South Korean Shipbuilders Are Second Worldwide in New Builds
South Korean shipbuilders came in second worldwide in terms of new orders in the first quarterly with new orders totalling 1.62 million compensated...
MOL Nordic Tankers Gets BunkerPlanner
MOL Nordic Tankers has extended its trial of the BunkerPlanner marine fuel analysis tool to its whole global fleet.
BunkerPlanner enables ship owners...
Cruise Ship Bound for the Netherlands Collides With Oil Tanker
According to an article by Travel Weekly, a cruise ship traveling off the coast of Terneuzen collided with a tanker.
What happened?
According to a Travel Weekly report,...
TOP Ships Inc. Adds 157,000dwt Suezmax To Its Fleet
In a recent development, the international owner and operator of modern, fuel efficient "ECO" tanker vessels, TOP Ships Inc. has announced that it took...
Burning High Sulfur Fuel in Singapore Gets You 2 Year in...
Singapore has a message for shipping companies considering cheating on rules starting next year to combat pollution to save a few dollars on their...
What To Expect in Sulphur Cap 2020 Awards and Conference?
With less than 10 months remaining for the once-in-a-generation IMO 2020 regulatory change that will shift most of the global fleet onto entirely new...
Ship Owners Worry As Ports Ban Economical Option ‘Scrubbers’
Many ports are banning one of the cheapest options for meeting new environmental shipping rules imposed by IMO.
The fuel cleaning system pumps...
What It Takes To Be a Woman at Sea? Serena...
In March this year, just close to International Women's Day the Regent Seven Seas Cruises declared that their newest cruise ship Seven Seas Splendor...
CMA-CGM Splits Ten 15,000 Teu Order 50/50 Between LNG and Scrubbers
Two strategic agreements covering construction of 10 new 15,000 TEU containerships signed.
Five of them are LNG fueled and five fitted with hybrid...
Amateur Mate Allided Tow With Bridge While Crew Was Asleep
The Incident
On March 1, 2016, about 0322 local time, the open barge SJ-199 being pushed by the tugboat Kodiak allided with the North Landing Bridge...
[Watch] The Bottleneck at the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal's limited number of slots - or vessel transit permits - per day can be a constraint for LNG tankers during peak...
Shell Enters Into 20-Year Deal With Rio Grande LNG
Shell has become the first customer at NextDecade's proposed $15 billion Rio Grande LNG export terminal at the Port of Brownsville.
hell will...
Nakilat Adds Two LNG Carriers To Joint Venture With Maran
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat has expanded its joint venture partnership with Greek shipping company Maran Ventures.
This new agreement increases the number...
Belships Acquires Supramax Bulk Carrier
Belships ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire a 58,700 dwt bulk carrier from Wenaas Shipping AS.
The agreed purchase price is...
Cargo Ship Listing While Docked in Hartlepool Investigated
Authorities are carrying out an inspection on a large cargo ship which has been listing while docked in Hartlepool.
MCA surveyors are planning to...
Storm Hits Chemical Disaster Site Closes Houston Ship Channel
The Houston Ship Channel has been shut down due to violent storms wracked the chemical disaster site.
The outbound shipping has been halted and...
$120 Million Worth Cocaine Retrieved from a Spanish Ship in the...
According to a News Day report, the Coast Guard retrieved a suspicious attachment ship in the Atlantic.
What happened?
The Coast Guard members of the Organised...
Yet Another Viking Cruise Incident – This Time It Crashes into...
A Viking Cruises ship carrying 171 passengers was badly damaged after it crashed into an oil tanker, reports Business Insider.
What happened?
A Viking Cruises ship...
8 Things Cruise Ship Workers Want To Tell Passengers, But Can’t
Cruise ship workers are tasked with making guests as happy as possible just like other employees in the hospitality industry.
Workers can't...
Consumed 22 Kg Plastic Kills Pregnant Whale in Mediterranean
A pregnant sperm whale was discovered lifeless on a seaside with 22 kilograms of plastic inside her. This has prompted a stark warning over...
