Paul Bartlett

2 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

The 21-year-old Maersk Sana remains adrift and a tug from Europe will only arrive ‘in the next several days’ the Danish shipping company said in an updateThe 8,450 teu Maersk Sana was struck by an engine room explosion on April 28, injuring three seafarers, one of them seriously. The vessel has continued to drift with only auxiliary power for 15 days.

3 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced sanctions on 101 tankers in the UK’s largest round of sanctions so far at an Oslo meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) on Friday. JEF members include Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and UK. Two insurance companies were also sanctioned. Earlier this year, Norway’s Romarine AS listed around 30 tankers on its website that were sanctioned by the EU, UK or US.

6 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

According Wärtsilä the solution is likely to reduce carbon emissions by more than two thirds and it sees carbon capture as "game changer" for shipping. Wärtsilä’s carbon capture solution (CCS) has been tested at full scale on board the 21,000 cu metre ethylene carrier, Clipper Eris, owned by Solvang ASA, since February.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

The Connecticut-based investment firm has led a Series B funding round for the AI-driven situational awareness specialist which lists MSC, NYK, Scorpio and Seaspan amongst its clients. London-based Orca AI has revealed the successful completion of its latest Series B funding round, raising new capital of $72.5 million. Brighton Park Capital was supported by existing Orca AI investors, Ankona Capital and Hyperlink Ventures.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

Maersk has revealed that a tug is on its way from Europe in a ‘first time right’ strategy to rescue the stricken 8,450 teu Maersk Sana which is drifting without main engine power in the western Atlantic. The 21-year-old vessel, struck by an engine room explosion on 28 April which injured three seafarers, is adrift about 250 nautical miles east of Bermuda and will remain so for many days until a tug from Europe can attend her.