Yearly Archives: 2019
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 12, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 12th week of this year. The report formulated on 22nd March 2019...
Sumec Marine Sets Up Singapore Bulk Operations
Sumec has set up Singapore bulk operation and is set to operate all vessels owned by Sumec Marine.
Sumec is the first oversee subsidiary company for...
String of Vessel Fires Raising Alarms Among Operators
Some six million containers or 10% of the overall capacity moved across the oceans, contain dangerous goods.
Nearly 1.3 million of those boxes...
Why Did Oil Tanker Rates Just Double?
Recently, tanker demand and rates have highlighted shifting supply patterns and have sparked a bit of a worry about OPEC’s compliance rates.
What...
No Timetable for Reopening Texas Ship Channel Following Leak
The reopening of the Houston Ship Channel has been postponed due to another setback caused by flammable chemicals to seep into the water.
More than 40...
[Watch] Tug Tows Cruise Ship Adrift in Storm, After 463 Rescued off Norway; 20...
According to Norwegian authorities, 463 passengers were airlifted off a cruise ship that got stranded off Norway's western coast in bad weather before the...
BW Group Makes Bid To Expand Gas Ship Holdings
BW Group making a bid to expand its holdings in the shorthaul and regional LPG trade by acquiring the remaining shares in Epic...
Wärtsilä and UNCSA To Train Next-Gen Themed Entertainment Professionals
We live in a digital age, where advances in technology are constantly expanding and changing the themed entertainment design industry. At the School of...
Lack of Risk Assessment Resulted in Rescue Boat Fall
The Incident
On 19 June 2018, at about 1645, an original-equipment manufacturer service technician for the davits on the Spirit of Vancouver Island boarded the ferry in Tsawwassen, British Columbia,...
Shell & HES To Revive German Oil Refinery Ahead of IMO 2020
The sulphur cap set by the IMO from next year, to be one of the biggest fundamental events to hit oil markets in...