24 August 2026

ShipNerd

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Ship Explosions, Fires and Sinking Reported in the Weekend

Ship explosions aboard two ships in Asian waters and a laden bunker vessel sunk off Tunisia while grounded. All during the weekend.

The Ever Forward container ship refloated on Sunday morning after remaining stuck in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland for over a month.

ClassNK has released ClassNK ZETA, a GHG emissions management tool to track accurate CO2 emissions and confirm and simulate CII ratings.

Greek LNG imports have boomed due to higher volumes supplied from the US, according to DESFA’s data for the first quarter of 2022.

A giant semisubmersible crane vessel tilted during a lifting operation onboard in Åmøyfjorden north of Stavanger, Norway.

Transnet gradually resuming operations at its Durban port following the severe flooding in KwaZulu-Natal province.

The maritime industry could make good use of autonomous shipping technologies to support its decarbonization efforts.

EMSA, together with BSH, is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using drones to measure suplhur content.

Torrential rain is the worst phenomenon in more than six decades. The Durban floods have knocked out operations at SA's largest port.

UMAS has affiliated with the UCL Energy Institute to show that more than 40% of the US shipping could turn to zero emissions solutions.