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Seafarers in Australia refuse to sail as crew change crisis continues to brew
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions further aggravates. The two ships, Conti Stockholm and Ben Rinnes, join alumina-carting Unison Jasper, which has been held up in Newcastle,
Genco Shipping changed crew on 70% of its ships despite COVID-19 restrictions
U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading Limited said that it has managed to carry out crew rotations on approximately 70% of its fleet in recent months despite various travel and port restrictions imposed due to COVID-19. This has resulted in the completion of crew changes invo
Giant grounded bulker spills fuel oil off Mauritius
Fuel oil has started to wash ashore from the leaking bulk carrier MV Wakashio that ran aground off Mauritius coast on July 25, raising fears of an environmental disaster. The Mauritian environment ministry confirmed in a statement on Thursday that there was a breach in the vessel and that oil was le
Report: 16 Beirut port officials detained as investigation into deadly explosion resumes
Lebanese authorities detained 16 Beirut port staff members on Thursday, while over a dozen other workers were questioned as part of an investigation into the deadly blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The investigation, being carried out under the supervision of the Leba
Mega jack-up to officially debut on world’s largest offshore wind farm
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has signed a contract with Jan De Nul Group for the transport and installation of GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B. The installation of the 12 MW units at the site some 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast will start in 2023. Turbine tran
BIMCO: Shipbuilding orderbook hits 17-year low
The total orderbook for dry bulk, container and tanker ships has reached its lowest point in 17 years as Covid-19 massively slowed contracting (-50%), BIMCO’s data shows. However, deliveries of new vessels have proved more resilient (-2%), as shipyards work through lockdowns to meet their delivery s
Scorpio Bulkers: Renewables highly compelling market for our future
Scorpio Bulker’s decision to invest in a wind turbine installation vessel, announced earlier this week, came as a major surprise for the market, with many questioning the motives behind the dry bulk operator’s bold move into a brand new sector. The company signed a Letter of Intent with South Korean
Heavy weather damages three cranes at JNPort
Heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts have damaged three cranes at a container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), the largest container port in India. The port authority said the exact damage at the JNPCT terminal was being assessed, and that there were no injuries. Indian media reported
Sumitomo Heavy Industries wins AIP for medium-size LNG dual-fueled tanker
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, was granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for a medium-size tanker equipped with a high-pressure LNG dual-fuel system. High-pressure LNG that has been pressurized to app
Hapag-Lloyd’s Beirut office completely destroyed, staff safe
Beirut-based office of the German liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd was completely destroyed by the deadly blast that occurred on Tuesday in Libanon’s capital. The company said that all Hapag-Lloyd staff and representatives were safe and sound. “There were no Hapag-Lloyd vessels present in the port
FSL Trust sells three remaining boxships, exits sector
FSL Trust Management Pte., the trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust, has executed memoranda of agreement to sell three remaining containerships from its fleet, thus exiting the sector. The containerships in question include FSL Eminence, FSL Elixir and YM Enhancer. The trustee manager said the
8 countries join forces in developing autonomous shipping
Representatives from China, Denmark, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, and Singapore have launched a network to address the challenges and align standards for the trials and operation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in ports. MASSPorts aims to develop detailed g
Ecochlor obtains IMO BWMS Code Type Approval
Boston-headquartered provider of ballast water treatment (BWT) solutions Ecochlor has secured Type Approval from the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) for the IMO BWMS Code revised 2016 G8 standards. The revised guidelines from 2016 are being applied on systems that started their type approval proc
CMA CGM says one worker missing, several injured following Beirut blast
French container shipping company CMA CGM, which has deep roots in Lebanon, has launched an emergency plan to conduct a thorough health and safety assessment of its 261 staff members based in Beirut, following the deadly explosion that wreaked havoc across Lebanon’s capital. “At this stage, the prel