05 NOV 2024 Yanmar, a leader in the design and manufacture of advanced performance diesel engines, is introducing a new option, the 12AYEM engine, to its line of purpose-built heavy-duty marine propulsion applications. Building on the company’s successful 12AYEM series, the new 12AYEM brings more options to customers who require emissions-regulated …
Read More »ABS STUDY CONCLUDES NUCLEAR POWER IS SUITABLE FOR LARGER LNG CARRIERS
03 NOV 2024 With advancements in nuclear engineering and the development of many types of advanced nuclear reactors, ABS concludes in a new report that there are many opportunities to implement the technology for commercial ship propulsion. While the work remains at a high level, they conceptualized the potential hazards …
Read More »WORLD’S STRANGEST RESEARCH VESSEL SAVED FROM SCRAPPERS TO “FLIP” AGAIN
01 NOV 2024 The iconic Floating Instrument Platform, known as “FLIP” because of its unique capacity to operate in either a vertical or horizontal configuration, has been saved from scrapping and is now in France where it is being modernized to start a new phase of its research missions. The …
Read More »PANAMA CANAL DEFIES DROUGHT WITH $3.45 BILLION PROFIT DESPITE FEWER SHIPS
31 OCT 2024 The Panama Canal’s profit increased about 9.5% in the fiscal year ended in September to $3.45 billion despite a severe drought that reduced the number of vessels that passed through the waterway, its authority said on Friday. Adverse weather conditions that reduced water available for the canal …
Read More »DAMAGED MV RUBY TO DOCK AT GREAT YARMOUTH AMID CONCERNS OVER EXPLOSIVE CARGO
31 OCT 2024 The MV Ruby, a cargo ship carrying a significant amount of potentially explosive fertilizer, is set to dock at the Port of Great Yarmouth on Monday, October 28, Peel Ports Group has confirmed. The move comes after weeks of uncertainty and concerns over the ship’s hazardous cargo. …
Read More »TWO “SHUNNED” CARGO SHIPS FIND RESOLUTION TO DISPUTES
30 OCT 2024 Two cargo ships have been making international headlines as they were shunned by ports and were being treated as “pariahs” endangering public welfare. Both ships, the Malta-registered general cargo ship Ruby and the Portugal-registered Kathrin, have been stuck holding offshore while they struggled to resolve issues and …
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