DSME Cargo Containment System Solidus Approved for LNG Carriers

DNV GL approves DSME's Solidus LNG cargo containment system in vessels. The GASA approval for installation of technology shows faith in DSME's high-performance...

Florida Based Small-scale LNG Plant To Serve Maritime and Offshore Markets

LNG liquefaction plant in Jacksonville, Florida, is supplying bunker fuel to the maritime industry and fuel for onshore rail and electric power. JAX...

The Newly Launched Largest Container Ship of US Creates 900 Jobs

According to the shipbuilding company, General Dynamics NASSCO, Lurline is the largest container ship ever built in the U.S. and it has made history...

Taiwan’s CPC Has Sufficient Naphtha and Gasoline Stocks After Tanker Fire

Taiwan’s CPC Corp. says it has sufficient buffer stocks of naphtha and gasoline after a tanker carrying its naphtha cargo caught fire near the...

Neptune Installs Scrubbers in Two Vessels Ahead of 2020

The shipping transportation solutions provider Neptune Lines, makes an important investment in scrubbers with 10 units installed until Q1 2020, reports MarineLink. Scrubber installations Denmark-based ME...

Court To Auction Grandfame Handy Bulker

According to an article published in Splash 247, Ningbo Maritime Court will hold an auction to sell the 2010-built 35,000 dwt handy bulker Oriental Dragon on...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 24, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 27th week of this year. The report formulated on 14th June 2019 highlights the...

Israel’s ORL Delivers First Cargo of IMO-spec Marine Fuel Sources

Israel’s Oil Refineries has delivered its first of IMO compliance fuel with 0.5% sulphur content. Haifa-based 197,000 barrel per day refinery loaded its first...

IMO Approves Measures To Improve Mooring Safety

MSC approved measures to improve the safety of seafarers during mooring operations were incorporated during the committee meeting. It amends SOLAS regulation and guidelines...

Speed Made Headlines Both Inside and Outside IMO

Ahead of last month's, 74th meeting of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) there was some excitement over reported plans to set speed...

What Impact Could Oil Tanker Attacks have on Global Economy?

Attacks targeting two oil tankers in the strait of Hormuz on Thursday followed strikes against four ships a month ago. As a result the...

Total to Ship US Gulf Gasoline to Australia in Rare Move

In a rare move, Total plans to move a gasoline shipment from the US Gulf Coast to Australia to take advantage of the arbitrage...

Insurance Claims Over 2020 Sulphur Cap Spike

The new 0.5% sulphur global limit may still be several months away, but Gard chief executive Thore Roppestad reveals that disputes have already arrived...

ClassNK’s New Software Security Guidelines Released

Leading Classification Society ClassNK announced the release of its Guidelines for Software Security which target software developers, system integrators, and more, says an article...

Saga LNG Completes Gas Trials for Its New Carrier

Saga LNG Shipping completes the gas trials for its new LNG carrier, Saga Dawn, says an article published in LNG World News. Saga Dawn gas...

DSME Bags Its Fifth LNG Carrier Order from Maran Gas

According to an article published in LNG World News, the leading South Korean shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has reserved a...

Will Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Get Their Groove Back?

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. noted that the stock most recently closed at 7.8 and by going back a full year, the stock has...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 21, 2019

  Protection Vessel International has released the Maritime Security Report for Week 21 of 2019. The report formulated on 12th June 2019 highlights the various security...

Tanker Ship Hit Sunshine Bridge Reopens Again

According to an article published in The Advocate, a tanker ship hit the Sunshine Bridge on Sunday afternoon, prompting a temporary closure of the...

Batangas-Bound Ship Catches Fire Near Recto Bank

According to an article published in Rappler, a car carrier caught fire near Recto Bank and was subsequently abandoned by its crew members. What happened? On...