by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 7, 2021 | News, Piracy
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia has reported five bulk carriers were boarded by pirates in the Singapore Strait in June. The organisation urges ships to be vigilant in the area and asks littoral states to...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Nearly half of all new bulk carriers coming into service this year are equipped with exhaust gas treatment, better known as a scrubber. This allows them to continue operating on traditional, high sulphur fuel oil. This was reported by BIMCO, the largest representative...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 20, 2020 | News
Bulk carrier Trudy of Bavarian ship management company Minship has bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. As it is the only fuel burnt in the ship’s main engine for the next eight to ten days, it is expected the ship will emit ninety per cent less CO2 than...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 31, 2020 | News
Technology group Wärtsilä will provide the system design and equipment scope for two new 9300 DWT self-discharging bulk carriers featuring hybrid propulsion. The ships, designed by Royal Bodewes, will be the first of their kind to be fitted with such a solution. They...
