Shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk cautioned that it expects that the global market growth in demand for containers to contract in 2020 due to COVID-19. They said that there was no doubt that the lockdowns in most of the world has already led and will continue to lead to significantly lower demand. Speaking to […]
The Western Australian McGowan Government is leading a push to establish an LNG bunkering hub for bulkers visiting the Pilbara region. Building on the Pilbara’s strength as a global LNG production hub, the Government will offer a 50 percent discount in port dues to bulk vessels bunkering with LNG at Pilbara ports – saving each […]
Equinor and SSE Renewables have announced plans to build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, at the Port of Tyne. Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a 50:50 joint venture between the two companies. It will be able to generate around five percent of the UK’s […]
The 140-foot sailing vessel Kwai has departed the Hawaiian port of Hilo headed for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. There, her crew will collect over 100 tons of plastic garbage and ghost nets. The project is led by California-based not-for-profit Ocean Voyages Institute, and less than four days into the voyage, the crew have already […]
Hu Wenming, the former chairman and Party chief of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), is under investigation for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law,” according to Chinese anti-corruption investigators. The term is typically used in cases of suspected corrupt practices. Hu, 63, departed his post at CSIC last August, before the company’s merger with […]
An Iranian container ship and an Indonesian-flagged bulker were involved in an accident in the waters north of Indonesia. The two vessels, which may have collided, grounded near Sambu Island according to the Batam Traffic Services. The Iranian container ship Shahraz (86,018 dwt) remains aground having suffered significant damage. “The ship looks crooked or hogging,” […]
A&P Group has deployed a strict program of Covid-19 measures to ensure it can maintain its support to the maritime community as it emerges from the pandemic. Over the last eight weeks, A&P has deployed a number of stringent measures at all three of its UK facilities, allowing them to remain operational and continue essential […]
The Navy Seabees have completed their assignment to set up a U.S. Navy Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) to support the Department of Defense’s response to COVID-19 both on Guam and in the region. Guam’s role in the pandemic was highlighted by the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, which was docked at the port on March […]
The Tokyo MOU has released its Annual Report on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region noting that the number of detentions was up in 2019 after seven years of decline. Detention percentage also increased in 2019 after 10 continuous years’ decrease. The number of under-performing ships published and number of individual ships involved also […]
After a long journey, the Russian pipelayer Akademik Cherskiy has arrived at the Baltic Sea port of Mukran. The Cherskiy is a potential replacement for the mega-pipelayers Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit, which were forced to depart Gazprom’s landmark Nord Stream 2 pipeline project due to American sanctions. Cherskiy’s movements have been closely watched by commodities analysts […]
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the changed global outlook, the agricultural products company Yara has decided to pause further development of its autonomous vessel Yara Birkeland and will assess next steps together with its partners. The hull of the Yara Birkeland was launched to sea in Romania in February 2020 and is expected to […]
“New findings show Australian sheep face dangerous heat stress on export ships” by Clive Phillips, was published in The Conversation and subsequent publications last week. I do not wish to draw unnecessary attention to the article; however, I strongly believe a response is necessary. The scientific field that considers the impacts of heat stress on […]
