Pacific Basin Shore-side Operations Go Carbon Neutral from 2020

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited , one of the world’s leading dry bulk shipping companies, has pledged to offset all carbon emissions from its global shore-side operations starting in 2020, including all office activities, commuting and business and crew travel.

US ocean plastic pollution among highest in the world, study reveals

A study published in the journal Science Advances has revealed that the US ranks as high as third among countries contributing to coastal plastic pollution.

MISC Group takes delivery of world’s largest VLEC

The major energy provider in maritime solutions, MISC Group, has taken the delivery of its first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC), the largest of its kind globally.

HEINEKEN pioneers with zero-emission shipping

As the maritime industry seeks ways to become carbon-neutral, a new initiative – backed by some of the biggest corporations in the world – is designing entire systems to make inland waterways emission-free.

Tankers: VLCCs Fall Once Again

Another difficult week for owners saw rates fail to gain any traction. There was talk midweek of 280,000mt fixed west at WS17.5, but thereafter the market Middle East Gulf to US Gulf via the Cape/Cape routing softened and is now assessed at a shade above WS15.

Final Yamal LNG carrier for MOL and Cosco delivered

The fourth and final conventional Yamal LNG carrier for the MOL-COSCO JV was delivered by the Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.

Port of Rotterdam, Iceland to explore green hydrogen export

Port of Rotterdam along with Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, shake their hands and inked MoU to develop a study focused on exporting green hydrogen from Iceland to Rotterdam.

France provides the most support packages for maritime during COVID-19

State support packages are helping the shipping industry to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Government support comes in many forms but usually without strings attached and rarely aligned to broader policy objectives, says a new report by ITF.

Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus

A Greek Navy minesweeper was badly damaged after colliding with a much larger containership off Piraeus port on Tuesday morning.

28 incidents against ships in Singapore Strait in 2020 so far

In its weekly report for 20-26 October, ReCAAP ISC informed of three incidents against ships in Asia, all on board ships while they were underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait. With these three incidents, a total of 28 incidents have been reported in the SS since January 2020.