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2020 August 7
http://maritimeglobalnews.com
Ship Orderbook Shrinks to 17-year Low -BIMCO
The total orderbook for dry bulk, container and tanker ships has reached its lowest point in 17 years as COVID-19 has massively slowed contracting (-50%) while deliveries of new vessels have proved more resilient (-2%).
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2020 August 7
https://splash247.com
Shipping counts cost of Beirut port blast
More than 135 people are dead, many are still missing and more than 300,000 have been made homeless following the giant explosion that has erased most of Beirut port...
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2020 August 4
https://splash247.com
Oman bans the use of open loop scrubbers
Currently there are 12 countries and regions that have banned the use of open-loop scrubbers in their territorial waters
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2020 August 4
https://splash247.com
Slow steaming won’t necessarily cut emissions – so what will?
Recent research has shown how the cubic law of fuel consumption-speed dependency is simple...
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2020 August 4
https://www.drewry.co.uk
COVID-19 to stifle container port investment
The pace of container port capacity expansion is forecast to contract at least 40% over the next five years in the wake of the COVID-19 induced slowdown in port throughput...
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2020 July 30
https://www.maritimeprofessional.com
Cyprus Names New Shipping Deputy Minister
Vassilios Demetriades has been appointed as Cyprus' new Shipping Deputy Minister
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2020 July 30
https://www.dredgingtoday.com
Expansion of the access canal to Sabetta Port
Glavgosexpertiza recently approved the design documentation for reconstruction of the access canal to the Port of Sabetta...
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2020 July 30
https://splash247.com
Boxship orderbook-to-fleet ratio ducks below 10% for the first time this century
The global containership orderbook, seen as a percentage of the world fleet, has dropped to its lowest level in more than 20 years...
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2020 July 28
https://splash247.com
European shipbuilding group Damen has unveiled a section of an ocean-going hull made by composites, potentially leading to ships that are 40% lighter than today’s steel versions
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2020 July 27
https://splash247.com
Crew change still isn’t working
James Wilkes from Gray Page urges the IMO to set up multiple virtual flying squads of advisors and experts to help port states implement crew change protocols
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2020 July 27
https://splash247.com
China’s worst floods for 100 years impacting tanker trades
Reduced demand due to the flooding will have a negative impact on the economic recovery from the Covid-19 downturn
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2020 July 21
http://maritimeglobalnews.com
Supporting the Future of Greener Shipping
CFD technology has become a crucial support for naval architects, yacht designers and design engineers to optimize designs for critical elements
2020 October 27
The NSR future: nuclear-powered container carriers and their digital twins
Arctic shipping seems to become unique: nuclear-powered container carriers planned for the Northern Sea Route are to be equipped with reactor units like those of the most advanced icebreakers and to feature passenger accommodation possibility while the entire shipping system in the region is to be digitalized through creation of its ‘digital twin’. The NSR future: nuclear-powered container carriers and their digital twins