Yearly Archives: 2019
Denmark Nets Maritime Agreement with India
PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen is in India this week as part of a Danish business delegation looking to capitalise on thawing relations between Denmark...
Titanic II : Deltamarin to Design, Consult and Manage Project
The Blue Star Line has initiated a contract with Deltamarin to continue with the design of Titanic II.
Deltamarin to design Titanic II
The contractor Deltamarin will work...
Ton Mile Demand for Clean Tankers’ Is Still Robust
VLCCs registered an impressive revival in earnings averaging around $12,000/day from Q1 to Q3 to over $50,000/day in Q4.
The sustainability of the...
Story of Ship Queen Victoria
Baddeck-based author John G. Langley in his book, examines the story of ship Queen Victoria, that sailed delegates to Charlottetown conference and its bell.
Maiden...
Cataloguing the Confusion on China’s Scrubber Policy
China may become the second Asian nation to ban the use of open-loop scrubber systems in its waters.
In November 2018, Singapore’s Maritime...
America Takes the Lead on Cleaner Ship Fuels
Led by the United States, nations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed in 2008 to limit sulfur in residual petroleum for ships...
[FAQs] What Is a Bosun and What Does He Do?
Bosun is a colloquialism derived from Boatswain the formal spelling of the word, both stem from English word, Batswegen.
The batswagen was a...
Time to Weed Out Oldest or Dirtiest Vessels From Fleets
Containership demolition market prepared to weed out the oldest and dirtiest vessels from their fleets ahead of the IMO 2020 rule.
Currently, 10 container vessels...
Maersk Starts Random Box Checks to Stamp Out Misdeclared Cargoes
Maersk to carry out random container checks in North America in a bid to check out misdeclared cargoes.
Inspection pilots from National Cargo Bureau will...
Fujairah to Ban Open Loop Scrubbers
According to a Reuters report the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates has decided to ban the use of a type of...