Danish bunker supplier Monjasa increased marine fuel sales by 14pc on the year in the first quarter, writes Erik Hoffmann in Argus Media.  This...

The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) warns of continuing threats seafarers face from pirates and armed robbers on the world’s...

Already more than 400 ships have the capability to share routes through their ECDIS.  Wärtsilä Voyage won a contract to update the ECDIS...

Offshore supply ship was attacked and boarded by armed pirates on Apr 9 in the Gulf of Mexico, some 70 nm N of Puerto...

  Seafarers ask for the access to PPE.  HRAS says that at present, high quality PPE may not be widely available.  The Master of...

Coronavirus outbreak forces container shipping carriers to file  an Emergency Cooperative Working Agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission.   The Loadstar in a recent article cited...

Seafarers and their families appeal for zero contact policy in ports. This is for tackling the COVID-19 global pandemic. Crews on a ship...

RFA Argus has been dispatched to the Caribbean to support the British Overseas Territories. For assistance during the hurricane season and to assist...

At the North Pole, 24 time zones collide at a single point, rendering them meaningless. Simultaneously all of Earth’s time zones collided and...

Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5%S May/June swaps spread, assessed at minus $8.25/mt. Stockpiles of low sulfur material in Singapore remained at approximately 10 million...

More than 10% of the global boxship fleet is anchored as Western markets due to lockdown. Container ship operators have idled a record...

GISIS reported an unusual piracy attack on container ship Fouma in Ecuador waters, when the ship was under way, en route from Manta...

Beaumont Health’s Research Institute is launching America’s largest serological testing study to help answer many questions surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and potentially...

Offshore tug, supply ship Maersk Transporter was attacked and boarded by armed pirates in Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred in the same...

Cash-strapped carriers are set to struggle because of the coronavirus outbreak. Unless they receive governmental aid, many will be forced to sell ships, or...

In a major development, Maersk has announced that they are suspending their TA4 service as market demand reductions continue in America and Europe, says...

As the 2020 sulphur cap regulation has made scrubber an inevitable choice for most shipowners, the Ship Insight's Malcolm Latarche takes on the daunting...

As the coronavirus pandemic threatens life all over the globe, INTERTANKO has released a new set of guidelines for shippers to control the outbreak...

In a major development, French President Emmanuel Macron said he has backing for a world truce during the coronavirus pandemic and is hopeful he...

Tankers pile up off Europe's coast as onshore storage sites hit limits. Nearly 1 million tonnes of refined products are parked on around...