In a recent development, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. has announced today that they have purchased a high-specification 2015-built SDARI-64 Ultramax bulk carrier for a...

Protection Vessels International in their latest report highlighted the present maritime situation of the world and the report has been compiled as follows. Robbers steal...

  The VLCC market faced a steady week with rates hovering between WS 55.75 and 56.25. Suezmax rates tumbled in all markets while Black Sea/Mediterranean rates...

PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen is in India this week as part of a Danish business delegation looking to capitalise on thawing relations between Denmark...

The Blue Star Line has initiated a contract with Deltamarin to continue with the design of Titanic II. Deltamarin to design Titanic II The contractor Deltamarin will work...

VLCCs registered an impressive revival in earnings averaging around $12,000/day from Q1 to Q3 to over $50,000/day in Q4. The sustainability of the...

Baddeck-based author John G. Langley in his book, examines the story of ship Queen Victoria, that sailed delegates to Charlottetown conference and its bell. Maiden...

China may become the second Asian nation to ban the use of open-loop scrubber systems in its waters. In November 2018, Singapore’s Maritime...

Led by the United States, nations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed in 2008 to limit sulfur in residual petroleum for ships...

Bosun is a colloquialism derived from Boatswain the formal spelling of the word, both stem from English word, Batswegen. The batswagen was a...

  Containership demolition market prepared to weed out the oldest and dirtiest vessels from their fleets ahead of the IMO 2020 rule. Currently, 10 container vessels...

Maersk to carry out random container checks in North America in a bid to check out misdeclared cargoes. Inspection pilots from National Cargo Bureau will...

According to a Reuters report the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates has decided to ban the use of a type of...

  On January 17, China's leading finance leasing company, AVIC International Leasing has entered into a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) to build new bulk...

Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 3 BWMS to be installed on 16 vessels belonging to 'Advantage Tankers & Advantage Products'. The company is planning to...

Liqtech sales are poised to explode upward in 2019 and the years after, due to new shipping fuel regulations. The company is debt-free,...

Ocean Yield announced the Company’s assent to acquire a modern Suezmax tanker, says an article in SeaNews. What is in the agreement? Ocean Yield on Wednesday...

Post the IMO2020 Sulphur cap, techniques used for reducing fuel consumption have grown in importance in the shipping industry. But How is hull friction reduced? This...

The Baltic Briefing reports the following as the weekly Bulk update latest from 18 January 2019. Capesize A positive end to a week that saw rates...

  When it comes to cruise trips, travellers are treated to the best of facilities, good food, entertainment and sight-seeing at iconic tourist destinations. But...