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Crystal Cruises’ ocean ships to go to auction, report says
The Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity will come up for auction in June, according to a report from Maritime Executive. The luxury cruise ships, part of the defunct Crystal Cruises, have been tied up in the Bahamas since the line ceased operations earlier this year with the wind-up of parent company Genting Hong Kong... -Travel WeeklyPosted On:23-May-2022
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Coffee Shipped by Sailboats In Efforts To Distrupt The Heavy Ships Command Of The High Seas
There’s never been a more dreamy way to have your coffee delivered than a sailboat across the Atlantic. A small number of specialty roasters in Europe are now offering beans that have been sailed — rather than shipped via fossil-fuel burning vessels — from South America. While they’re a rare luxury compared with standard bags of supermarket coffee,.. -gCaptainPosted On:23-May-2022
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1909 Sailing Ship Will Launch Sailcargo s Operations This Year
A start-up that is promoting the use of sailing ships to provide environmentally-friendly logistics purchased a 113-year-old sailing vessel announcing that they plan to launch operations in the fourth quarter of this year. The company is accelerating its planned launch a year earlier than anticipated as it also continues to build a new sailing ship that it anticipates launching in 2023... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:23-May-2022
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Penang MMEA detains two barter trade ships from Myanmar
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two barter trade ships from Myanmar for failing to provide relevant documents during an inspection in Penang waters on Friday night (May 20). Penang MMEA director Maritime Captain Abd Razak Mohamed said the two ships, registered in Yangon, were detained at 6.50 pm and 6.55 pm, respectively, at 0.8 nautical miles northwest of Penang Port... -The Star OnlinePosted On:23-May-2022
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Kuwait seizes Iranian ship with 240 tonnes of smuggled fuel
“As part of the efforts of the General Department of the Coast Guard to protect the country’s borders from intruders and smugglers, and while the Coast Guard units were inspecting the security situation in Kuwaiti territorial waters, a ship was seized within the territorial waters loaded with a large quantity of smuggled diesel fuel, estimated at 240 tonnes,” the ministry said in a tweet... - The NationalPosted On:23-May-2022
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USA: Looking Back to Move Forward - Celebrating Women Mariners on National Maritime Day
In a year in which much attention is rightly being paid to improving the shipboard workplace environment for women, it’s easy to lose sight of the many accomplished women mariners who have joined the profession over the past half-century. One in eight merchant mariners are now women, and they play an increasingly crucial role in ensuring we have a sufficient number of merchant marine officers... -gCaptainPosted On:23-May-2022
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Cruise bookings smash records. And passengers are accepting COVID-19 likely will be aboard
Jennifer Chatham, a real estate agent who splits her time between Miami and Houston, recently took her third Carnival cruise during the pandemic. Her first two cruises, in September 2021 and January this year, were without incident. Then in April on an eight-night cruise around the Caribbean on Carnival Horizon, she tested positive for the coronavirus on day six... -Sunbury Daily ItemPosted On:23-May-2022
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Suez Canal Revenues Set To Reach $7 Billion By End Of Fiscal Year
Egypt expects the Suez Canal’s revenues to reach about $7 billion by the end of the current fiscal year, finance minister Mohamed Maait said on Saturday. Tourism revenues are expected to reach between $10 billion and $12 billion by then, despite the Ukrainian crisis, he added. Egypt’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. The canal is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of the Egyptian government’s main sources of foreign currency... -gCaptainPosted On:23-May-2022
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Why are We Still Asking if Women Belong at Sea?
Over the last year much has been written about female mariners and our role in the maritime industry; unfortunately, the tone and tenor of the coverage might unintentionally dampen the remarkable progress women are making in breaking into this male-dominated realm. I am a proud merchant mariner and a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Since 2008, my career has spanned both the maritime and offshore industries,.. -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:23-May-2022
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LNG and the Road to Net Zero
Driven by an ambitious IMO decarbonization strategy and calls from the European Parliament and European Commission to reduce global emissions from shipping, the maritime industry is facing the prospect of transitioning from a century-old fuel source between now and 2050. The path from heavy fuel oil (HFO) to a zero-emissions future is likely to have several stops along the way, starting with LNG... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:23-May-2022
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Seafaring with no fearing
In June 1997, British flagged oil tanker “Chilham Castle” departed Mina Al Ahmadi port in the Persian Gulf after loading about 26k tons of petroleum products, heading towards Port Louis in Mauritius during the strong southwest monsoon season. Two days into the passage, the vessel entered the Indian Ocean. Around midnight, the ship being exposed to rough weather, started shipping heavy seas on deck; the wind and swell becoming stronger and wilder... -The News InternationalPosted On:23-May-2022
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11 Start-ups Awarded MINT-STARTUP Grant at the Launch of Smart Port Challenge 2022
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), today announced the launch of Smart Port Challenge (SPC) 2022 under Port Innovation Ecosystem Reimagined @ BLOCK71 (PIER71™) during a hybrid event held at the Singapore Maritime Gallery... -MPAPosted On:23-May-2022
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