Fuel Charges Bother Liner Customers As 2020 Nears
According to a Freight Waves article, shippers and forwarders want more detailed explanations of the charges being levied by container lines as they phase...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 40, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 40th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...
VLCC USGC-China Freight Spikes To 24% in a Day!
US Gulf Coast-loading VLCCs spiked 24% as position lists continued to tighten over the week after US sanctions were imposed.
The cost of...
China Ready To Unveil Its First Autonomous Ship R&D Test Base?
According to an article published in CXTech, as self-driving vehicles edge closer to widespread rollout in China, the country is taking its autonomous mobility...
Lack of Communication: AB Suffers Grievous Injuries During Mooring Operation!
According to an article published in Safety4Sea, it focuses on a safety incident, where an AB was hit by mooring lines during the vessel's...
SembMarine Secures $400m Worth New Contracts
Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) has won six new projects valued at a total of $400 million to provide engineering solutions for offshore gas and wind...
Promising Growth Opportunities Ahead for MDO and MGO Grade Bunker Fuels
The bunker fuel market is expected to register slow but steady growth in the near future thanks to the growing international commerce through sea...
Fuel Cells Will Power Cargo Ships?
Fuel cells, so far failing to gain traction on the road as a clean way to power cars, Bloom Energy Corp. is betting they’ll...
Tanker Fleet Could Lose Up To 10M dwt in Capacity Squeezing...
According to a Riviera Maritime Media article, H2 2019 will see a rush of tankers squeezing in Eco retrofits before the IMO 2020 deadline.
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[FAQ] How To Tackle Fuel Safety and Operational issues?
In a recently outlined detailed guidelines issued by CIMAC, industry stalwarts, refiners shippers and institutions have come together to highlight the operational issues related...
US Soyabean Waiver Keeps the Panamax Market at Low Key
With the Chinese giving new waivers on US soybeans, the Panamax market remains muted, reports Freight Inventor Services.
At this point it seems more of...
MPCC Joins the Eco-Friendly Trident Alliance
Norwegian carrier MPC Container Ships and Hamburg-based Ahrenkiel Steamship have joined the Trident Alliance, an international network of shipping companies partnering for effective enforcement...
Scrubbing Up for 2020!
There are twice as many scrubbers in the passenger ship segment compared to the overall shipping market, with another surge in orders expected once...
Petronas Signs Up LNG Bunkering With Avenir
Avenir LNG signs first 7,500 cbm LNG carrier with PETRONAS to advance LNG bunkering in Malaysia, says a press release published on their website.
Time...
OOCL Provide the Answer for CMA CGM Balance Sheet Woes
According to a LoadStar article written by Alessandro Pasetti, CMA CGM's liquidity profile one of the most financially strained majors in the container shipping...
IMO 2020 Impact: Challenges & Opportunities for Shippers & Refiners
In just a few months, on 1 January 2020, a new, sweeping global regulation is scheduled to go into effect that caps the amount...
[Answer] How To Monitor a Fleet’s Performance?
Monitoring a fleet or a ship is essentially a problem of scale. Keeping this in mind, Tecno Veritas has put up a detailed analysis,...
One Sea Appoints New Chairman With a Mission
One Sea, the industry alliance has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as Chairman of its Management Board, says an article published in their website.
Hägg’s role
One Sea,...
Bitzer and Fassmer Ink CO2 Deal
Compressor manufacturer Bitzer has signed an initial five-year agreement with German shipbuilder Fassmer to develop CO2 refrigeration for ships, says an article published in...
IMO 2020 Implementation Could Be Smoother Than Expected, Says IEA
The International Energy Agency (IEA) disclosed that it had changed its view on IMO 2020 fallout and now believes that the IMO 2020 implementation...
