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Ro-ro SUN RIO arrived at Vladivostok port, Russia, Japan sea, on Dec 27, from Japan, loaded with Japanese second-hand cars. The ship crossed Japan sea in several days time in rough weather with strong NW wind and temperatures far below ... continue reading

NSR Dec 22 UPDATE: There’s a foreign transit cargo ship in Eastern NSR Sector, Dutch heavy lift ship PUGNAX, with liner (biggest and most powerful class) nuclear icebreaker YAMAL working on her, to take her through heavy ice. PUGNAX ... continue reading

The Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel RA HORAKHTY has been abandoned for over 9 months now at the port of Mombasa. The owners stopped paying salaries in march 2021. Over 10 crew members remain stranded there, while some have been compensated as ... continue reading

A total of 35 seafarers aboard the BARKLY PEARL and the DIAMANTINA remained unpaid for 3 months. The two ships are live cattle transport ships jointly owned by a Singaporean company Beng Kuang Marine (BKM), which owns 70%, and the ... continue reading

Dec 8: Situation along the Northern Sea Route is normalized, or if looking at eastern sector of NSR, doesn’t exist any more – there’s no “situation” to talk about. Nuclear icebreaker TAYMYR led the last ships of west bound ... continue reading

A long-term charter deal has been signed between Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) and Norway's Hoegh LNG regarding Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). There is also a collaboration between them to use green hydrogen and the design and development ... continue reading

Nov 24: Icebreaker VAYGACH led Far East bound convoy of 5 ships, including NORDIC NULUUJAAK, GOLDEN SUEK, NORDIC QINNGUA, GOLDEN PEARL, UHL FUSION, to clear waters, Bering Strait, transit completed successfully early morning Nov 21, all 5 ships steaming in ... continue reading

Nov 19: Icebreaker VAYGACH is leading convoy of Far East bound 5 ships, including NORDIC NULUUJAAK, GOLDEN SUEK, NORDIC QINNGUA, GOLDEN PEAR, UHL FUSION. Have a look at convoy track, it’s a broken curve, usual tactics in battling ice ... continue reading

Nov 11: Icebreaker VAYGACH is leading a convoy of several ships including Finnish bulk carrier KUMPULA, bound for western Arcita and Europe, in ice in East Siberian sea. Icebreaker TAYMYR is leading ships ti Gulf of Ob, western Arctic. Bulk ... continue reading

In a firm bid to establish the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as an alternative to Suez Canal for shipping, Russia has deployed the nuclear-powered Boxship, Sevmorput to deliver containers to Vladivostok in a two-step route to Bangladesh. Sevmorput, the world ... continue reading

Nov 5: Cargo ships are scattered all along Northern Sea Route, most of them awaiting icebreaker to be taken through ice. Icebreaker VAYGACH is presently at Pevek Port, bulk carriers NORDIC QINNGUA, GOLDEN PEARL, gen cargo UHL FUSION are led ... continue reading

Brand new bulk carrier NORDIC NULUUJAAK (IMO 9884966, dwt 95758, built 2021) in her maiden voyage from Baffin Bay Canada, to China via Northern Sea Route, with cargo of iron ore, is as of Nov 2, stuck in ice in ... continue reading

The Netherlands-based non-profit engineering environmental organization, The Ocean Clean has announced the proof of technology when they returned to the Victoria Harbor with trash collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This successful trial marked the completion of the Testing ... continue reading

© Claudio Ritossa The "GOLDEN PRINCESS" from August 16, coming from Singapore is in the "Trieste San Marco arsenal" where it has been repainted with the new colors and renamed "PACIFIC ADVENTURE". The ship was built in 2001 by Fincantieri of ... continue reading

On Monday, Yuri Trutnev, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia said that possibly by next year or by 2023 it will be possible to use the Northern Sea Route (NSR) year-round. Mr. Trutnev told Russian state television that the country ... continue reading

Osama Rabie, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority announced that the Suez Canal has set a new record for the highest number of ships transiting in a day. On 29th September 2021, a total of 87 vessels made transit ... continue reading

The safety regulations needed for the approval of fuel cell propelled ships have finally been passed by the International Maritime Organization. After ten years of development efforts, the regulation will finally enter into force from May 2022 after the Maritime ... continue reading

Australia's grand Antarctic ice-breaking research vessel, Nuyina set its sail for its homeport of Hobart, in Tasmania on Wednesday, September 1. This 24000-kilometer journey from Damen Vlissingen, Netherlands to Australia is the vessel's maiden voyage after delivery. The ... continue reading

As part of America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP), six new marine highway projects have been designated by the US Department of Transport’s Maritime Administration (MARAD). The new route is between the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI ... continue reading

With scrap prices are on the verge of reaching a 13-year high, the rate of ships sold for dismantling has increased significantly in the first half of 2021. Over $1 billion worth of ships were scrapped in the first six ... continue reading