[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In February this year, the VLCC orderbook reportedly fell to its lowest level since 12 months earlier, with around 89 VLCCs on order. This is equivalent to around 11% of the VLCC fleet currently [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With the startup of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) set for June 1, Bakken producers are only days away from gaining easier, cheaper pipeline access to the Gulf Coast. DAPL runs from North Dakota [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In cooperation with Maritime and Port Authority in Singapore, Kongsberg demonstrated its SESAME Straits project, at Singapore Maritime Technology Conference. The project utilizes e-Navigation concepts to reduce maritime traffic congestion and hot spots, as [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The world’s first ME-GIE (-Gas Injection Ethane) two-stroke engine has successfully passed gas trials on board the ‘Gaschem Beluga’, an LEG (liquefied ethylene gas) carrier, while sailing between Houston and the Bahamas. The Mitsui-MAN [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Norwegian technology company has developed a low-cost underwater drone that allows shipowners, vessel crew and shipyards to perform hull inspections without the need for divers or expensive ROVs.The Blueye Pioneer underwater drone has [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] China’s Belt and Road Initiative is slowly taking shape, as was evidenced over the course of the past few days. However, exactly how will shipping benefit from this colossal project is still a bit [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Busan Port Authority has announced plans to build an integrated data center in preparation for the fourth industrial revolution, a facility that will make the port of Busan more competitive with the help [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] An interim evaluation of route planner, Navigate, just a week after its launch shows that initial reactions are positive and that Navigate is already in use in 70 countries across the world. We are [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Propulsion technology specialist Renk is to launch a hybrid concept that enables two-stroke engine users to harness the electrical potential of their engines for either propulsion or power generation. The MARHY (marine hybrid) system [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Korean Register has announced that it is now authorized by Germany’s National Accreditation Body (DAkks) to act as a verification body for EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification). EU MRV refers to regulation (EU) [...]
