boats to heave the vessel back into operation. The capacity of a single vessel to block one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors, creating a …

09 APRIL 2021  One of the new technologies that is being developed is looking at how unmanned vessels can be used to expand capabilities and increase safety for the operators. A Singapore-based company, Zycraft, announced that it has developed unmanned fireboats. According to the company, the market potential for small …

08 APRIL 2021 Suez Crisis Highlights the Fragility of the Global Supply Chain. First came the pandemic of 2020, roiling shipping and disrupting the supply chains in and out of China before spreading out to the rest of the world. Then came one of the biggest hurdles the logistics industry …

07 APRIL 2021 A huge container ship blocking one of the world’s busiest waterways has done little to deter shipping companies from ordering similarly mega-sized vessels. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries — two of the world’s three biggest shipbuilders — announced they’d won orders worth a …

02 APR 2021  Beijing has long understood that China has a water-security problem that could pose an existential threat. In 2005, China’s minister for water resources reportedly said, “To fight for every drop of water or die: that is the challenge facing China.” Former premier Wen Jiabao observed that water shortages threaten “the very survival …

08 APRIL 2021 If you’re looking to maximize the amount of fat burned in your next workout, think about having a coffee half an hour before you get started – as a new study suggests it can make a significant difference to fat burning, especially later on in the day. …

  07 APRIL 2021            A Norwegian partnership is moving forward with the development of what they are calling the world’s first zero-emission cargo ship. After a six-month competition, with more than 31 ship owners bidding on the project, the contract for the construction has been awarded. The team expected …

06 APRIL 2021 Climate change has wrought major changes to ocean stability faster than previously thought, according to a study published Wednesday, raising alarms over its role as a global thermostat and the marine life it supports. The research published in the journal Nature looked at 50 years of data and followed the …

05 APRIL 2021  The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems powerless to suppress has also increasingly led to disruption in the Mozambique Channel, a key global shipping route. The Quad countries and European …

04 APR 2021 With the International Maritime Organization (IMO) expected to soon adopt requirements for energy efficiency index for existing vessels (EEXI) and carbon intensity indicator (CII) in addition to the entry into force of the EEDI Phase 3 requirements, it is expected that shipowners have very important decisions to …