Panama Canal Celebrates 105 Years of Uninterrupted Operation
The Panama Canal marked its 105 years serving world transit and commerce on the same day that Panama celebrated the 500th anniversary of the...
DryShips Inc. Goes Private, Announces Merger With Economou
SPII Holdings Inc, a company controlled by Economou, will acquire the outstanding shares of Nasdaq-listed DryShips following an approved “Plan of Merger”, reports Seatrade...
LNG Prices Plunge But Traders Foresee Opportunity
According to an article published in Bloomberg, the frenzied LNG buying seen ahead of higher seasonal demand is expanding global supply and will curb...
Shell Takes Vital Steps To Decarbonize Shipping, Becomes More Competitive
In a major development, Shell has announced that they are pursuing competitive ways to reduce CO2 emission from ships, including those from oil tankers,...
Shipyards Booming With Scrubber Retrofits As 2020 Nears
Despite owners delaying ballast water management system and scrubber retrofits, Gemak is enjoying a steady stream of tanker retrofit business, reports Riviera Maritime Media.
Booming...
[Watch] Rescue of a Wheel Chair Cruise Ship Passenger
Watch rescue of cruise ship passenger who fell off dock. When a young woman in a wheelchair fell off a cruise ship dock in St....
Ship With 25 Crew Goes Missing Seconds After Sending Distress Signal
Ship loses contact after sending emergency signal in waters off eastern Indonesia, reports Xinhuanet.com.
What happened?
A cargo ship with 25 people on board and carrying...
SK Energy Focuses on Gasoline and Gasoil Production, Limiting HSFO
SK Energy increases gasoline and gasoil production in the first half of the year on solid local demand and limits HSFO production ahead...
Search For 34 Missing Passengers Continues After An Overloaded Ferry Catches...
According to an article published in Khaleej Times, scores of passengers are believed to be trapped inside a passenger ship after it caught fire...
SHI Signs Smart Ship Technology MoU with MAN
SHI has signed an MoU with Germany-based engine technology developer MAN Energy Solutions for cooperation in developing smart ship technology.
The vessel named...
Lack of CO2 Systems Risk Awareness Resulted In Crew’s Death
In a recent, accident investigation report, the Bahamas Maritime showed how an engine room fire resulted in the death of an Able Body Seaman....
Storage Tanks in Europe Brimming With Cheap LNG!
Persistent heat has increased the demand for LNG with Spain importing record levels to meet the high demand that has increased by 43%.
...
Diamond S Commences Fleet Renewal Efforts With Sale of Product Carriers
Greenwich, Conn., headquartered Diamond S Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSSI) reports that it has agreed to sell two of its carriers, reports Marinelog.
Fleet renewal initiative
The...
World’s First Space Based Ship Tracking System To Aid Coastal Surveillance
Centre national d'études spatiales or the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) announced the launch of World’s first space-based automatic identification system.
Satellite-based...
IMO 2020: HSFO or LSFO – Suppliers in Soup
Bunker suppliers will need to balance the demand for high sulfur fuel oil from scrubber-equipped ships.
High sulfur fuel oil are at extreme...
Are Scrubber-Equipped Tonnage Premium Expectations Met?
Premiums not as high as fuel prices suggest they should be, says GOGL's Vartdal.
A competitive advantage to protect the company against significant...
4 Armed Robberies in a Week in Asia
During 13 - 19 August 2019, four CAT 41 incidents of armed robbery against ship were reported to the ReCAAP ISC. The four incidents took...
Cruise Ship Ablaze – Passenger in Distress
An article in the New Zealand Herald describes a passenger's "harrowing" experience while evacuation from a Russian cruise ship after a fire started spreading...
[Watch] Ferry, Ship in Near Collision Raises Security Concerns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHlcOR8eu1s
An amateur video showing one of the ferries at the Likoni channel in a near collision with a ship has raised concern over...
[Watch] Can a Shipwreck Erode in the Sea? Titanic Shows
According to an article published in The Telegraph.co.uk, the wreck of the Titanic could be lost forever, say scientists, after the first dive expedition in...
