Yearly Archives: 2016
First Tugs with CAT Marine 3516E Tier 4 Engines
Caterpillar Marine reports that Horizon Shipbuilding, Bayou LaBatre, AL, is in the process of installing the first production EPA Tier 4 certified 3516E EPA...
Houston Ship Channel Reopens
The Story:
On Monday, the busiest United States petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico ‘Houston Ship Channel’ reopened after a fire damaged the ship...
Tragedy at Sea — Two Ships and Two Captains
At 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 4, 1875, the 223-foot side-wheel passenger steamship “Pacific” with about 275 on board sailed from Esquimalt Harbour on the...
Single-deck Dry Cargo Vessel Complete Sea Trials
Single-deck dry cargo vessel project RSD49 mixed "river-sea" navigation "Atameken" successfully completed sea trials in Lake Ladoga.
The vessel was built at Nevsky Shipyard for...
INTELLIAN FB250R and FB500R Terminals Approved for Use with Inmarsat’s FX Service
Intellian Technologies, the global leader in maritime satellite communication antenna systems, is pleased to announce that it’s FB250R and FB500R FleetBroadband terminals have received...
Winners, Losers, and Mergers Among Top Ocean Carriers
It has been reported that by the end of 2016, there will be four fewer container lines than at the start of the year...
Ship Owners Seek Cost Effective Solution for BWMS
As the IMO convention is looming, ship owners are looking for cost-effective solutions for ballast water management.
Ship owner’s quest:
On a recent visit to Vancouver,...
US Shippers Resisting Major Trans-Pacific Contract Rate Hikes
Container lines are warning trans-Pacific shippers of significantly higher spot and contracts next year amid a wall of deep losses and weak demand but...
VLCC Freight Rates Forecast to Slide ahead of Holidays
Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are hovering close to the multi-month highs hit last week, are set to soften ahead...
Need to Resolve the Operational Oil Issue
The representatives of international organisations, government agencies, industry and academia attending the World Ocean Council’s fourth Sustainable Ocean Summit last week were left in...