Total Seals Long-term High-efficiency LNG Charter Deal
Greece’s TMS Cardiff Gas has entered a long-term charter agreement with Total Gas & Power for one of its 11 ‘X Carrier Series’ LNG...
Mitsubishi Expands Scrubber Production Capacity
Yokohama, Japan, based Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has increased production capacity for its SOx scrubber system that reduces SOx from exhaust gas of ships,...
MOL Uses AI To Successfully Execute Vessel Allocation Plan
In a major development, TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Juinichiro Ikeda) and its group company MOL Information Systems, Ltd. (President: Tsuyoshi...
Platts Launches Weighted Average Capesize TCE Rate
In a major development, S&P Global Platts has announced that they will start publishing a new daily weighted average Capesize time charter equivalent (TCE)...
IMO’s ‘Empowering Women in Maritime’ Finds Support in Wallenius, As It...
International Maritime Organization (IMO) World Maritime Day was celebrated on 26 September, with the 2019 theme “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community“, says an...
[Watch] Maersk COO Explain Shipping’s Climate Efforts at UN Climate Action...
Recently, Maersk released a video of their COO, Soren Toft, explaining shipping's climate efforts at the UN Climate Action Summit. The video described as...
LNG The Most Commercially Viable Future Proof Fuel?
According to a new report released by SEALNG, Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is the most mature, scalable, and commercially viable alternative fuel currently available...
BIMCO: Regulating Propulsion Good Way To Curb Emissions
In a major development, BIMCO has submitted a proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to regulate the propulsion power of ships in order...
The Third Largest Merchant Fleet in EU Is ‘Sulphur Cap Ready’
According to a leading shipowner shipping companies in Cyprus, whose merchant fleet is the third biggest in the EU and eleventh in the world,...
Distracted Captain on Phone Results in Bulk Carrier – Barge Collision
According to an NTSB investigation report, On January 31, 2016, at 1953 local time, the bulk carrier Aris T collided with a moored tank...
Kuehne + Nagel Takes the Green Pledge
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is claiming a win for the environment after announcing that it will offer carbon-neutral services for all less-than-containerload (LCL) shipments,...
GP’s Maiden Compliant Fuel Delivery in Fujairah
Oil trader and bunker provider GP Global delivered its first barge of compliant low-sulphur fuel oil into Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, reports...
Sovcomflot Incorporates Poseidon Principles for LNG vessels
Sovcomflot and NYK Line have signed a new USD 176 million non-recourse credit facility for eight years with three leading international banks, reports Steel...
SEMCO Proposes Innovative Solution To Address Global Sulphur Cap
Japan-based SEMCO hopes its electronic measuring tape offering will be a good fit to ease the growing demand to measure lighter marine fuels, reports...
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Acquires Modern Ultramax
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (EGLE), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / Ultramax segment, has taken delivery of the previously agreed...
Collision Between ONE Container and Tanker Injures Seafarer
At least one seafarer was injured when the container ship ONE Blue Jay struck the Turkish-flagged product tanker Gunece at Perama (Greece), reports Maritime...
AIDA Cruises To Get Battery Update by Corvus Energy
German cruise line AIDA Cruises has signed an agreement with Corvus Energy to install lithium-ion battery storage systems onboard the company’s vessels, reports Ship...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 39, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 39th week of this year. The report dated 27th September 2019 provides a valuable...
Why Shippers Are Driven Towards Water-Cooled Motors?
Electric motors are mission-critical for ship owners and operators.
Their reliability and performance can have a direct impact on the smooth running of...
Evergreen Places Orders for Ten Mega ULCV’s!
The Taiwanese carrier has placed an order for the 10 mega ULCVs which are to be built at South Korean and Chinese yards...
