Combination carrier operator’s CLEANBU project helps it post record-breaking profits To an earlier generation the combination, or ore-bulk-oil (OBO), carrier was seen as the ideal ‘everyman’ vessel; capable of switching between dry and wet cargo depending on marketing fluctuations, or switching between cargoes on reverse voyages rather than an unprofitable return journey in ballast. But […]
By Mikko Nikkanen, head of maritime, weather and environment, Vaisala With annual international shipping CO₂ emissions doubling since 1990 and now accounting for roughly 10% of global transportation emissions, the maritime shipping sector sits at a crossroads in the fight against climate change. Players across the global shipping industry must find new ways to embrace […]
Class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has announced an agreement to acquire maritime e-learning software provider Ocean technologies Group (OTG) from private equity firm Oakley Capital. The buyout means that OTG, which provides critical training, compliance, operational and HR software to more than 1,000 shipowners and operators and in excess of a million seafarers globally, will […]
Carefully curated agenda to take a focused look at recent technological, design and policy developments shaping the future landscape for wind-assisted propulsion Since its inauguration in 2019, the now annual Wind Propulsion Conference has become an essential event for the maritime community, with attending speakers and delegates spanning the technology companies, academia, shipowners and industry […]
Ro-ro operator offers carmakers the opportunity to move their vehicles on vessels powered with cleaner fuels United European Car Carriers (UECC) is on a sustainability journey and while it’s a route many have since embarked upon the company can certainly stake a claim to have been among the early pacesetters. A decade ago the Norwegian-headquartered […]
From establishing the benchmark that set the standard for offshore supply vessels to advanced anchor handlers that transformed the oil and gas industry and a growing reference list in fishery and merchant ships, Kongsberg Maritime’s ship design history can be traced back 50 years with its origins in the heart of what is today’s maritime […]
In the Michael Palin documentary ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, which premiered in 1989, a central mode of transport was the cargo vessel, on which the presenter travelled at many points in his adventure. During one leg of his trip the captain of the Neptune Diamond sailing from Singapore remarks, “In a few years […]
The Chowgule Group, a leading supplier of dry cargo vessels to the European coastal and short-sea trading community, set to be bolstered through acquisition of another Indian yard, writes David Tinsley Since breaking into the export market nearly 20 years ago with a 12-ship coaster deal from northern Europe, the shipbuilding division of Indian mining […]
Marflet Marine, a Spanish private shipping company, has announced a new step in its decarbonisation strategy by signing a contract with bound4blue to install four 22m-high eSAILs on its oil and chemical tanker Santiago I. Scheduled for mid-2025, the installation will make Marflet the first Spanish shipowner to integrate wind-assisted propulsion (WAP) in its merchant […]
The island nation’s maritime industry is fraught with challenges, but glimmers of hope have emerged Japan’s maritime sector stands as a testament to the nation’s ingenuity, resilience, and global competitiveness. For over a century, Japanese shipbuilders have been at the forefront of the market, constructing vessels that have sailed the world’s waters with precision and […]
In a new move toward sustainable maritime transportation, bound4blue, one of several companies working on wind-assisted propulsion systems, has achieved another landmark by installing the first-ever fixed suction sails on a Roll-on/Roll-off (ro-ro) vessel. The project took place aboard the Ville de Bordeaux, a vessel chartered by Airbus from French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). […]
The recent sinking of the Belize-flagged bulk carrier Rubymar in the Red Sea has further escalated tensions in the region and raised alarm bells over potential environmental damage. The vessel, carrying approximately 18,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulphate fertiliser, sank after being struck by an Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist anti-ship ballistic missile on 18 February. […]