Australia’s Domestic and Exported Emissions are Large, Says the Australia Institute

According to a report from the Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program, the climate impact of Australia’s fossil fuel (coal, oil, gas) exports ranks...

Pirates Raid Remas: Indications for New Line of Increasing Crimes

Gunmen boarded a ship in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday night, robbing the passengers and leaving two of them wounded. It’s only...

Athens Forum: What are the Factors Influencing Shipping in Future?

During the 2019 SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum, Mr. Stavros Meidanis, DPA/CSO, S&Q Manager, Capital Ship Management Corp shared his views on how shipping will look...

Maersk Spot Makes Container Shipping As Easy As Booking An Airline...

The shipping industry is stuck in the past and the challenges are many and well-known; last-minute changes in pricing; lengthy booking processes, and limited...

Digitisation To Reverse Carrier Margin Decline by Reducing Additional Costs, Says...

Frank Smet, chief commercial officer at Hamburg Sud, told delegate at the keynote session of the TOC Americas Container Supply Chain conference in Cartagena  that the only way to...

Drones To Monitor Container Cargo Smuggling To Enhance Port Security

An Austin-based company and the Borders, Trade and Immigration (BTI) Institute at the University of Houston are partnering to study whether the use of...

‘No Scrubber’ Policy Threatens To Affect ONE’s Profit

Ocean Network Express (ONE) could “pay the price” for not investing in scrubber technology, says an article published in the LoadStar. Face The Sulphur Cap...

Japan’s Busiest Port Registers Declined ‘In and Out’ Freight Volumes

Freight volumes in and out of Japan’s busiest port, the Port of Tokyo, have declined in the first six months of 2019 compared to...

Sovcomflot Inks Financing and Time-charter Agreements for Arctic LNG 2 Project

SCF Group has announced that it has signed agreements for icebreaking LNG carriers, reports LNG Industry. What is in the agreement? SCF Group has signed an...

Singapore Plans Incentives To Achieve Reduced Carbon Emission

According to The Medi Telegraph report, Singapore is pushing the shipping industry to use cleaner fuels such as liquefied natural gas. Introduction of incentives The Maritime...

Scrubber Orders Swell Yet Alternative Fuels Seems Preferred

Scrubber orders till date this year have dwarfed all previous years combined, according to data on DNV GL’s online Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) database,...

Preparing Fuel Tanks for VLSFO

Viswa Lab, in its recent technical update answers the question as how to prepare the tanks which contained high sulfur fuel so that they...

ECSA Gives Green Signal for Zero-emission Shipping Partnership

According to an article published in Safety4Sea, ECSA recently announced that it supports the European Commission's and Member States' plan to launch a joint...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 38, 2019

Protection Vessels International has released the 38th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 6th November 2019 highlights the various incidents...

[FAQ] Pros and Cons of Using Methanol and Hydrogen As Marine...

According to an article published in Riviera Maritime Media, Anglo Belgian Corporation has tested renewable fuels methanol and hydrogen on a single-cylinder bench engine...

MR Tankers Focuses on Transaltantic Route To Boost Trade

This higher demand may prolong the gains in earnings for medium-range tankers plying transatlantic trades, which have nearly doubled since early October. European...

Grain LNG: Buyers Put Forth With Flexible LNG Storage Purchasing

In a newly launched ‘open season’ process, the UK’s National Grid is seeking feedback from customers interested in buying LNG storage capacity from 2025...

NYK Agrees for Ship Tour in Association With Mazda Motor Corporation

NYK cooperated with a ship tour sponsored by Mazda Motor Corporation at the port of Mitajiri-Nakanoseki by escorting about 20 children and their families...

Global Maritime Issues Monitor: A Look Into Top Economic Crises in...

‘Global economic crisis’ ranked to have potentially the greatest impact on the maritime industry over a ten-year time horizon. ‘New environmental regulation’, ‘geopolitical...

Maersk Chief Operating Officer Announce Departure, Company Looking for New COO

In a move that startled the world, the shipping giant Maersk announced the departure of their Chief Operating Officer,Søren Toft. According to a press release...