Coast Guard News
August 7, 2020
Sweden shipping company Furetank launched its seventh dual-fueled vessel at the Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding yard in China.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions further aggravates.
The two ships, Conti Stockholm and Ben Rinnes, join alumina-carting Unison Jasper, which has been held up in Newcastle, NSW since last week, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says, adding the situation could result in economic carnage from clogged ports for the country.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions further aggravates.
The two ships, Conti Stockholm and Ben Rinnes, join alumina-carting Unison Jasper, which has been held up in Newcastle, NSW since last week, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says, adding the situation could result in economic carnage from clogged ports for the country.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions further aggravates.
The two ships, Conti Stockholm and Ben Rinnes, join alumina-carting Unison Jasper, which has been held up in Newcastle, NSW since last week, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says, adding the situation could result in economic carnage from clogged ports for the country.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions further aggravates.
The two ships, Conti Stockholm and Ben Rinnes, join alumina-carting Unison Jasper, which has been held up in Newcastle, NSW since last week, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says, adding the situation could result in economic carnage from clogged ports for the country.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading Limited said that it has managed to carry out crew rotations on approximately 70% of its fleet in recent months despite various travel and port restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
This has resulted in the completion of crew changes involving over 800 seafarers since the onset of the pandemic. ... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading Limited said that it has managed to carry out crew rotations on approximately 70% of its fleet in recent months despite various travel and port restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
This has resulted in the completion of crew changes involving over 800 seafarers since the onset of the pandemic. ... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading Limited said that it has managed to carry out crew rotations on approximately 70% of its fleet in recent months despite various travel and port restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
This has resulted in the completion of crew changes involving over 800 seafarers since the onset of the pandemic. ... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading Limited said that it has managed to carry out crew rotations on approximately 70% of its fleet in recent months despite various travel and port restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
This has resulted in the completion of crew changes involving over 800 seafarers since the onset of the pandemic. ... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Fuel oil has started to wash ashore from the leaking bulk carrier MV Wakashio that ran aground off Mauritius coast on July 25, raising fears of an environmental disaster.
The Mauritian environment ministry confirmed in a statement on Thursday that there was a breach in the vessel and that oil was leaking.
“We are in an environmental crisis situation,” Al Jazeera quoted Environment Minister Kavy Ramano as saying during a news conference.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Fuel oil has started to wash ashore from the leaking bulk carrier MV Wakashio that ran aground off Mauritius coast on July 25, raising fears of an environmental disaster.
The Mauritian environment ministry confirmed in a statement on Thursday that there was a breach in the vessel and that oil was leaking.
“We are in an environmental crisis situation,” Al Jazeera quoted Environment Minister Kavy Ramano as saying during a news conference.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Fuel oil has started to wash ashore from the leaking bulk carrier MV Wakashio that ran aground off Mauritius coast on July 25, raising fears of an environmental disaster.
The Mauritian environment ministry confirmed in a statement on Thursday that there was a breach in the vessel and that oil was leaking.
“We are in an environmental crisis situation,” Al Jazeera quoted Environment Minister Kavy Ramano as saying during a news conference.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Lebanese authorities detained 16 Beirut port staff members on Thursday, while over a dozen other workers were questioned as part of an investigation into the deadly blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The investigation, being carried out under the supervision of the Lebanese Army and Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Information Division, saw Lebanon’s central bank order an asset freeze of several port and customs officials.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Lebanese authorities detained 16 Beirut port staff members on Thursday, while over a dozen other workers were questioned as part of an investigation into the deadly blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The investigation, being carried out under the supervision of the Lebanese Army and Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Information Division, saw Lebanon’s central bank order an asset freeze of several port and customs officials.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Lebanese authorities detained 16 Beirut port staff members on Thursday, while over a dozen other workers were questioned as part of an investigation into the deadly blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The investigation, being carried out under the supervision of the Lebanese Army and Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Information Division, saw Lebanon’s central bank order an asset freeze of several port and customs officials.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has signed a contract with Jan De Nul Group for the transport and installation of GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B.
The installation of the 12 MW units at the site some 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast will start in 2023.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has signed a contract with Jan De Nul Group for the transport and installation of GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B.
The installation of the 12 MW units at the site some 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast will start in 2023.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has signed a contract with Jan De Nul Group for the transport and installation of GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B.
The installation of the 12 MW units at the site some 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast will start in 2023.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
The total orderbook for dry bulk, container and tanker ships has reached its lowest point in 17 years as Covid-19 massively slowed contracting (-50%), BIMCO’s data shows.
However, deliveries of new vessels have proved more resilient (-2%), as shipyards work through lockdowns to meet their delivery schedules and remain busy.... [Read More]
August 7, 2020
The total orderbook for dry bulk, container and tanker ships has reached its lowest point in 17 years as Covid-19 massively slowed contracting (-50%), BIMCO’s data shows.
However, deliveries of new vessels have proved more resilient (-2%), as shipyards work through lockdowns to meet their delivery schedules and remain busy.... [Read More]