By Brendan Murray, Ann Koh and Richard Weiss (Bloomberg) — Soaring freight rates and delivery delays have sparked a global backlash by companies frustrated about the… Weiterlesen »Freight-Cost Pain Intensifies as Pandemic Rocks Ocean Shipping

by Charles Regnier (Reuters) – Belgium’s Euronav expects pressure on freight rates to continue until late 2021, the tanker operator said as it reported weaker… Weiterlesen »2021 – Euronav Predicts Oil Freight Rate Weakness Will Continue All Year

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SAACKE, the Germany based global supplier of marine firing plants for… Weiterlesen »Wärtsilä and SAACKE sign strategic partnership to expand their marine solution offerings

Press Release – Kongsberg Maritime is proud to announce the next generation of its advanced HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Named HUGIN Endurance, the new… Weiterlesen »Kongsberg Maritime to launch next generation HUGIN Endurance AUV

Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, reversing a Trump administration decision… Weiterlesen »U.S. to Restart Permitting for Major Offshore Wind Project

The crew of a Qatari-owned ship has launched a hunger strike after 11 months without pay and more than a year abandoned on board the… Weiterlesen »Abandoned Ship Crew Wages Hunger Strike in Kuwait

The 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, written by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond, is a fascinating read covering 13,000 years of human history… Weiterlesen »Captain Livingstone: Guns, Germs, and Steel

By Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — The U.S. has gone to court to seize 2 million barrels of oil that it claims came from Iran, as Joe… Weiterlesen »U.S. Looks to Courts to Seize 2 Million Barrels of Alleged Iranian Oil

A crew member of a bulk carrier has died and three others injured after their ship was hit by a large wave several hundred miles… Weiterlesen »Bulk Carrier Crew Member Killed by Large Wave Off Nova Scotia

By Jonathan Tirone (Bloomberg) Climate change is causing oceans to rise quicker than scientists’ most pessimistic forecasts, resulting in earlier flood risks to coastal economies already struggling to adapt.  … Weiterlesen »Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Dire Forecasts