containership schedule reliability dropped to low point in 2021

Schedule Reliability Dropped to Record Low at the End Of 2021

Video: OSV Strikes a Working Coast Guard Buoy Tender Twice

Published Jan 26, 2022 10:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

A newly-released video shows a collision between an OSV and a U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender in Sabine Pass, shortly after the passage of Hurricane Delta in 2020. Though the casualty happened 15 months ago, it appears to be the first time that the video and accompanying documentation have been published. On October 11, 2020, two days after Delta made landfall in Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Harry Claiborne transited from Galveston to Sabine Pass, where her crew set to...

racing technology to improve performance of offshore support vessels

Creating OSVs Using Racing Technology for Improved Operations

Published Jan 26, 2022 7:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

The demands on the offshore wind supply chain are mounting as more wind farms are being built that are both larger and further offshore. Designers are looking to make the vessels both more versatile as well as better suited to meet market challenges. The latest developments for the sector seek to tap the technologies created in the racing sector to improve the next generation of support vessels. Chartwell Marine, which is designing next-generation vessels for the offshore wind support sector,...

container rates remain volatile in 2022 with charters moving higher

Container Rates Continue to Fluctuate While Charters Move Higher

Published Jan 26, 2022 7:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Container shipping rates continue to be highly volatile as the industry moves towards a traditionally slower period during the Lunar New Year celebrations and a traditional easing of volumes in the subsequent months before it increases as the industry moves toward summer. While there have been signs in recent weeks of an easing on Pacific spot rates to the United States, charters of box ships are now reported to again paying record increases continuing the wild fluctuations be seen in...

CEO of Top Chemical-Tanker Firm Stolt-Nielsen Plans to Step Down

Published Jan 26, 2022 7:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen, the chief executive officer of the firm that bears his name, has announced his plans to step down from his role. In a statement, the firm said that he will continue as CEO and as a director on the firm's board until a successor has been named. The firm's plan is that once a suitable replacement is found, Mr. Stolt-Nielsen will become the chairman of the board, subject to shareholder approval, replacing Samuel Cooperman. Cooperman, who has...

Shipping

hybrid diesel electric ferry test hydrogen technology

Baleària Orders Electric Ferry to Reduce Emissions and Test Hydrogen

Spanish ferry operator Baleària which provides service to the Balearic Islands is building a hybrid-electric ferry which it says through the use of batteries and hydrogen will become the most sustainable ship in its fleet as well as a testing ground for future hydrogen technologies. The RoPax ferry is due to enter service in the summer of 2023 becoming the next step in the company’s efforts to reduce its environmental impact. The new ferry, which is being built at the...

Tugs & Salvage

Video: OSV Strikes a Working Coast Guard Buoy Tender Twice

Government

Opinion: There is Still a Slim Chance to Stop a War With Russia

[By Peter Jennings] It didn’t have to be this way. Since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014 and the bloody proxy war waged since then in the Donbas region, there has been no doubt that Vladimir Putin has aggressive intent towards Ukraine. Across those seven years, the US and its European allies could have made Ukraine a much pricklier and more indigestible target. That would not have required forward-deploying large numbers of troops, just a tougher-minded plan to arm and...

Piracy

pirates steal cargo from product tanker in Gulf of Guinea

Pirates Steal Cargo from Product Tanker in Western Gulf of Guinea

Pirates boarded a tanker working as a bunkering vessel in the Gulf of Guinea region and reportedly stole cargo from the ship before leaving. Initial reports had indicated a possible hijacking, but the crew was unharmed and reported safe. Security analysts have raised a warning noting that the incident occurred further west of most of the historic activity in the region with the culprits suspected of departing from Ghana. Analysts from Dryad Global are linking the confirmed boarding of the...

Cruise Ships

Royal Caribbean’s Last Original Ship Sold for Scrap After 50 Years

The next to last of the 1960s purpose-built cruise ships that helped to build the modern cruise industry was beached yesterday in Pakistan to be broken up and recycled. Introduced in 1972 as the Sun Viking, the stylish 18,500 gross ton ship was built for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and was the last of the first generation of modern cruise ships that helped to create PortMiami and the cruise vacation industry. The third ship built for Royal Caribbean, she was...

Ports

Shanghai to Launch LNG Bunkering Hub with Avenir Vessel

Efforts are underway to develop Shanghai into an LNG bunkering hub to service the large containerships already calling at the port as well as to further enhance Shanghai as a regional hub in Asia. UK-based Avenir LNG announced a long-term cooperation agreement with Shanghai SIPG Energy Service Co. (SSES) for the marketing of LNG bunkering services. As part of the agreement, SSES will acquire Avenir’s recently completed 20,000 cmb LNG bunkering vessel, Avenir Allegiance, which is reported to be the...

Shipping

Baleària Orders Electric Ferry to Reduce Emissions and Test Hydrogen

Tugs & Salvage

Video: OSV Strikes a Working Coast Guard Buoy Tender Twice

Government

Opinion: There is Still a Slim Chance to Stop a War With Russia

Piracy

Pirates Steal Cargo from Product Tanker in Western Gulf of Guinea

Cruise Ships

Royal Caribbean’s Last Original Ship Sold for Scrap After 50 Years

Ports

Shanghai to Launch LNG Bunkering Hub with Avenir Vessel

Offshore

Creating OSVs Using Racing Technology for Improved Operations

Shipbuilding

Containership Orders at Record Levels with New Order Linked to MSC

After a record year for containership construction orders, 2022 is starting strong with China reporting a first large order. The contract reported by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), also is the latest convergence of two trends in shipbuilding, containerships and LNG-fueled ships. DSIC reported that it has entered into a construction contract for six dual-fuel containerships with “a well-known European shipowner.” The order is being linked to Mediterranean Shipping Company, which was moving aggressively...

Environment

Intertanko supports amendments to EU ETS proposal to include charterers

Intertanko Supports EU ETS Amendments Breaking with Container Shipping

Intertanko, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners trade association, announced its support for the proposed amendments that are being discussed by the European Commissions for the pending European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Breaking with other parts of the shipping industry which have been critical of the proposed changes, Intertanko accepts the inclusion of charterers as responsible parties and the introduction of a fund but calls for the monies to be dedicated to the shipping industry’s needs. The EC is...

Business

CEO of Top Chemical-Tanker Firm Stolt-Nielsen Plans to Step Down

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Schedule Reliability Dropped to Record Low at the End Of 2021

Video: OSV Strikes a Working Coast Guard Buoy Tender Twice

Creating OSVs Using Racing Technology for Improved Operations

Container Rates Continue to Fluctuate While Charters Move Higher

CEO of Top Chemical-Tanker Firm Stolt-Nielsen Plans to Step Down

Baleària Orders Electric Ferry to Reduce Emissions and Test Hydrogen

Video: OSV Strikes a Working Coast Guard Buoy Tender Twice

Opinion: There is Still a Slim Chance to Stop a War With Russia

Pirates Steal Cargo from Product Tanker in Western Gulf of Guinea

Royal Caribbean’s Last Original Ship Sold for Scrap After 50 Years

Shanghai to Launch LNG Bunkering Hub with Avenir Vessel

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Baleària Orders Electric Ferry to Reduce Emissions and Test Hydrogen

Video: OSV Strikes a Working Coast Guard Buoy Tender Twice

Opinion: There is Still a Slim Chance to Stop a War With Russia

Pirates Steal Cargo from Product Tanker in Western Gulf of Guinea

Royal Caribbean’s Last Original Ship Sold for Scrap After 50 Years

Shanghai to Launch LNG Bunkering Hub with Avenir Vessel

Creating OSVs Using Racing Technology for Improved Operations

Containership Orders at Record Levels with New Order Linked to MSC

Intertanko Supports EU ETS Amendments Breaking with Container Shipping

CEO of Top Chemical-Tanker Firm Stolt-Nielsen Plans to Step Down

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