New York-based software company, OrbitMI, claims that manual noon reporting is tedious and increasingly complex for ships’ crews, often leading to mistakes. Seafarers now have to create a range of reports for different stakeholders and the lack of a…

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded Approvals in Principle (AiP) to four new fuel vessel concepts developed by Chinese engineering and design firms. A 100,000m3 ethane carrier design, developed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design…

Cosco Shipping Development has signed an investment, construction and leasing agreement for 42 new bulk carriers at a total cost of just over USD 2 billion. A subsidiary of Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry will build 20 ships, while 22 other vessels…

This week, the 31. SMM takes place in Hamburg. Find all important news and developments in our special SMM formats.

SMM opened this morning to a global shipping industry facing an unprecedented mix of fortunes. Most shipping sectors are buoyant despite the impact of geopolitics and disruption to supply chains.  A sector that has been accustomed until recently to a…

Marseille-based Opsealog, a data integration and energy analysis firm, has been hired on a two-year contract by Azule Energy, Angola’s largest independent energy company. Opsealog will collect vessel data from the Angolan company’s 33-ship offshore…

Cosco Shipping Container Lines has ordered twelve dual-fuel methanol container ships at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industries. The 14,000-TEU vessels will be based on a design developed jointly by the two companies together with Cosco Shipbuilding and…

Lloyd’s Register has issued its first carbon capture and storage notation for a system installed on board the 49,886dwt mid-range chemical/products tanker, Pacific Cobalt, owned by Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS). The Emission Abatement Carbon Capture…

German emissions management specialist, zero44, has unveiled new FuelEU Maritime software in preparation for the new regulations which are due to enter force on January 1st. The software, designed for shipowners, managers and charterers, comes as a…