Tanker crews are being offered huge bonuses to sail through the Strait of Hormuz as the risks at sea continue to grow. Some tanker masters can now earn up to $100,000 a month, plus $50,000 for each transit.
The new LNG ships will add to Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s fleet renewal programme. The company’s existing Shaper-class programme at China Merchants Jinling includes 14 vessels, with different ships using LNG or methanol dual-fuel technology.
A full-size reconstruction of the 17th-century Dutch ship Batavia has reached its new home at Museum Batavialand in Lelystad. The 646-tonne wooden ship was moved from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam on October 2 and placed on a permanent concrete foundation the next day.
New questions have appeared around the MSC Hermes III after Vietnamese authorities reported the emergency evacuation of a 30-year-old crewmember on September 29.
Four sailors were rescued in the South Pacific after their Australia-flagged boat Tai Tam hit a whale. They had to abandon the 51-foot boat and spend several hours in a life raft before a containership reached them. The accident happened about 250 nautical miles north of Norfolk Island.
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is considering buying about 80% of German cruise shipbuilder Meyer Werft, citing Bloomberg and German media. The stake is currently owned by the German federal government and the state of Lower Saxony.
Ships are connected to most of the oil pollution regularly seen at sea, according to a new analysis by SkyTruth. Researchers estimate that oil slicks cover about 1.58 million sq km of ocean each year.