Yearly Archives: 2019
Shipping Industry Sails into Unknown With New Pollution Rules?
To reduce emissions of toxic sulphur that cause premature deaths, shipowners who have long relied on the dirtiest residues of oil extraction will have...
Shipping Industry’s Biggest and Best Deals of 2019
The end of the year is the perfect time for reflection, so we at VV are taking this opportunity to look back on the...
Mixes Becomes the Fuel of Choice for Shipowners As IMO 2020 Nears
According to a Reuters report, the price differential between VLSFO and marine gasoil has narrowed sharply at various major port locations around the world...
Murban Oil Differentials Decreases As IMO 2020 Looms
World’s top refiners seek out other types of crude ahead of a historic ship-fuel overhaul.
Abu Dhabi’s Murban crude are dipping toward the...
Maritime 5G To Accelerate IoT Adoption in Shipping Industry
MAMIME, the world’s first maritime 5G communication project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
The project aims to develop optimised LTE and...
Ship Owners Rush To Debunker HSFO As IMO 2020 Approaches
According to an article published in the Financial Tribune, with less than a week to go before the implementation of global low sulfur regime...
New Regulation To Provide Safety or Just Hindrance for Legitimate Lithium Battery Shippers?
According to The LoadStar article, Shippers of lithium batteries will face a new hurdle from 1 January, thanks to new transport regulations.
Dangerous goods regulations...
Capital Product Partners $162.6 million Deal
According to a recent Ship Technology article, Greek shipping firm Capital Product Partners (CPP) has acquired three container vessels from Capital Maritime & Trading...
[Watch] Giant Cargo Ship Smashes into Bank of the Bosphorus Strait
Giant cargo ship with mechanical fault smashes into bank of the Bosphorus strait as people flee in terror, reports DailyMail.co.uk.
The shocking moment
A giant cargo...
TOP Ships Acquires Scrubber Fitted ECO tankers
TOP Ships Inc. Announces Acquisition of Two Scrubber Fitted ECO MR Tanker Newbuildings With Time Charters, says a press release published on their website.
Acquired...