CMA CGM Opts LNG Propulsion and Scrubber Mix on 10 Newbuilds

  CMA CGM opted LNG and Scrubber mix for complying with the IMO 2020 sulphur cap. Ordered 15,500 teu containerships from CSSC with five...

Algoma Purchases 16,512 dwt Product Tanker

Algoma Central’s operating unit Algoma Tankers (ATL) has purchased a new 16,512 dwt product tanker. It will be the 8th ship in the...

Weekly Maritime Security Report- Week 8, 2019

Pirates attempted to board underway container ship off the coast of Brass on 21 February. Brazil authorities seized 680 kg of cocaine at...

Marine Fuel Contracts Launched in Advance of IMO 2020

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., on the 19th February, launched new Marine Fuel 0.5% futures contracts in advance of the implementation of IMO2020. ICE’s new...

Steep Rise in LNG Bunkering ! Rotterdam To Be LNG Hub

In 2018 fuel oil sale decreased from 9.9 million m3 to 9.5 million m3 due to the dip in sales of HFO from...

Container Shipping Face a $10B Hit Globally

2018 was a turbulent year for the container shipping industry, but it might have been only a warm-up for 2019 IMO 2020 regulations...

[Watch] “Wind Challenger Project”- Maritime Vessels for the Future

The Wind Challenger Project is radicalizing sails to use it for a hybrid maritime system which used wind propulsion as a renewable and viable...

FONAR Not a “Free Pass”! Beware of These Before Using It

The International Chamber of Shipping has welcomed the decision by the IMO that in exceptional cases, be a valid reason for shipowners to...

Lack of Night Watch Resulted in Ship Grounding

  The MV Solomon Trader $30m bulk carrier spilling oil in the Solomon Islands may have run aground. 75 tonnes of oil has so...

Propeller Blade Repairs in Antwerp and Tenerife

Last month a team of Hydrex diver/technicians traveled to Tenerife for an underwater propeller blade straightening on a 246-meter cruise ship. Almost simultaneously another...

Wärtsilä Optimized Maintenance for Tokyo LNG Tankers

In a major development, the technology group Wärtsilä has announced that they have signed a long-term Wärtsilä Optimised maintenance solution with Japanese LNG shipowner...

Fall From Unsecured Scaffold Tower

On January 29, 2017, crew members on board Shanghai Spirit faced some serious injuries as they had fallen from a height. The case report...

Freightos Baltic Container Report – Week 8, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released a report on March 1, 2019. It specifies the freightos baltic container of the 8th week of shipping activities of...

Pengteng Adds Its Seventeenth Boxship

Qingdao Pengteng has acquired a 1,050 teu boxship and has named it 'Bal Boan'. The boxship is fitted with Unifeeder for two to four months for trading...

What Next For Iron Ore?

  The dry bulk market has been affected by dam break at Vale’s iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil. The situation has sparked supply concerns as...

Viking Takes Delivery of Sixth Ship With Thordon Water-Lubricated System

Viking Cruise has taken delivery of its sixth cruise ship 'Viking Jupiter' equipped with Thordon Bearings and COMPAC bearing arrangement. COMPAC system has proven itself...

Royal Caribbean Ship Completes $115 Million Redesign

Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas cruise ship has arrived in Miami fresh off a $115 million redesign, says a report published in the...

Grounded Ship Leaking Oil into the Pacific Near a UNESCO World...

A ship grounded in the Solomon Islands is leaking oil near a world heritage site, reports the TIME. What happened? An environmental disaster is unfolding in...

Alien Ship Has Entered Our Solar System : Harvard

Extraterrestrial life has always been a hot topic of discussion. It’s just a very exciting feeling to believe that civilization exists outside of our...

Living in a Shipping Container?

Have you ever thought of living in a shipping container? Well, Shawn and Mike did and this is how they did it! An article published...