02 JAN 2020 The first newly built cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Lines, which was launched at a critical moment in the development of the modern cruise ship industry, has ended its 38-year career. Introduced in 1982 as the Tropicale, this pioneering cruise ship has been beached at the scrapyards in …
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31 DEC 2020 2020 was a year for the record books, and it was challenging for every sector of the maritime industry. The most popular news stories of this year show readers’ close attention to the particularly severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cruise industry, as onboard outbreaks, port closures …
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29 DEC 2020 A Russian trawler went down in the Barents Sea in icing conditions on Monday, and 17 members of her crew remain missing. At about 0730 hours Monday (28TH Dec), Russian emergency services received notice that the trawler Onega sank suddenly in the Barents Sea off Novaya Zemlya. Heavy ice …
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The cruise ship Carnival Vista floats aboard the semisubmersible heavy lift ship Boka Vanguard, July 2019. The Vanguard served as a temporary substitute for a drydock while work on the Vista was completed. 03 JAN 2021 As 2020 draws to a close and the 2021s approach, it is a good …
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02 JAN 2021 Pick a color – any color? Blue, green, brown or gray. Those are the colors assigned to the various forms of hydrogen depending on how it’s produced. Hydrogen has suddenly become the Superman of renewable energy. Rather than saving Metropolis, it’s needed to save the world from …
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01 JAN 2021 2020 was a year for the record books. The industry dealt with a global pandemic, a crew change crisis, a record-setting hurricane season, an oil market downturn, a complete halt on cruising, and (on the upside) a highly profitable moment for ocean carriers. Our editorial contributors shared …
Read More »31 DEC 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic still rages unabated in April 2020, affecting lives, businesses, individuals and industries in ways that will change the world forever. The International Labor Organization predicts that as many as 25 million jobs worldwide could be wiped out by a worldwide recession brought about by …
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27 DEC 2020 Britain’s Royal Air Force released new images of the world’s largest iceberg reporting significant changes confirmed by the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) during its routine patrols of the region. Using an RAF Airbus 400M the crew was able to investigate and photograph changes to the …
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26 DEC 2020 A merchant vessel has been hit by a sea mine in the southern Red Sea, Saudi state-owned outlet Al-Ekhbariya reported on Friday. The outlet attributed the report to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebel forces in Yemen, and asserted that the mine was deployed by Houthi militias. …
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01 JAN 2021 Getting coughed on has never been a pleasant experience, but 2020 has made it a whole new level of nope. Even with vaccines being rolled out, our main lines of defence against COVID-19 are still physical, with distancing from each other and wearing a mask being chief amongst them. …
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