Norway’s expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten was hit by a cyberattack on 14 December 2020.
The Brazilian mining giant Vale has discharged its last cargo in China transported on a converted Very Large Crude Carrier (VLOC), the company said. The move follows Vale’s new risk management approach, made in January 2020, when the company decided to phase-out or substitute all 25 converted vessel
The removal of the dislodged containers from the ONE Apus containership under a schedule formulated by stowage planners is expected to take over a month, the Ocean Network Express (ONE) said. The removal of the remaining containers on deck was launched following permission from the Japanese Coast Gu
A Singapore-flagged LR1 Product tanker has been hit from ‘an external source’ whilst discharging at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 14 December 2020, causing an explosion and subsequent fire onboard.
Norwegian safety watchdog Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Equinor a consent for the life extension for Veslefrikk.
On 9 December 2020, the European Commission presented its new mobility strategy, charting a course for shipping and the rest of the EU transport sector out of the COVID-19 crisis.
An 83-year-old male Singaporean on board Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19 infection, causing the ship to return to Singapore earlier than planned. Singapore’s Ministry of Health said that epidemiological investigations and contact tracing were in progr
A Jamaica-flagged, Turkish-owned cargo ship has been detained by Libyan National Army (LNA) forces off Derna, a port city in eastern Libya.
Researchers at Bangor University have teamed up with wildlife charity Sea Watch Foundation and tidal energy company Nova Innovation to develop Sea Watcher, a free mobile app that could prove useful to marine science and conservation.
The revised estimate of lost containers from the Japanese-flagged containership ONE Apus now stands at 1,816 units, scaled down from the initial estimates which exceeded 1,900 containers. Some 64 containers of those damaged or lost are believed to contain dangerous cargo, up from 40 which had been p
A search is underway for a 27-year-old male crew member who fell overboard from the Handy tanker vessel Sagami in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Coast Guard said that the search was underway approximately 29 miles offshore Sabine Pass, Texas, since Wednesday evening. The individual was last seen wearing
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found a couple of improvements points at Neptune Energy’s Fenja project development located offshore Norway.
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed 5-year Optimised Maintenance Agreements covering the main engines for two very large gas carriers (VLGC) operated by Latsco Marine Management (LMM). The contract, which became effective from September, was signed in August 2020. The two vessels, the Hellas Dy
The Methanol Institute is urging the maritime community to mitigate pollution and emissions risk in Polar regions by adopting methanol as marine fuel, and applying bunkering guidelines developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN). The call is being issued on the back of IMO’s meetin
