Oceanic Insight

Watch: The ocean is on fire in the Gulf of Mexico after a pipeline ruptured

July 3, 2021 1 Min Read

Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — After an undersea pipeline valve failed, spewing oil into the country's Gulf Coast, a fire broke out near Pemex's Ku Maloob Zaap offshore platform complex. Three ships were seen in a video released on social media attempting to extinguish a fire that had erupted in the sea, dangerously close to an offshore

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Maersk Orders World’s First Container Vessel Fueled by Carbon-Neutral Methanol

July 2, 2021 2 Mins Read

Hyundai Mipo Dockyards and A.P. Moller - Maersk have agreed to develop a feeder vessel with a dual-engine technology that allows it to sail on either methanol or traditional extremely low Sulphur fuel. On February 17, 2021, Maersk confirmed its plan to order the first in the sector. The Danish flag will be flown on

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A Brief History and Overview of the Panama Canal

July 1, 2021 7 Mins Read

Collecting over two billion dollars per year in revenue and considered an artificial wonder of the world, the Panama canal is a triumph of human engineering. It was constructed in one of the most unforgiving environments imaginable, crossing through 80 kilometers of dense tropical rainforest. Full of poisonous spiders, insects, and mosquitoes. That carry deadly

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Hapag-Lloyd is now a member of the TradeLens platform

June 24, 2021 2 Mins Read

Today(25-Jun), Hapag-Lloyd became a member of the TradeLens platform. Through a single platform, TradeLens provides shippers, consignees, and freight forwarders with direct access to digital, multi-carrier visibility and documentation processes for their maritime supply chains. Clients can also connect their important supply chain partners to the digital platform, allowing them to see their inbound supply

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Hapag-Lloyd ordered six ultra large container vessels of 23,500+ TEU

June 24, 2021 2 Mins Read

Hapag-Lloyd has commissioned the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & MarineEngineering to make six ships, each with a capacity of over 23,500 TEU. The container liner shipping company had already placed an order for 6 ships of the identical size at the tip of 2020. Thus, the fleets are expanded by a dozen 23,500+ TEU

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Adm. Linda Fagan is sworn in as the United States Coast Guard’s Vice Commandant She is the first female four-star admiral in the coast guard history

June 21, 2021 2 Mins Read

Adm. Linda L. Fagan has been named Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. She becomes the first female four-star Admiral in the history of the Coast Guard. President Biden nominated Adm. Fagan for the position in April. She was previously the commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area, a position she held since

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ONE is collaborating with Rutgers Business School to address the issue of environmental sustainability

June 21, 2021 2 Mins Read

<21st June 2021, Singapore> Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced that the company has entered into a partnership with Rutgers business school (RBS) in June 2021. Being the first of its kind in ONE's global partner network, this partnership will enable ONE to achieve direct outreach to RBS' academic resources while striving to cut back its

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Video: Cargo ship catches fire near Delpan Bridge in Manila

June 19, 2021 1 Min Read

MANILA, Philippines (12 Jun) —A cargo ship caught fire near the Delpan Bridge in Tondo, Manila, on Saturday, injuring at least six people. Four crew members of the small cargo vessel MV Titan 8, which caught fire, and two crew members of the adjacent MV Princess Christine were among those injured, according to a report

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Oil spill detected from a vessel that left from Sri Lanka

June 18, 2021 1 Min Read

The Indian Coast Guard has confirmed that a fuel leak has occurred in the MV Devon, a container ship with the Portuguese flag that left the Port of Colombo. The reports further state that the fuel leak occurred in the eastern seas. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said the ship had leaked about 10 kiloliters

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HMM confirms cyber attack

June 15, 2021 1 Min Read

Another ocean carrier has been hacked: this time, it's HMM of South Korea, which announced today a virus attack on its email system on June 12. "An unidentified security breach was detected, which led to limited access to the email Outlook system in certain areas,” HMM said. It stated that “most of the confirmed damage”