Yearly Archives: 2019
Couple Misses Cruise Ship, Video Viral!
According to Cruisehive, a new video has started going viral which shows a couple missing the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship in Nassau,...
Port Of Rotterdam Extends Incentive To All Tankers with Green Award Certificate
Port of Rotterdam extends its incentive to reward LPG and LNG carriers and oil, product and chemical tankers with Green Award.
Every liquid bulk...
PDVSA to Declare Maritime Emergency! Tanker Fleet to Return 10 Vessels
Venezuelan state oil company’s tanker fleet to return 10 vessels because of unpaid fees.
PDVSA’s weak finances, the result of mismanagement, a sharp...
Moscow Tightens Arctic Route! Threatens To Arrest or Sink Vessels
Moscow has tightened passage rules in the Northern Sea Route as it plans to bring Arctic waters under its control.
Warships and vessels...
Cruise Workers Say Sex on Ships Is Comparable To College Dorms
Cruise ship employees say sex among cruise ship workers is pervasive.
Some compare the hookup culture as being similar to, or even exceeding,...
Goal To Increase the Proportion of Women on Tankers To 5%
The International Transport Workers Federation estimates that only 2% of crew in the world fleet are female.
94% of these women work on...
Japan’s Bunker Fuel Sales Fall 18.6% From Nov
According to Trade and Industry data, Japan sold 2.32 million barrels of bonded bunker fuel in December 2018, down 18.6% from November and 8.9%...
Gasum Boasts 100th Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering
LNG bunkering is now becoming routine in many areas. Espoo, Finland headquartered Gasum carried out its 100th LNG bunkering on February 21, reports the...
SHI Places LNG Carrier Tank Order With GTT
In a recent development, GTT has announced that they have received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of a...
Five Ballast Water-Related Predictions for 2019
Detentions and arrests, missed compliance deadlines, mergers and more; Craig Jallal predicts the top trends for the ballast water sector for 2019, reports Ballast...