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DNV donne son accord de principe au système innovant de voilure Michelin
La société de classification norvégienne DNV a accordé un accord de principe (AiP) à Michelin pour son système de voilure WISAMO, rapprochant ainsi le fabricant
Environmental approval for first industrial-scale green hydrogen and green ammonia project in North America
Halifax – EverWind Fuels Company has received Environmental Approval for the initial phase of its $6 billion, 1 million tonnes per annum green hydrogen and green
Wind propulsion experts to view the future for wind technology
Wind propulsion experts will gather next week in London on February 16-17 at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the Royal
Des experts en propulsion éolienne verront l’avenir de la technologie éolienne
Les experts en propulsion éolienne se réuniront la semaine prochaine à Londres les 16 et 17 février au siège de l’Organisation maritime internationale (OMI) pour la
More than $662 million in funding for modernizing U.S. ports infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of more than $662 million in funding in fiscal 2023 for MARAD’s
Plus de 662 millions de dollars pour la modernisation de l’infrastructure portuaire américaine
L’Administration Maritime (MARAD) du département des Transports des États-Unis a annoncé la disponibilité de plus de 662 millions de dollars en financement au cours de l’exercice
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif first Honorary Captain of Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard today announced the appointment of Laurent Duvernay-Tardif as its very first Honorary Captain. By accepting this title, Mr. Duvernay-Tardif will act as
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif premier capitaine honoraire de la Garde côtière canadienne
La Garde côtière canadienne est fière d’annoncer la nomination de M. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif à titre de tout premier capitaine honoraire. En acceptant ce titre honorifique, M. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif agira
Smart Green Shipping announces £5m investment into FastRig wing sail technology
Artist impression Drax panamax with FastRigs Smart Green Shipping (SGS) has launched a £5m research and development project for its fully automated FastRigs wing
Protection of vast ecologically unique ocean area off the west coast of Vancouver Island
Vancouver – At the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver, the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast
Our Forum
On our Forum: The real cause of the supply chain quagmires…
By Michael Grey* It is funny how different items of news mesh with each other. Cop 26 is over, thank goodness and the thousands of
On our Forum: Shipmasters deserve greatest respect for difficult decisions made in stormy conditions
By Michael Grey* In this world where virtue-signalling competes with the need to blame everyone, maybe we should not be surprised at the growing enthusiasm
On our Forum
The shipping industry needs to set ambitious targets to help prevent global climate catastrophe, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) cautions in a new position
On our Forum: Seafarers and truckers: supply chain’s most vulnerable providers
By Michael Grey* “Am I a man – or an animal?” This was a question dramatically posed by a huge Sicilian lorry driver on a
On our Forum: Stranger than fiction in a world ‘not far short of chaos’
By Michael Grey* Will what we used to think of as “normal” ever return? Black swans used to be rare, but now they are coming
The many challenges to one-man bridge operations (Forum)
By Michael Grey* The results of an inquest in the UK on the deaths caused by a tram coming off the rails gave one
Carbon recycled methane can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel according to new study (Forum)
The “Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG)” of Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group has confirmed that carbon recycled methane produced by
Marine salvage expertise must not decline… (Forum)
By Michael Grey* These are tough times for the professional salvor, with concern being expressed about weak revenues and worries about capacity. To the casual
Of congestion, ships and crews
I have always been terribly enthused by Oliver St.John Gogarty’s poem The Ship and its first stanza – “A ship from Valparaiso came/ And
Justifying the unjustifiable on inhuman seafarer crisis… (forum)
By Michael Grey* Nobody should be surprised that there has been something of a fight back by ship operators after the World Maritime
Shipping’s nightmare with the Gulf of Guinea pirates (Forum)
By Michael Grey* There will be few seafarers today who sail off to the Gulf of Guinea with a light heart and cheerful demeanour,
A Captain caught after a slaughter at sea (Forum)
Taiwanese Ping Shin 101 on which occurred the murders at sea described in this gut wretching article by investigative reporter Ian Urbina*. Photo Credit: Fish-I Africa The men are helpless
Clean Shipping Alliance scrubs away at ICCT report on Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
Following the release of a report by environmental group ICCT, the Clean Shipping Alliance expresses its concern about the wrong perception of Exhaust Gas
80% of ports do not reap the benefits of digitalization according to Innovez-One (Forum)
Innovez One, one of the world’s leading providers of port management software for the world’s busiest ports and towage operators, stated that of the
Five percent zero emission fuels by 2030 needed for Paris-aligned shipping decarbonization (Forum)
The ambition of the Getting to Zero Coalition is to have commercially viable zero emission vessels operating along deep sea trade routes by 2030.
The Mask of Cassandra (Forum)
By Michael Grey* Nearly a year into the wretched pandemic and it is difficult to determine any real cheer amid the winter snow. Some
Provincial government investments should give priority to Made in Canada ships (FORUM)
Ottawa – The Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) has expressed concern over provincial governments ordering vessels overseas rather than giving such business to
The Poseidon Principles Disclosure Report is good, but the disclosure could have been better (Forum)
In December 2020, the signatories of the Poseidon Principles—currently twenty large banks—released their first Annual Disclosure Report. As the first paragraph of the report says:
World Shipping Council pleads for more collaboration to mitigate Covid-19 challenges (Forum)
Ocean carriers are taking all available measures to improve the speed and efficiency of cargo movement including employing all available vessel tonnage says the World
The ongoing seafarer crisis: do charterers have hearts? (FORUM)
Widely regarded as the senior statesman of world shipping journalism, Michael Grey* offers in our FORUM section, another impassioned commentary and an urgent suggestion for
Tailwinds of 2020 (Forum)
Shipping has faced some historically significant challenges this year, we opened the year with IMO 2020, the greatest change in fuel regulation in this