36 Bus Long Cargo Ships Arrival in Europe Speaks of Shipping...

  According to an article published in Telegraph UK, the World's largest cargo ship has arrived in Europe. MSC Gülsün MSC Gülsün, has docked in Europe after...

Agreement Signed for Singapore’s First LNG Dual-fuel Powered Bunker Tanker

Marine Vicky will be fitted with ExxonMobil’s new EMF.5™ Engineered Marine Fuels. It is also Singapore's first bunker tanker to be powered mainly...

What Happens When A Cruise Ship Is Arrested and Fined Mid...

According to an article published in Maritime-Executive, a cruise ship with passengers onboard was briefly arrested on Baffin Island earlier in August. What happened? The arrest...

Panama Canal Gets Fitch Rating ‘A’ for the 4th Consecutive Year

Fitch Ratings for the fourth consecutive year, has affirmed the Panama Canal’s ‘A’ investment grade rating with a stable outlook for its long-term issuer...

Finland’s Neste Unveils IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap Compliant Fuel

Finland-based oil refining firm Neste has introduced a new IMO 2020 compliant marine fuel for shipping companies to meet the upcoming regulations, reports Biofuels...

Indonesia Makes U-Turn, Will Enforce IMO 2020

According to an article published in Reuters, Indonesian officials have confirmed that Indonesian-flagged ships will comply with new low-sulfur fuel rules that start next...

Diamond S Shipping Sells Off Tanker Pair at Unrevealed Price

NYSE-listed Diamond S Shipping is selling two 2008-built medium-range product tankers viz., the Atlantic Aquarius and Atlantic Leo, reports Splash247. Fleet renewal initiative The company says...

Freepoint Going The Compliant Fuel Way With Singapore Bunker Supply

  Freepoint Commodities Singapore says it will start supplying very low-sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) in the fourth quarter in the world’s largest bunkering port when...

Panama Canal Transit Hope for US Sanction Ridden Venezuela

The Panama Canal will allow vessels coming from Venezuela to transit the waterway provided they present the necessary paperwork, reports Reuters. Canal traffic unaffected The canal...

Idling LNG Tankers Hint at Increasing Inclination Towards Floating Storage

  Liquefied natural gas tankers are taking longer-than-usual journeys to deliver cargoes and spending more time idling at sea in a sign some traders are...

10% Transport Growth Target, Shanghai Plans Shipping Incentives

In a major development, Shanghai municipal government has announced that they have plans to promote rail-sea transport to optimise local multi-modal transportation in the...

Hiding Vessels, What We Learnt from the Strait of Hormuz Incident?

In today's time it's nearly impossible to hide ships and vessels. You may jam radio communication but you can't restrict satellite images. The world...

Global HSFO Prices Dip To 2 Year Low Ahead of IMO...

Global HSFO prices hit two-year lows this month as IMO 2020 rule is nearing. Average IFO380 price across the four major global bunkering...

Double the Ship Recycling Capacity, Follow the Hong Kong Convention

The government plans to nearly double India’s ship-recycling capacity by 2024 to about nine MnGT and is likely to follow the Hong Kong convention...

[Watch] How a Dog Befriended a Dolphin?

An article published in Mamamia reports the magical moment between a curious Labrador and a playful dolphin in an Aussie creek. Black Labrador and Dolphin Adelaide...

As Growth Gathers Momentum Scrubbers Spread and Payback Time Looms

According to a Freight Waves article, for the trucking and transport industry which is looking at the start of IMO 2020 next year, with...

Planning for “Retro”? Check Out Repair Yards!

In recent years there has been a growing need to better understand activity in the ship repair and refurbishment sector. A recent analysis published...

USCG Investigates “A Near Miss” Incident Between LNG Carrier and Ferry

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a near-miss incident at Port Aransas, Texas in which an LNG carrier passed close to a loaded ferry,...

AI-Based Assessment for Seafarer Soft Skills Developed by SafeMetrix

Safebridge has announced a new ground-breaking project aimed at developing an entirely new approach to assessing soft skills using natural language processing (NLP). ...

Maersk Optimistic on Scrubber Economics

Maersk in February revealed it had placed retrofit orders for units totalling $263 million. Based on prevailing costs Maersk’s current retrofit commitment is...