16 AUG 2023 fire onboard the car carrier Fremantle Highway with the tragic loss of a seafarer has brought the debate surrounding the transport of electric vehicles (EVs) by sea into sharp focus. The Fremantle Highway, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) chartered by “K” Line, caught fire off the coast of the Netherlands …
Read More »INDIA LOADS UP ON RUSSIAN DIRTY FUEL WITH CRUDE SUPPLY CUTS
15 AUG 2023 India is poised to buy the most amount of dirty fuels from Russia in years, as a slump in crude flows from the key producer and looming refinery maintenance threaten supplies. August imports of sludgy products from Russia should double from last month to about 269,000 barrels …
Read More »BP’S DEEPWATER HORIZON PAYOUT FUNDS $3B COASTAL RESTORATION PROJECT
14 AUG 2023 The State of Louisiana has broken ground on what officials say is the largest ecosystem restoration project in American history, the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diverszion. Louisiana has been losing saltwater marsh acreage to the ocean for a long time. The reasons are numerous and there is no one …
Read More »OIL TRANSFER FROM “TIME-BOMB” FSO SAFER COMPLETED UN REPORTS
13 AUG 2023 All the crude oil that can be pumped from the tanks of the derelict FSO Safer positioned off the coast of Yemen has been successfully removed UN officials announced on Friday (11th Aug 2023). They are taking satisfaction in the key milestone noting that it was years in the …
Read More »WORLD’S STRANGEST RESEARCH VESSEL HEADS FOR SCRAPYARD AFTER 60 YEARS
12 AUG 2023 The Scripps Instition of Oceanography’s innovative Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) has been towed off into the sunset for the last time. It may well have been the strangest, most recognizable research vessel ever built – and its users remember that it was exceptionally effective. For more than 50 …
Read More »UK DISEMBARKS MIGRANTS AS PRECAUTION FROM CONTROVERSIAL ACCOMMODATION BARGE
11 AUG 2023 The UK’s Home Office has suffered a new setback in its controversial plan to house migrants on an accommodation ship Bibby Stockholm confirming reports on Friday that everyone is being removed from the barge due to a potential health concern. They are calling it a temporary “precautionary measure,” while …
Read More »RECORD $90 BILLION IN SHIP ORDERS LOOM OVER THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY
10 AUG 2023 The world’s biggest shipping companies are plowing their pandemic windfalls into orders for new vessels on an unprecedented scale, making an industry known for hair-raising cycles of boom and bust more vulnerable in the latest downturn. Container carriers like MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., A.P. Moller–Maersk A/S, CMA CGM …
Read More »WHAT HAPPENS IF THE NORTH ATLANTIC’S CIRCULATION SHUTS DOWN?
09 AUG 2023 Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere comes the daunting prospect of a climate disaster on an altogether grander scale. New findings published in Nature Communications suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc, could collapse within the next few decades – maybe even within the next …
Read More »JAPANESE TEAM DEVELOPS “GAME CHANGER” FLOATING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES
08 AUG 2023 A consortium of Japanese companies is working to develop a new concept in floating offshore wind turbines that they report will be easier to manufacture while also costing less to build and maintain. Known as a vertical axis wind turbine, they believe it will be the next …
Read More »MORE TURKISH SHIPBREAKERS ADDED TO EUROPEAN LIST OF APPROVED SHIP RECYCLING FACILITIES
07 AUG 2023 The European Commission has updated its list of approved ship recycling facilities (27th July, 2023), which now contains 48 yards located primarily in Europe and Turkey. The list has been updated to include three new yards in Turkey, and the expiry date of two listed yards in …
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