LNG Ship Order Increases As Shipping Looks for Long-term Fuel Solution

More than 170 LNG vessels are in operation and over 180 are in order as LNG orders boom The ability of LNG propulsion...

American Oil Growing More Than Saudi Oil, Attracts Huge Investments

America's oil production is booming with a crude oil output on track to average 12.2 million barrels per day (BPD) this year, according to...

‘Lot at Stake in IMO Community’ Says Shipping Associations Ahead of...

Amid reports of a number of Asian countries mulling delaying the implementation of the global sulfur cap, due to come into force in just...

Bunker Fuel Patents Would Fall Foul?

Steve Simms, Principal, Simms Showers LLP warns suppliers to be mindful of bunker fuel patents, says an article published in Ship&Bunker. Patents on marine fuel...

Futuristic Passenger Ship E-navigation Revealed

    E-navigation is the future for passenger ship voyage planning and execution with ECDIS in the centre linked to other sensors to improve situational awareness. Saga...

Evergreen Confirms Newbuilding Project Worth $1.6 Billion

Evergreen has announced plans to build ten 23,000 TEU containerships valued between $1.4bn and $1.6bn. In August, the company announced it scrapping plans...

Disabled Cargo Ship Towed To Safety

A towing company based in West Cork towed a disabled cargo ship to safety. The cargo ship broke down in the mid-Atlantic ocean,...

A Smart Tug is Much More Than A Floating Tesla!

Riviera’s Smart Tug Operations Conference in Singapore kicked off with a session on the IntelliTug with questions on autonomous vessel technology. The IntelliTug...

Hyundai Bags Contract To Build LNG Carrier for H-Line

HSHI has bagged a contract worth $191.2 million from H-Line Shipping Company for building an LNG carrier. The is touted to have a...

Hapag-Lloyd Launches an User Friendly Insurance

Hapag-Lloyd is expanding its digital product portfolio. The company is now offering its customers an online marine insurance, available on the Hapag-Lloyd website. ...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 38, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 38th week of this year. The report dated 20th September 2019 provides a valuable...

Impact of Global Ray on Local Waters Worse?

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Saturday reports of oil leaking from the Golden Ray cargo ship, which remains in the St. Simons Sound...

Mobile Ship Channel Widening Plan Gets a Go Ahead

  The Alabama State Port Authority announced that it has approved the request received to deepen and widen Mobile's ship channel, reports 3WearTV. What is the...

IMO2020: The Backwardation and Contango Conundrum

Front-month forward curves for Argus-assessed northwest European and US Gulf coast 0.5pc sulphur fuel oil intersect from December 2019 to January 2020. The...

2020 Decree Creates Singapore-Fujairah LSFO Arbitrage

According to several market participants, the fuel oil market has started to see International Maritime Organization-compliant marine fuel being shipped from Singapore to Fujairah,...

BWMC Malfunction Still an Issue?

According to a Riviera Maritime Media article, DNV GL held a series of webinars on ballast water treatment and the Ballast Water Management Convention...

Seatrade Maritime Awards 2019 Finalists Revealed

The maritime industry has shown encouraging signs of recovery over the last few months and companies have shown they are keen to share their...

Captain & Chief Officer Plays With Risk, Provides False Information, Court...

A captain and Chief Officer was fined for false information on a ship docked at Tauranga Port, reports Stuff. What happened? The Emile Bulker was docked...

New Publicly Available Specification (PAS 23263‐2019) for IMO 2020 Implementation

The  recently announced Publicly Available Specification (PAS) from IMO covers “Considerations for fuel suppliers and users regarding marine fuel quality in view of the implementation...

Bans, Complications Doesn’t Dampen Scrubber Uptick

Around 70% of VLCCs under construction and a fourth of global fleet likely to have scrubbers 2400 scrubbers at the beginning of 2020...