BSM launches Smart Academy programme innovating maritime education
HAMBURG : Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) introduces a new educational programme for future seafarers. BSM Smart Academy is a collaboration with selected maritime universities worldwide with the goal of closing the gap between academic
Indonesia’s volcano eruption triggers Tsunami alert, thousands told to evacuate
JAKARTA : A tsunami alert was issued in Indonesia on Wednesday after multiple eruptions of the Ruang mountain volcano sent ash and lava thousands of feet in the sky. The tsunami alert in multiple areas of
FBI opens criminal probe in Baltimore bridge collapse
BALTIMORE : The US has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on a cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse last month, according to
Indians on seized ship ‘MSC Aries’ not detained, to return once weather improves : Iran envoy
TEHRAN : Iran’s Ambassador to India, Iraj Elahi, told India Today TV on Tuesday that all the 17 Indian nationals who were on board an Israeli-linked container ship ‘MSC Aries’ that was seized by the
GAIL plans capacity expansion, and new LNG Terminals amid surging imports
NEW DELHI : GAIL, India’s largest gas distributor, aims to more than double the capacity of its LNG terminal in Dabhol, Maharashtra, and construct new terminals across the country to seize upcoming opportunities in
COVID pandemic wiped 24.6 million TEU off container market growth : BIMCO
LONDON : “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global container market grew only 1.5% from 171.0 million TEU in 2019 to 173.5 million TEU in 2023. Without the pandemic, that figure would have been
Jebel Ali Port returns to top-10 busiest container ports
DUBAI : Alphaliner’s report said the Middle East’s largest container port, Dubai/Jebel Ali, has re-entered the top 10 ranking of global container ports, overtaking Europe’s biggest port and demonstrating the scale of the economic
Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan to retrofit five vessels to methanol propulsion
HAMBURG : Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan Corporation enter into a partnership agreement to retrofit and convert five 10,100 TEU container ships powered by conventional MAN S90 engines to dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol.