IMO 2020 Sets the Ball Rolling for Change in Shipping Fuel!
At Rotterdam delivered 0.5% sulfur bunker prices that were 13.5% higher on average than HSFO prices in the same period a year.
At...
What Determines the Freight Rates for Containerships in 2020?
Container ship operators hope for higher freight rates in 2020, reports Supply Chain Quarterly.
Global freight rates
Container ship operators enjoyed a second straight month of...
MISC Plans LNG Dual Fuel Transformation by 2030
Malaysian energy shipping firm MISC is planning to cut shipping emissions by aiming to run half of its fleet with LNG dual fuel propulsion...
Oceanwide Expeditions Cuts Steel for its New Polar Vessel
Croatia’s Brodosplit shipyard started cutting steel for Oceanwide Expeditions’ new Polar Class 6 ship Janssonius, reports Marinelink.
Identical to Hondius
The design, size and 174-passenger capacity...
Climate Activists Overlook the Glaring Question ‘ Is Trade Bad for...
The message of climate activists have regarding shipping is one of doom and utter negativity. This is because there is no point scoring from...
Avoiding Falling Dry at Low Tide – A Technical Guidance from...
Ports with a high tidal range, such as Bromborough, Greenwich, and Glasgow in the UK, or Rochefort and Les Sables-d’Olonne in France, along with...
How To Monitor and Scrutinize Scrubber Performance?
According to a Ship Insight report, Stein Kjølberg, the Global Concept Director for hull performance solutions at the Norwegian paint company Jotun has been...
Is Your Supply Chain Inline With the New Shipping Rules?
The new International Maritime Organization regulations for reducing the sulfur content of marine fuels from 3.5 percent to 0.5 percent has come into effect....
Ship Master Pleads Guilty To Operating Cargo Ship While Intoxicated
Bulker Master Pleads Guilty to Operating Ship While Intoxicated, reports The Maritime Executive.
What is the issue?
The master of the bulker Rainbow Quest has pleaded...
Singapore HSFO/Marine Fuel Oil Spreads Touch Fresh Highs Ahead of IMO...
Singapore high sulfur and Marine 0.5% sulfur fuel oil price spread widened to fresh highs ahead of IMO 2020.
October, November and December...
Substandard Scrubber Materials!, Warns Yara Marine
Scrubber manufacturer Yara Marine has stressed the importance of using quality materials to build exhaust gas cleaning systems, reports Ship&Bunker.
Similar comment from CSA 2020
The...
LR Collaborates With MAN To Design Ammonia-fuelled ULCS
LR has collaborated with DSIC and Man Energy Solutions to develop the first ammonia-fuelled ULCS in China.
LR facilitated hazard identification (HAZID) workshops...
Polluting Ships Can Be Detected From Their Cloud Tracks
Researchers from prominent universities have used satellite imaging data to investigate the impact of shipping on cloud formation.
As ships burn fuel, they...
Maersk Focuses on Land Logistics With Bolt-on Acquisitions
According to an article published in the Indian Transport and Logistics news, the world’s largest container shipping company, AP Moller-Maersk, is planning for some...
Viswa Group Unveils Course for Education and Support of Mariners
As a latest technical update, Viswa Education Centre has released its IMO 2020 course for the education and support of mariners.
Viswa Education Center
The first...
Evolution and Future of Investment in Shipping Sector
Attracting capital is a constant cause of concern for the maritime industry and it is getting difficult to secure investment for future vessels, reports...
Potential Geopolitical Risks Hitting Oil Market in 2020
The oil market is closing out 2019 with a smaller geopolitical risk premium despite the September attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq facility exposing a...
Time Ball: An Invention That Inspired New York Tradition
According to an article published in BBC Travel, a British Royal Navy officer named Robert Wauchope is credited with creating the time ball, an...
Goodbye To the 100 Year Crap
Today, shipping turns a new leaf, the global sulphur cap described as the greatest change our industry has faced for the last 100 years,...
Clues To Shipping’s Future – Where Are We Headed?
Early December is usually a fairly quiet time for news as people prepare for the coming holiday season, but this week sees an unusual...