A Vendee Globe skipper says a bulk carrier Captain needed some convincing to change course in order to avoid a potential collision on the high… Weiterlesen »Vendee Globe Skipper Says Bulker Captain ‘Needed Some Convincing’ in High Seas Crossing Situation

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people after their commercial crab fishing boat lost propulsion and struck a jetty while attempting to transit through the… Weiterlesen »Three Rescued After Crab Fishing Boat Wrecks on Jetty in Northern California

OSLO, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Lenders took control of Polarcus’s ships on Tuesday after the seismic surveyor defaulted on its bank loans and bonds, hit by… Weiterlesen »Lenders Take Control of Polarcus Assets After Seismic Surveyor Defaults on Debt

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are to cancel several headhaul sailings to North Europe around the Chinese New Year holiday next month. It is… Weiterlesen »Carriers Announce Asia-Europe Blankings for Chinese New Year

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Cargo ships enduring one of the worst U.S. port bottlenecks in more than a decade faced down another obstacle as they… Weiterlesen »Anchored Containerships Off Los Angeles/Long Beach Flee Winter Storm

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The Iranian and Panamanian-flagged vessels seized by Indonesian authorities for suspected illegal oil transfers are… Weiterlesen »Indonesia Escorts Seized Tankers to Dock for Investigation

By Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is trying to seize around 2 million barrels of what it thinks is Iranian oil, according to people familiar… Weiterlesen »U.S. Tries to Seize Oil Shipment It Says Came From Iran

By Yuka Obayashi (Reuters) – Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries is aiming to replicate its success as a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker producer with… Weiterlesen »Kawasaki Heavy To Start Liquid Hydrogen Shipments Spring 2021

By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — Covid-19 is destroying the market for supertankers that deliver about a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The… Weiterlesen »Asian Shipbreakers Await Unemployed VLCCs Amid ‘Attractive’ Scrap Values

By Libby George LAGOS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Pirates are stepping up attacks on ships in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, defying regional navies. On… Weiterlesen »Why Piracy is Surging in the Gulf of Guinea -EXPLAINER