[Watch] Sea Change That Could Roil the Industry
International Maritime Organization’s sulfur emissions limit for the shipping industry will start in January 2020. IMO says shipowners in violation of the new rules...
Euronav: Summarizing the Tanker Market of 2018 and Beyond
Challenging freight market for crude oil tanker industry with reduced OPEC-driven production and excess supply of large tankers.
The highest level of older...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 12, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 12th week of this year. The report dated 22nd March 2019 provides a valuable...
AP Moller – Maersk Sells Total Stake for $1 Billion
According to a seatrade-maritime article, AP Moller – Maersk has sold its stake in the French oil and gas company Total for EUR884m ($1bn).
Shares...
SCS Brings Technology Allowing Surveyors To Stay Away from the Quayside
All DNV GL classed vessels to utilize the possibility of remote surveys for some inspections through the Veracity data platform.
Remote surveys are...
First Inland Vessel ‘For Ever’ Powered by 100% Sustainable Biofuel
GoodFuels and partner REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker have fuelled the ‘For Ever’, the first inland vessel from Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) that runs fully on...
Ukraine Seizes $51 Million Worth Cocaine in Cargo Ship
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) seized a shipment of South American narcotics worth some $51 million.
It found more than quarter of a ton...
Herodotus’s Egyptian Ship Discovered in Sunken City
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote extensively about a ship during his travels to Egypt in 450BC. Now that mysterious Egyptian ship has been...
Ship CO2 Emissions Greatly Reduced by 1% by High-tech Surfaces
Research done by the University of Bonn showcases how ship hulls were coated with special high-tech air trapping materials reduces up to 1% of...
Why Ship Owners Are Reluctant To Help Distressed Colleagues?
Increasing number of shipowners are reluctant to assist in salvage operations during distress.
It has been attributed to an aspect of the law...
How To Get a Cruise Vacation for Pennies on the Dollar?
Who will say NO to take a cruise vacation for nearly free? Is it really possible to get one? "Yes it is," says an...
A Global Issue: Shipping Disputes and Suicides at Sea
Shipping disputes that expose vulnerable seafarers to tedious legal cases that leave them stranded at sea without pay are not exclusive to the UAE,...
Singapore Launches E-bills of Lading Initiative
Singapore launches Pilot of TradeTrust Blockchain Shipping Initiative for the maritime sector through development of electronic bills of lading (EBLs), reports Asia/MiddleEast Maritime Focus.
What...
‘The Ocean’ a Service Provider, Re-imagining Ocean-Based Ecosystem Services
The 'Ocean' is a major service provider for local and global human activities, including transportation, food, and ecosystem services.
Experts stress the...
Unalaska Expects Record-Setting Cruise Season With 20 New Ships!
Twenty cruise ships are ready to be inducted into Unalaska by the end of the cruise season capable of carrying 500 to 700 people.
...
Scrubber Users Fight European Wash Water Proposals
IMO's MEPC has stressed on strict discharge criteria for open-loop scrubbers as a part of European Commission proposal to harmonise regulations governing the...
Finland’s New Gas-Fueled Icebreaker Goes Greener
Finland is the only nation where all ports regularly freeze in winter, meaning icebreakers are indispensable to keep trade flowing.
Finland's new icebreaker,...
More Shipowners Join Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 in Support of Scrubbers
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is the latest shipowner to join the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020).
This has increased the organisation’s membership to 35...
Finally, Clarity in The World of Ballast Water Treatment
The USCG set a higher standard than IMO which led, it being seen as a gold standard.
There are now 16 type-approved ballast...
Dual Use LNG Shipping: A Game Changer for Carbon Management?
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage have been repeatedly written off as not financially viable.
Transportation costs for such an effort would be between...
