World Bank recommends avoiding LNG in maritime decarbonization

World Bank Recommends Avoiding LNG as it Explores Ship Decarbonization

Chinese Fishermen Catch Foreign-Made Surveillance Drone in Yellow Sea

By The Maritime Executive 04-16-2021 04:43:00

Chinese fishermen have recovered a drone boat off the eastern coast of the Chinese mainland, and officials suspect that it is a "reconnaissance device secretly placed by a foreign country," according to state-owned outlet CCTV. The fishing boat skipper who found the device, Wang Suo, told state media that his net seemed extra heavy when he began to haul it in. He sped up the process, thinking that he had caught a lot of fish. Instead, he pulled up a black...

Harland & Wolff first offshore wind contract

Harland & Wolff Wins First Contract to Build Offshore Wind Components

By The Maritime Executive 04-16-2021 04:42:55

Harland & Wolff, the storied shipbuilder, is continuing to make progress on the relaunch of its business refocused from the historic shipbuilding to take advantage of the emerging offshore wind industry. Its parent company InfraStrata announced the company has received its first contract to build components for a new wind farm being developed in the outer Firth of Forth in Scotland. The contract valued at approximately $36 million is with Saipem, an Italian offshore engineering company, for the fabrication and...

“See the World,” They Said

By Erik Kravets 04-16-2021 04:10:49

I grew up with stories of my Uncle Bernhard’s trips to Japan as a merchant mariner. There was that odd black-and-red lacquer side table he brought back sometime in the 1920s. That was another time – when putting in at a foreign port meant days of rest or adventure while cargo changed hands. Since containerization, time in port is down precipitously. A 2018 paper in the International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics by a four-author team determined that the...

Massport expands Boston's container capabilities

Massport Invests $850M Enhancing Boston Container Port Capabilities

By The Maritime Executive 04-16-2021 03:19:10

Three new low profile Neo-Panamax cranes have begun their journey to Boston from Shanghai, China as the latest step in the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) efforts to expand operations and improve capabilities to handle larger ships in the port of Boston. They have invested more than $850 million into efforts around the port, which includes these cranes along with a new berth and a deepened Boston Harbor, to give the port the capability to handle larger vessels and facilitate future...

Shipping

Report: Evergreen May Offload Ever Given's Cargo

As negotiations drag on between the Suez Canal Authority and the owners, operators and insurers of the boxship Ever Given, charterer Evergreen is contemplating ways to offload the cargo for onward transport by other means. Ever Given has been stranded in the Great Bitter Lake for inspections and legal maneuvers since she was removed from the southern end of the Suez Canal on March 29. After unsuccessful negotiations with owner Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the Suez Canal Authority obtained a court order...

Tugs & Salvage

search at Seacor Power capsizied in the Gulf of Mexico

Three Bodies Recovered as USCG Continues Seacor Power Search

The U.S. Coast Guard reported that its search is ongoing for the missing crew from the capsized liftboat the Seacor Power. The search continues to be hampered by bad weather, but divers have continued their efforts. At the same time, they reported that they have recovered the bodies of three additional crewmembers of the vessel. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted one body yesterday, April 15, in the evening and determined that the person was unresponsive. Local media reports said the body...

Government

Chinese Fishermen Catch Foreign-Made Surveillance Drone in Yellow Sea

Piracy

Kidnapped Seafarers Released After Month in Captivity in West Africa

The fifteen officers and crew kidnapped last month from a chemical tanker sailing in the Gulf of Guinea have been released unharmed. Nine pirates armed with AK47 assault weapons had boarded the Maltese-flagged Davide B on March 11 and taken the Romanian and Philippine nationals from the vessel. “All crew members are in a relatively good condition given the difficult circumstances they have been under in the last four weeks. They will be receiving medical checks and are being repatriated...

Cruise Ships

efforts to resttart cruises from U.S. ports

Debate Continues Over U.S. Cruise Restart

The battle lines are being drawn in the debate to accelerate the restart of cruises from American ports. The industry is continuing its lobbying efforts and pushing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for action while U.S. senators and representatives are introducing legislation but, in a surprise move, other senators are now calling on the CDC to maintain its position not risking a new health crisis. CNBC is reporting that executives of the major cruise lines met earlier this...

Ports

Video: Croatian Police Seize $72M in Cocaine as Smugglers Target Ports

Croatian police in cooperation with customs authorities announced their third major seizure of cocaine this year arriving at the port of Ploce smuggled inside containers arriving from South America. Croatian officials said that smugglers appear to be targeting the ports of Southern Europe in response to increased enforcement efforts across Europe. The most recent seizure came at the end of March when the Dubrovnik-Neretva Police Department, in cooperation with the Customs Administration, seized more than half a ton of cocaine...

Shipping

Report: Evergreen May Offload Ever Given's Cargo

Tugs & Salvage

Three Bodies Recovered as USCG Continues Seacor Power Search

Government

Chinese Fishermen Catch Foreign-Made Surveillance Drone in Yellow Sea

Piracy

Kidnapped Seafarers Released After Month in Captivity in West Africa

Cruise Ships

Debate Continues Over U.S. Cruise Restart

Ports

Video: Croatian Police Seize $72M in Cocaine as Smugglers Target Ports

Offshore

Chevron Makes First Investment in Offshore Wind

The opportunities in offshore wind continue to attract a broad range of well-known companies to the field, the latest being energy company Chevron. Through its venture capital company, which invests in emerging technologies, Chevron and Moreld Ocean Wind are investing in Ocergy, a developmental company working on new designs for offshore wind turbines and an environmental data monitoring buoy. "We are delighted about this partnership as it will allow Ocergy to advance and commercialize its technologies," said Ocergy CEO Dominique...

Shipbuilding

Harland & Wolff Wins First Contract to Build Offshore Wind Components

Environment

World Bank Recommends Avoiding LNG as it Explores Ship Decarbonization

As part of the ongoing debate on the means to achieve decarbonization for the maritime industry, the World Bank weighs in on the issue with a series of new research reports providing its perspective for policymakers and the industry. While it concludes that there are major opportunities, the international financial organization dismisses the long-term role of LNG instead joining the growing support for ammonia and hydrogen as the most promising future fuels for shipping. In undertaking its research and releasing...

Business

Nor-Shipping Launches Ocean Now

Nor-Shipping may have postponed its summer 2021 event until January 2022, but Your Arena for Ocean Solutions is still taking #ACTION this year. The Norway-based industry event week has today unveiled plans for a new initiative, Ocean Now. This will take place on 1-2 June, when Nor-Shipping 2021 was originally scheduled, mixing a unique, digital infotainment broadcast, with partner events and a focus on the energy of the future through the new Hydrogen Blue Talks programme. Nor-Shipping stresses it will offer “a...

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