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Sales of Tankers for Scrap Hit 39-Month High in September
Sales of tankers for demolition reached a 39-month high during September. Yet, with the sector notorious for holding on to tonnage...
Read More >>CBP: Bayside "Canadian Rail" Facility Switched to Russian Seafood
In a brief filed Friday, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer testified that the cargoes coming from the Bayside fa...
Read More >>Larger, Fast Crew Supplier Built by Damen Completes Sea Trials
Damen Group has completed construction and sea trials on the first of a new generation crew transfer vessels and it is preparing t...
Read More >>Ammonia-Fueled Engine Conversion Planned by 2023 for OSV
A first of its kind project is launching designed to convert an operational ship to operate on ammonia as its fuel source. The pro...
Read More >>VLCC Crew’s Appeal for Help Highlights Crew Abandonment
The crew aboard a VLCC under arrest in Singapore sent out an international appeal for help. Their efforts to call attention to the...
Read More >>South Korea Launches New High-Spec Submarine Rescue Vessel
South Korea has launched a $400 million submarine rescue vessel capable of responding to distressed submariners in deep waters, ev...
Read More >>Chinese Traders Turn to New Routes to Get Much-Needed Coal
The coal shortage in China and India may give a boost to dry bulk shipping as traders look to new sources to plug a growing supply...
Read More >>Greenpeace Intercepts Tanker in English Channel Carrying Fish Oil
Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior intercepted a tanker transporting fish oil from West Africa as the vessel enter...
Read More >>Maersk to Test Air Lubrication Technology on Boxship
Maersk has become the latest large shipping company to plan a trial using air lubrication as a tool to help improve vessel efficie...
Read More >>Hapag-Lloyd Boxship Cleared of Responsibility in SoCal Spill Inquiry
The U.S. Coast Guard has considered and reportedly set aside the possibility that the boxship Rotterdam Express was responsible fo...
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