Press Release – North P&I Club has elected James Alexander Tyrrell as its new chair of the board, succeeding Pratap Shirke, in a seamless change at… Weiterlesen »North P&I Club names Arklow Shipping’s James Tyrrell as chair

COPENHAGEN, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Denmark approved a plan on Thursday to build the world’s first energy island in the North Sea that will produce… Weiterlesen »Denmark to Build North Sea ‘Energy Island’

Oslo-listed seismic survey shipping company Polarcus (OSE: PLCS) has announced its intention cease operations and terminate all employees after its lenders withdrew support after taking… Weiterlesen »Polarcus to Cease Operations and Terminate All Employees

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