Yearly Archives: 2019
Scrubber Retrofit Activity Increases Inactive Box Ship Numbers
Scrubber Retrofit Activity Continues to Lift Inactive Box Ship Numbers, reports Ship & Bunker.
Inactive containership fleet
The number of inactive box ships is continuing to...
Spike in Tanker Oil Rates Seep into Fuels
An increase in freight rates has been attributed to US sanctions and geopolitical risks.
Prices of oil products such as gasoline and diesel...
EU/IMO Global Project Promotes Energy Efficiency in Maritime Sector?
According to an article published in Sea News, GMN global network of maritime technology cooperation centers has completed numerous pilot projects over the past...
AVIC Calls for Trading Halt As Libra Group Suspends Shares
AVIC International Maritime Holdings has requested a trading halt.
Libra Group has called for a trading suspension as it is unable to continue...
LNG Market Struggles To Keep With Liquefaction Capacity Buildout!
SHI has secured orders worth $405 million for two 174,000 cubic meters (m3) LNG carriers from Malaysian-based shipping firm MISC Berhad.
The global...
SROCC: Towards a Pollution-Free Ocean
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and...
Brand New Bunker Firm Hits Market
Former Integr8 staffers have formed a new bunkering outfit under the aegis of the Borealis shipping group, reports Ship & Bunker.
Aurora Marine Fuels
The company,...
A Whopping Penalty for Illegal Beaching
A Singapore company has accepted and paid a NOK 7 million (691,835 EUR) fine for violation of the Pollution Control Act and the General...
MISC Pens Time Charter Agreement With ExxonMobil
Malaysian shipping company MISC has secured charter deals for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with the ExxonMobil subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime, reports Ship Technology.
LNG...
China Oil Imports from Ship To Ship Transfer Surge in September
Chinese oil imports via ship-to-ship transfers tripled in September to an estimated 910,000 tonnes, compared with a month earlier, based on Bloomberg’s ship-tracking...