400m Panama Flagged Ship – Largest Containership To Transit Suez Canal?

The world's largest container ship, transited the Suez Canal for the first time from the Port of Xingang to North Western Europe. The...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 32, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 32nd week of shipping activities of this year. The report...

K Line Introduces LNG-Fuelled ‘Wozmax’

K Line and Namura Shipbuilding have upgraded a version of the ore carrier Wozmax to LNG-fuelled. The new concept design of the LNG-powered...

BP Marine Adds a Dedicated Bunkering Barge To Global Bunker Network

BP Marine says it is adding the Spanish port of Valencia to its supply locations for IMO2020 compliant bunkers, reports Ship & Bunker. Castellon Refinery The...

Hapag-Lloyd Pretty Strong in 2019 First Half

Hapag-Lloyd produced a net profit of $56m in the second quarter, resulting in a half-year result of $165m, a turnaround from the $122m loss...

North Europe Shippers Face New Capacity Crunch, as More Loops are...

In a major development, CMA CGM has announced that they have advised their customers that they will void their North Europe to Asia FAL...

Watch How Robots Can Take Revenge?

What happens when a robot gets sick and tired of being kicked, pushed, and forced to work under extreme conditions in the name of...

Ship on Fire! Heavy Fines Awaits Misdeclared Dangerous Goods

Carriers have announced they would impose heavy fines on misdeclared dangerous goods. Just days after this announcement, fire has swept through several containers aboard...

Japanese ClassNK Goes for Fuel Methanation To Meet IMO Targets

Japanese Classification Society ClassNK is participating in the “Cross-industrial Working Group Related to Zero Emission Alternative Ship Fuels” established by the CCR (Carbon Capture...

Double Scoop for Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has been conferred with a second automotive industry award. The award was for their involvement in the SRTI focusing ship recycling. ...

The Right Questions Ahead of IMO 2020

Shipowners should challenge fuel suppliers and reinforce their own fuel-management practices to safeguard sulphur compliance, reports Riviera Maritime Media. What am I putting into my...

Asia-Europe Rates on Rise As IMO Launches New Tariff Rates!

SCFI recorded a 6.9% uptick for Asia-North Europe spot rates to $806 per TEU, however, rates still remain around 18% below the level...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 29, 2019

Protection Vessels International has released the 29th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 7th August 2019 highlights the various incidents...

IMO 2020: A New Opportunity for China’s Bunker Fuel Sector

Chinese ports handle nearly a third of global container traffic and have the largest merchant fleet in the world in terms of the...

IMO 2020 Impact! Might Impact the Oil Market in an Unexpected...

As IMO 2020 comes into effect from January 1, 2020, it is expected to tighten global distillate supplies and cause distillate prices to...

MAN, Corvus Energy and DNVGL Unveils HYCAS Study on Hybrid Power...

MAN Energy Solutions, Corvus Energy, and DNV GL revealed the HYCAS report for cost-effectiveness for hybrid power solutions. The new report has highlighted...

ClassNK Certification for SMARTShip

ClassNK's certification covers approval of the solution as a 'computer-based system’ which conforms to the Class Society’s rules. Leading ship classification society, ClassNK...

A Brand New Residential Cruise Ship Firm Debuts in Market

An article in Maritime Executive reports of a new entrant in the small subsector of luxury condominium cruise ships: Blue World Voyages, a Miami-based...

‘Zero Emission’ Ship Powered Only by Battery

Nagasaki-based Oshima Shipbuilding Co Ltd has built an automatic ship powered only by a battery. The ship, "e-Oshima," is a "zero-emission ship" that...

Craftsmen Shine in Ship Modelling at Havana’s Quincentennial

An article in Xinhuanet reports about the 500th anniversary of Havana, which saw an extremely talented model ship builder. Avid Ship modeller Leonardo de Jesus Medina,...