[Answer] How To Rehabilitate Old Oil SuperTankers?

As you read this, around 10,420 giants are heaving their way across the world’s oceans. Their enormous metal bodies lumber onwards in spite of...

Helm Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Record Milestone

Leading marine operations software company Helm Operations has announced that it has surpassed the 4000 vessel mark on its industry-leading maritime asset management and...

Capesize Gains Trickle Down To Other Segments

Capesize market gains spread into other segments, leading the Baltic Dry Index to reach its highest level since January 2014. The gains in...

[Watch] Container Ship Crashes into Gantry Crane in Indonesia

Panama-flagged container ship Soul of Luck collided into a gantry crane in Semarang, Indonesia on Sunday 14 July, causing the crane to collapse. Video obtained...

Pirates Kidnap 10 Turkish Sailors Off Nigeria Coast

Armed sea pirates capture crew members on Turkey-registered cargo ship during an attack in the Gulf of Guinea and kidnap 10, reports Daily Sabah. What...

Asian Ports Prepared for IMO 2020 With Hitachi’s Analyser

HHTAC delivered X-MET8000’s to both the MPA Singapore and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority as they required a fuel oil sulphur content test...

Containerships Executes First SIMOPS for LNG Bunkering

Containerships carries out SIMOPS bunkering on its LNG-powered CONTAINERSHIPS NORD vessel in the Port of Rotterdam.  CONTAINERSHIPS NORD becomes the first container carrier...

A Night-long Rescue by Edmonton Fire Rescue Team Save 300 People...

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services rescued over 300 people from the Edmonton Riverboat on Saturday.  The boat was unable to return to its dock...

IMO Compliant Fuels Receive Berths from Fujairah Bunkering Hub

Ships carrying IMO compliant marine fuels will be allocated four berths by  UAE's port of Fujairah.  Berths 3A, 3B, 3E and 3W will...

LNG-fuelled Transport Gets a Bulk Carrier Tender from Melbourne Based BHP

BHP floated a bulk carrier tender for LNG-fuelled transport for up to 27 million tonnes of its iron ore, first one of its...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 28, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 28th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...

Port of Rotterdam Refuels LNG Using ‘Simultaneous Bunkering’ Technique

The port of Rotterdam has welcomed a ship bunkered LNG using a procedure termed as simultaneous bunkering. The procedure was made possible by Containerships Nord, allows ships...

J.P.Morgan Container Ship Seized With 20 Tons of Cocaine Released by...

According to an article published in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. authorities have released a container ship that was seized with 20 tons of...

Expansion of Bunker Operations in Europe by UK’s Harvest Energy Marine

Harvest Energy Marine has acquired Vadero Highlander, an ocean-going bunker tanker as a part of its bunkering operations in Europe. The company had...

Going All the Way in Transforming Maersk: Soren Skou

For things to change, we must first change our own mindsets and habits, wrote Maersk CEO, Soren Skou in a LinkedIn post. This was...

IMO 2020 Pressure Makes Low Sulphur Fuels Reach 16 Year High

According to an Argus Media report, the prices of fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 1pc are edging towards parity with Brent...

Hapag-Lloyd’s Self Painting Robots To Handle Ship Fouling

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing ship-painting robots with nine of its ships, says an article published in their website. Manual work replaced...

DNV GL Approves Chelsea’s Sea Sentry Washwater Monitoring Services

In a  major development, Chelsea Technologies’ Sea Sentry wash water monitoring system for ship exhaust gas cleaning systems has received DNV-GL type approval, says...

Vessels Violating Sanctions Get Their Flags Withdrawn by Panama

Panama to withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation. About 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria from...

Dynamics in Oil Market Favors Chinese Refiners

  Distillate demand from shipping has prompted Chinese refiners to use light-cycle oil w to increase volumes of IMO2020 compliant fuel. Blending light cycle...