U.S. Regulator Wants ‘Transparency’ in Fees Charged by Ocean Carriers, Terminals...

FMC plans to keep tracking demurrage and detention issues as report lays out shippers' problems with fees. Answers to shippers and cargo owners A long-awaited...

Goldman: Don’t Expect a Major Oil Price Spike from IMO Regulations

A goldman report says that the bunker issue is solvable as we head for the IMO sulphur cap. The bank estimates about 1...

Fire and Explosions in Containers

Statistics released from various trusted sources have indicated that major cargo fire makes headlines in every 60 days. The timeline from putting out the...

Why Scrapping Became Difficult

According to a newsletter analysis published by Alphabulk in association with MundoMaritimo says that the firm was crucial in changing the shipping world by...

LNG Ship Orders Pour In

Until now, around thirty-three, new LNG vessels have been ordered when compared to 2017 when only nineteen vessels were ordered. Increasing number of owners...

The UK Ship Detentions in August 2018

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2018 after failing...

Contaminated Bunkers – “The Houston Problem”

Houston the first location affected with contaminated bunkers. Singapore too faced bad bunkers and imports approximately 40% of its bunkers from the US. ...

[Watch] Constant Vigilance Is The Key To Safe Sailing

In its latest video, sponsored by The Standard Club, the Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) investigates three recent reports that highlight hazards onboard...

Shipping Rates Plunge as Owners Fret About Trade War Impact

Freight Rates on negative bullish trend Economists and analysts could see economic and trade growth Right after the effective trade policy revision by U.S....

London School of Shipping Launched

New shipping school open in London after long standing discussions Offers valuable knowledge to professionals working in shipping industry Designed and delivered by...

Airbus Cuts Fuel Costs For Cargo Ships 20%

Airbus engineers develop AirSeas in order to make wind power technology for cargo ships. The company is using SeaWing sails on its cargo...

Suzhou and Nantong Also Require Low Sulphur Content Fuel- 1 October...

From 1 October 2018 onwards Vessels entering Suzhou and Nantong ECA Area in Yangtze River Delta ECA to use fuel with sulphur content not...

Towboat Fire Closes Mississippi River in East Arkansas

On September 12, a tow boat fire was reported on the Mississippi River, between east Arkansas and northeastern Mississippi. What happened? The tow boat ‘Jacob Kyle...

Maersk to Invest in Scrubbers

The shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has decided to invest in devices that will curtail the harmful exhaust emissions on its vessels. Compliance with regulations This move...

1,600 Killed When Germans Sank British Ship Off West Africa

History has a habit of repeating itself and whenever that happens it goes on a rampage. To prevent this we need ample understanding of...

Capacity Cuts and Trade War Increase Idle Container Tonnage

Increasing number of container tonnage has been lying idle due to the combination of capacity cuts by the carriers and looming threat to hike...

Market is Mispricing Both HSFO and LSFO

Norway based pharmaceutical company Vistin Pharma has set its sights on big trading opportunities ahead of new stricter shipping fuel regulations in 2020 and...

World’s Most Advanced Ship For Monitoring Harmful Algae Completes Survey

Harmful algal blooms are posing to be a hazard in the Irish waters concluded a advanced ship monitoring survey. Booms of toxin-producing algae and...

Asleep at the Switch, or Awake on All Suits

We are all aware that our industry is going through a period of enormous change, driven by both regulatory and market forces.  But much...

New DNV GL Autonomous Guidelines to be Trialled on Yara Birkeland

DNV GL has announced the release of a class guideline for autonomous and remotely operated vessels, which will be trialled on autonomous cargo vessel...