Maritime Cyber Risk Management Forum
The 2019 Maritime Cyber Risk Management Forum is scheduled to be held in London at Norton Rose Fulbright in the London Riverside, on 25th...
Japan To Test IMO-Compliant Bunker Fuel From Refiners on Coastal Ships...
A recent report by Platts from Tokyo says that Japan's transport ministry intends to run a trial soon to use bunker fuel from local...
Argus launches IMO 2020-compliant assessments for Zhoushan, China
According to a PR Newswire article, the global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched two price assessments for marine fuels delivered...
WinGD Launches Low Speed Engines in Response To Increasing Eco-engine Demand
WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd.) has introduced three new low-speed, two-stroke engines that are capable of operating on low emission fuels in response...
China Launches Rocket From Yellow Sea for the First Time
China successfully launched a rocket from a ship at sea for the first time on Wednesday 05th June, the latest step forward in its...
Restored 19th-century German Wooden Sailing Ship Sinks After Collision
Elbe No 5, restored at a cost of €1.5m, sunk after it collided with container vessel near Hamburg, reports The Guardian.
What happened?
Recently restored wooden...
Bunker Tester VPS Sees Wide Range of 0.5% Sulphur Fuel Viscosity
Bunker testing laboratory VPS sees a wide viscosity range in the samples it has seen so far of new cleaner marine fuel blends for...
IMO 2020 Set To Raise Iron Ore Freight Rates
Iron ore freight rates might face an increase between iron ore producers Brazil, Australia and Indonesia, to the largest importer China with IMO...
Number of Ship Total Losses Lowest in a Century
During the annual Safety and Shipping Review, it was mentioned that 2,698 shipping incidents tallied by Allianz were just 1% lower than in 2017.
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Weekly Maritime Security Report- Week 20, 2019
Protection Vessel International has released the Maritime Security Report for Week 20 of 2019. The report formulated on 4th June 2019 highlights the various security...
Crush Incident Involving a Falling Hatch Cover on General Cargo Vessel
According to an accident investigation report into the marine accident by the UK government highlights what happened, safety lessons learned and recommendations to avoid...
Storm Miguel Kills Three After Overturning Rescue Ship Off French Coast
According to an article published by BBC, a rescue boat has overturned in the Atlantic off the west coast of France leaving three crew...
Portuguese Ship Operator Agrees To $1.5M Fine in Charleston Pollution Case
The operator of the Achilleus bulk carrier has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine in a case where the ship’s engineers dumped oily...
Intoxicated Dublin Boaters Blocked Cruise Ship from Navigating in Shipping...
According to Newsweek report, a 4,000-ton cruise ship was blocked from entering a port in Dublin, Ireland, by a small sailing boat of drunk...
Budapest Cruise Accident Captain Has a History! Arrested Before in Separate...
The captain of a river cruise ship involved in a deadly collision last week with a smaller pleasure boat in Budapest is already under...
Afro-Americans Heal As They Gather To Hear the Last Slave Ship...
According to a National Geographic article by JOEL K. BOURNE, JR., hope swirled through the packed gymnasium of the aptly named Robert Hope Community...
Maersk Implements Digital Certificates for Seafarers
According to an article published in the Maritime Digitalisation and Communications, AP Moller-Maersk is leading a pilot project to test using digital certificates for seafarers...
Total Marine Fuels Shows How To Prepare for IMO 2020
According to a Platts article, the global bunker supplier Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions has announced that they have successfully conducted several trials of...
Cruise Ship Employees Reveal 7 Most Annoying Things Passengers Do
For some cruise ship workers, interacting with passengers can be a blessing and a curse. Mark Matousek writes about the experience of 39 current...
IMO Gears Up To Investigate Scrubbers’ Washwater
In a recent development, the International Maritime Organization’s MEPC, Marine Environment Protection Committee, announced that they will investigate open-looped scrubbers' discharge, in particular, the...
