Cruise ship employees say sex among cruise ship workers is pervasive. Some compare the hookup culture as being similar to, or even exceeding,...

The International Transport Workers Federation estimates that only 2% of crew in the world fleet are female. 94% of these women work on...

According to Trade and Industry data, Japan sold 2.32 million barrels of bonded bunker fuel in December 2018, down 18.6% from November and 8.9%...

LNG bunkering is now becoming routine in many areas. Espoo, Finland headquartered Gasum carried out its 100th LNG bunkering on February 21, reports the...

In a recent development, GTT has announced that they have received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of a...

Detentions and arrests, missed compliance deadlines, mergers and more; Craig Jallal predicts the top trends for the ballast water sector for 2019, reports Ballast...

According to Sun Sentinel, Several people were injured after the Norwegian Escape cruise ship was blasted by an extreme gust of wind. What happened? Described as a...

The owner of the bulk carrier guilty of spilling oil in the Solomon Islands has issued an apology and could be imposed a bill...

LNG carrier with capacity of 177,000 m3 under construction for Mitsui & Co christened. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding bagged the order for the new vessel...

  The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the tanker market of the 9th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated...

The United States has imposed sanctions on state-owned Venezuelan oil company PDVSA to prevent Venezuelan president from enjoying the benefits. The actions also prevent companies...

4% of the world fleet plus order book is slated to have scrubbers. A majority of this 4% is still waiting to get...

The Yara Birkeland in Norway, is the world’s first electric-powered, zero-emissions container ship and the first autonomous commercial vessel. It will carry just...

On 28 February 2019, American Shipping Company ASA announced the results for fourth quarter ending 31 December 2018. Report Highlights Overseas Shipholding Group (“OSG”) exercised...

The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 9th week of this year. The report formulated on 1st March 2019...

In a recent development, NYK has announced that they have concluded a long-term contract with Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited for a new wood-chip carrier...

Vessels are making voyages of as much as 21,000 miles direct from Asia, all the way around South Africa, holding nothing but seawater...

When it comes to complying to the new IMO regulations due to be effective from 2020, scrubbers installation is not the only challenge, the...

On March 2, a product tanker was attacked by pirates near Lome, Togo waters, Gulf of Guinea, reports Medium. What happened? The vessel Histria Ivory with 21...

On March 4, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) Brightoil GEM had been arrested by China’s Haikou Maritime Court at the request of the...