Samskip Leads the Way for Norway’s Next-Gen of Sustainable Shortsea Shipping

In a major development, Europe's largest multimodal operator Samskip has been named the lead partner in ‘Seashuttle’, a project seeking to bring emissions-free, autonomous...

More Consolidation Ahead in Ship Management

There will be more consolidation in the ship management sector as company founders decide on their future and mid-sized managers come under pressure, says...

Challenges Brewing in Liner Carrier Industry

As the IMO 2020 deadline is closing in, the financial results of the third quarter 2018 shows that the benefits of carriers’ earnings would...

Weekly Tanker Report

The 51st weekly assessment report for the tanker market has been released by the Baltic Exchange. VLCC Middle East Gulf rates shed 3/3.5 points to WS 83/83.5...

Bulk Report – Week 51

Capesize Panic set in in the East as the holiday season approaches, with owners chasing rates lower. Rates on the key West Australia/China route collapsed...

Early Warning On Global 2020 Sulphur Cap Compliance

On 21st Dec 2018, Tokyo MOU issued a press release stating that, the Maritime Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding...

TradeLens – A Tale of One Big Dream for Supply Chain

Maersk and IBM join hands to realize blockchain dream fro TradeLens Key players and major carriers keen on developing their personal blockchain solution ...

MOL Conducts Assessment on Advanced Navigation Systems

On December 21, the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that MOL, MOL Techno-Trade, National Maritime Research Institute, and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology...

VLCC Trade Flow Increase Tonnage Imbalances

Ballasting proves to be a problem for crude oil carriers in the tanker market Bigger ships have more opportunities to cut ballast legs by...

Cruise Ship Butlers: A Very ‘Suite’ Luxury

The services of a British-style butler are more likely to be found on a cruise ship than hotels. The butlers aboard the Regent...

CPLP Got Little Respect for Long-Term Profitable Leases on Its Vessels

CPLP's management is an expert at the art of the deal. The announced Capital Maritime Partners / Diamond S Shipping deal has the...

CMA CGM to Deploy Its Own Intra-Egypt Feeder

CMA CGM Short Sea Lines Med are glad to announce the deployment of their own Intra-Egypt feeder as from December 27 in Port, says...

Why Sale and Leaseback Deals Prove Popular?

Two Ardmore Shipping transactions expected to be finalized this month with expected aggregate cash proceeds of $13 mill. d’Amico Tankers entered a bareboat...

Advantage Tankers to Retrofit 33 PureBallast 3 systems

In a major development, the prominent Turkish ship owners Advantage Tankers & Advantage have selected Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for ballast water treatment throughout...

Long-term Charters For Ships Fitted With Scrubbers for MPC

As the IMO 2020 sulphur cap closes in, owners of feeder vessels are set to benefit from “market disruption”. The benefit will come with a...

10 Wildest Cruise Ship Stories of 2018

Cruises are a luxurious way of going on a vacation and enjoying your holidays. However, it’s not so smooth as it seems. Some cruises...

Maritime Blockchain Labs to Track Bunker Fuel Data

The Maritime Blockchain Labs has decided to track shipping fuels on the blockchain to enable environmental regulations. The Problem Most goods are shipped with dirty bottom-of-the-barrel fuel....

Stowaways Detained and Charged With Affray in Thames Estuary

On December 26, four men were charged with affray after they were discovered hiding onboard a cargo ship in the Thames Estuary. What happened? The cargo...

They Got It Wrong? Record Number of Tankers Scrapped Before Boom

Highlights Oil tanker owners scrapped a record number of ships in 2018 World’s largest and second-largest exporters lifted their combined output by about 1.5...

SafeTug to Enhance Safety Among LNG Carrier Tugs

Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched SafeTug, a program designed to enhance piloting and navigation safety says Martyn Wingrove for LNG news. How does the software...