Some observers have compared IMO2020- the restrictions on sulfur in marine fuels which took effect on Jan 1, 2020 -with the Y2K drama of two… Weiterlesen »IMO Hails ‘Extremely Smooth’ IMO 2020 Transition
By Alastair Marsh (Bloomberg) — Terence Tsai started hearing about the growing labor crisis in shipping in a roundabout way. First, in March, an official at a ship management… Weiterlesen »Rogue Captain’s Mid-Ocean Detour Tips Investors to Humanitarian Crisis at Sea
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Federal Maritime Commissioners Carl Bentzel and Daniel Maffei have written to US president Joe Biden urging his new administration to… Weiterlesen »FMC Urges Biden Administration to Expedite Vaccinations for Nation’s Dockworkers
The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a U.S.-flagged Matson ship after she was having difficulty breathing and temporarily lost consciousness off Washington’s coast… Weiterlesen »Woman Medevaced from Matson Ship Off Washington
By Lucien Libert (Reuters) A French ocean adventurer and his team have designed a yacht that he says can scoop up plastic garbage to stop… Weiterlesen »This Sailing Yacht Feeds On Ocean Plastic
WaveSignalTM, launched this week by Rutter Inc., is the latest addition to the sigma S6 line of advanced radar processing systems. WaveSignalTM uses x-band radar… Weiterlesen »Wave Prediction Becomes A Reality
Turkish maritime authorities have published some terrifying video showing a cargo ship breaking in half in a matter of minutes. The incident took place January… Weiterlesen »Terrifying Video Shows Cargo Ship Break in Half Off Turkey
By Katarina Hoije (Bloomberg) – One of the world’s largest operators of floating power plants is in talks to bring power to two West African countries,… Weiterlesen »West African Countries Seek Power Ships as Virus Stalls Land Projects
DUBAI, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A move by South Korea towards releasing $7 billion in frozen Iranian funds may help spur Iran’s judiciary to resolve… Weiterlesen »Iran MP Says Unfreezing $7 Billion May Help Release of South Korean Tanker
The NOAA Ocean Prediction Center is predicting seas in excess of 60 feet associated with a low pressure system that has rapidly intensified in the… Weiterlesen »North Atlantic Storm Forecasted to Produce Massive 60-Foot Seas