Too Many Variables & Assumptions Making Shippings Online Carbon Calculators ‘Useless’?
According to a LoadStar report, ocean carriers are stung by a Sea Intelligence report which brands their online CO2 calculators as “useless” and “pointless”.
What...
Container Ship Master Dies After Falling into the Cargo Hold
Master of container ship LADY NURAY tragically died on board his ship on 18 Dec 2019, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
47-year old Turkish Master of...
A 10-year $5bn Research & Development Plan To Cut GHGs?
According to a Loadstar report, a coalition of global shipping associations and lobby groups have submitted a joint proposal to the International Maritime Organization...
Amidst Controversy MSC Steps Up Its Bunkering Game With Biofuel Blends
According to a LoadStar article, MSC has announced that it has started to bunker some of its vessels calling at Rotterdam with a blend...
Shipowners Scrubber Experience Shows Quality Resolves Corrosion Issues
Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 are advising those shipowners looking to install marine exhaust gas cleaning systems as a way of...
Cruise Ships are Getting Larger To Fit More and Not Feel...
Cruise ship designers test comfort limits with new design and activities, says an article published in WSJ.
Cruise ships are getting larger and the activities...
ClassNK Inks Its First CSMS Certification
Leading Classification Society ClassNK certified the Cyber Security Management System (CSMS) of NYK Group subsidiary NYK LNG Shipmanagement Ltd. and its managed LNG carrier...
IMO Braces for Smooth 2020 Sulphur Cap Implementation
Ahead of the global switch to a cleaner fuel, the IMO has highlighted the ‘immense amount’ of proprietary work that will ensure the changeover...
$55,000 Fine for Open-loop Scrubber Ban Violation
According to a Dredging and Port Construction report, the Port of Hamburg authorities have imposed a record fine to a tanker that breached its...
Meet America’s First Female Captain of a Mega Cruise Ship!
According to an article published in Travel Insider, Kate McCue, captain of the Celebrity Edge, a 2,918-passenger cruise ship, says she has too much...
Presence of Biodiesel Waste Indicated in VLSFO Bunkers in Panama
According to a latest ViswaLab technical update, an increase in high Acid Number VLSFO fuel samples bunkered in Panama is noticed since the beginning...
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Code of Practice
According to an article published in Maritime UK, the MASS industry, companies, organisations and individuals working within it are committed to behaving ethically and...
Tanker Rates Continue To Slide, Shippers Remain Hopeful
VLCC spot rates had touched $300,000 a day in the week ended 11 October, before diving to below $100,000 a day at the...
Conquistador Ship Anchors Discovered Off Mexico
According to an article published in Fox News, archaeologists have discovered two 16th-century anchors off the coast of Mexico that may be from ships...
Countries Come Together To Implement IMO Regime
Countries surrounding the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have pledged to make progress towards ratifying, implementing and enforcing IMO’s liability and compensation regime,...
Izzy Looking Forward To a Christmas Miracle
A cat that stowed away on a cargo ship and travelled more than 2,000 miles from Israel to the UK needs a new home,...
MSC ZOE Mishap: MSC Quashes Claims by Zembla
A claim by Zembla (a Dutch TV investigative journalism programme), that the video data recorder on board MSC ZOE at the time of the...
Amsterdam Port Witnesses Its First SIMOPS LNG Bunkering
Titan LNG’s bunker barge FlexFueler001 has supplied LNG to the tanker Ramelia while the ship was unloading cargo at the Oiltanking Terminal in Amsterdam.
The...
Voyage Vessels Make a Switch Over To Low Sulphur Fuel
AAL has migrated its entire fleet to use fuel with a sulphur content of 0.5% or less in accordance with the IMO 2020 regulation,...
Hong Kong Convention: Need for Ethical Ship Scrapping and Recycling
According to an article published in Ship-Technology, ceremonial ship launching, including the now-familiar sight of a bottle of sacrificial champagne being broken over the...