While the containership orderbook has already reached record levels, leading owners and operators continue to place a new wave of orders in part for expansion and also to address environmental pressures. Analysts had been predicting the next tranche and it…
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulla University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has tapped the Spanish shipyard Freire to build its new research vessel, RV Thuwall II. The new ship will deliver in 2026. Glosten-designed RV Thuwal II will be the flagship of the Saudi research vessel…
Last week, as part of its Green Shipping Policy, India’s government launched new guidelines for the Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP). This initiative is set to phase out conventional fuel-based harbor tugs operating in major Indian ports and replace them with…
The situation in the Red Sea and around the Bab al-Mandeb remains complicated and sometimes confusing with the latest incident raising more questions. A vessel that identified itself as the Eritrean Navy approached a coastal cargo ship. The UK Maritime…
For the second time in approximately a month, one of CMA CGM’s large containerships, the newly inaugurated CMA CMG Belem (13,000 TEU) has lost boxes overboard in storms off South Africa. Industry observers had noted that the large boxships would…
The S.S. United States Conservancy lost its latest court bid to extend the date to move the once famed ocean liner from its pier in Philadelphia. The nonprofit had asked the court to give it till December to finalize arrangements…
The multimillion-dollar yacht that ran aground on a reef off Culebra, Puerto Rico was lucky enough to survive Storm Ernesto unharmed, and the salvor is mobilizing more equipment to lift it safely off the shoal – so long as the…
In a meeting in Denmark last week, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro had an unusual suggestion for A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc, one of the world’s most prominent shipowners: Del Toro recommended that Clerc buy American-made ships…
A group of Japanese companies is researching cow manure as a source to produce biomethane to fuel the decarbonization of heavy industry and shipping. While methane is viewed as a promising alternative fuel shipping companies such as Maersk continue to…
Fred. Olsen Express, a Canary Island-based ferry company, is setting a new standard among international fast ferry operators by upgrading its safety equipment. With the support of Aeromarine, the company is installing SEA.AI, the latest state-of-the-art, artificial intelligence-based anti-collision technology, on its…