LNG Containment Systems; Options Increase As 2020 Draws Near!
New containment systems could accelerate LNG bunker vessel builds as a deadline for IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap just months away.
LNG as a marine...
Major Hubs Missing As Another Oil Giant Announces 2020 Fuel Plans!
Fujairah and Houston are touted to be the major bunker hubs with one not offering its 0.5% very low sulphur fuel oil.
BP Marine...
German-Owned Ship Detained at Port Kembla! Crew Alleges Mistreatment!
According to ABC News, Australia's maritime safety watchdog has detained a German-owned cargo ship on the NSW south coast while it investigates several complaints...
Endesa Charters Gaslog Warsaw in US LNG Supply Deal
Endesa and GasLog, signed an eight-year charter agreement for the maritime transport of the company's LNG acquisitions after May 2021.
Endesa will receive...
Shell Ships First Condensate Cargo from Prelude off Western Australia
Royal Dutch Shell shipped the first condensate cargo from its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project off northwestern Australia.
Shell had hoped...
Shipping Companies Banking on Gas Carriers As LNG Demand Grows
Demand has grown sharply in Asia and in the U.S. as improved hydraulic fracturing technology has made drilling for both shale oil and...
Shipowner’s First Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative Report
The first report of the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) indicates a growing movement stepping up the pressure on shipowners to disclose their approaches...
Maersk Round Trip To Test Emission Reduction Target
Maersk ship Mette Maersk commences on a round trip trial of commercially viable biofuel testing.
The biggest biofuel testing of the world will...
IMO 2020 : ExxonMobil Sights Marine Fuels Business Prospects
The IMO responsible for the safety and environmental performance of the shipping sector, has set sulphur cap to reduced sulfur emissions by over...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 12, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 12th week of this year. The report formulated on 22nd March 2019...
Sumec Marine Sets Up Singapore Bulk Operations
Sumec has set up Singapore bulk operation and is set to operate all vessels owned by Sumec Marine.
Sumec is the first oversee subsidiary company for...
String of Vessel Fires Raising Alarms Among Operators
Some six million containers or 10% of the overall capacity moved across the oceans, contain dangerous goods.
Nearly 1.3 million of those boxes...
Why Did Oil Tanker Rates Just Double?
Recently, tanker demand and rates have highlighted shifting supply patterns and have sparked a bit of a worry about OPEC’s compliance rates.
What...
No Timetable for Reopening Texas Ship Channel Following Leak
The reopening of the Houston Ship Channel has been postponed due to another setback caused by flammable chemicals to seep into the water.
More than 40...
[Watch] Tug Tows Cruise Ship Adrift in Storm, After 463 Rescued...
According to Norwegian authorities, 463 passengers were airlifted off a cruise ship that got stranded off Norway's western coast in bad weather before the...
BW Group Makes Bid To Expand Gas Ship Holdings
BW Group making a bid to expand its holdings in the shorthaul and regional LPG trade by acquiring the remaining shares in Epic...
Wärtsilä and UNCSA To Train Next-Gen Themed Entertainment Professionals
We live in a digital age, where advances in technology are constantly expanding and changing the themed entertainment design industry. At the School of...
Lack of Risk Assessment Resulted in Rescue Boat Fall
The Incident
On 19 June 2018, at about 1645, an original-equipment manufacturer service technician for the davits on the Spirit of Vancouver Island boarded the ferry in Tsawwassen, British Columbia,...
Shell & HES To Revive German Oil Refinery Ahead of IMO...
The sulphur cap set by the IMO from next year, to be one of the biggest fundamental events to hit oil markets in...
Stop the Hype on Open-loop Scrubbers for Sake of Human Health...
The hype around open loop exhaust gas cleaning systems wash water discharge dilutes the focus on human health and the environment.
Some governments...