AI To Optimise Offshore Vessel Support

DSS project aims to use AI to help officers on vessels make decisions that will result in optimized performance and energy efficiency. Uses...

Fast Satcoms To Aid Kotug Offshore LNG Support Fleet

Kotug International is investing in faster satellite communications to assist the world's largest floating LNG production project in Australia. Fleet Xpress hybrid satellite...

Panama Bunker Sales Surge To 15 Month High

According to an article published in Ship & Bunker, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) says after a period of relatively subdued bunker sales in Panama,...

Lack of Safety Management System in Heavy Weather Caused Damage To...

On the afternoon of Sunday the 7th February 2016, ‘MV Epsilon’ sailed from Cherbourg in France bound for Dublin, Ireland and suffered due to...

[Watch] Conveyor Belt Collapses on Bulk Carrier

A conveyor belt collapsed while involved in loading operations with a bulk carrier, at the Port of Patillos, northern Chile. One worker suffered minor...

Shipping Companies Can Reduce Office-ship Communications by 40%

Two technology companies have formed a partnership to reduce voice calls between ships and shore centres by 40%, reports Riviera Maritime Media. Cut voice communications...

Seven Killed, Four Missing as Ship Catches Fire Off Sulawesi

Seven people including two children were killed as a ship caught fire in waters off central Indonesia’s Sulawesi province, reports The Star Online. What happened? Seven...

Low Sulphur Fuels Contributes To Higher CO2 Emissions, Says Spliethoff

With less than 6 months before the new rules on marine fuels come into force, more and more shipping companies are communicating how they...

Marine Scrubber Systems Market To Cross Over USD 8 billion by...

Market Study Report newly added the Global Marine Scrubber Systems Market Report that gives meticulous investigation of current scenario of the market size, share,...

The Strategic and Economic Role of Greek Shipping

Greek shipping is a major Greek and EU export industry of strategic importance,reports UGS. Global Economy The global economy started in 2018 on a positive note...

Finding the Right Choice – Scrubbers or Vessels ?

The second quarter earnings reports from listed companies are in season; unfortunately, they reveal the cooled down and generally chilled nature of investor...

Veteran Steamship Heads for Green Scrapping

Great Lakes-based shipowner says vessel’s disposal is part of fleet optimization program.  Cedarglen was an incredibly well-maintained ship with an impressive safety record.  Canadian...

Intercontinental Exchange Launches Further Marine Fuel Contracts Owing To IMO 2020

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is offering more marine fuel futures contracts, reports Ship&Bunker. The company first started marketing the contracts in February. Rotterdam barges vs NWE...

Powering the Pilbara – A Prospective Market for LNG

Woodside Petroleum said a 4mn t/yr LNG market could be created if all of iron ore producers switch their iron ore carriers to...

SHI Makes a Debut in Marine Battery Market

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) said that it has developed a lithium-ion battery power system for ships, reports Marine Link.  First local Shipbuilder  A...

Goodwood Ship Management Honoured at the 11th Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards...

Enterprise Asia organised the 11th chapter of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2019 Singapore. Leading the list of winners was Goodwood Ship Management,...

Pirates Abduct Crew Members of MarMalaita

Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of a German-owned ship in a raid on the vessel off the coast of Cameroon, reports Euronews. The ship...

Horror as Royal Caribbean Passenger Goes Overboard To His Death

A passenger on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship went overboard while in the Virgin Islands on Wednesday morning, reports Maritime Executive. Passenger over the side  In...

Autonomy To Shape the UK Shipping Industry?

Thales organised a round-table event, ‘Charting a course to autonomy - what is the future of the UK maritime industry?’. There, many challenges and...

Wilhelmsen Ship Management Awarded Two Supramaxes

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has announced that they have been selected as the technical manager for the Stove Shipping AS (Stove) vessels, Stove Friend...