China’s Stricter Ship Emissions Rules a Boon for IMO 2020 Compliance
China has geared up to strengthen their ship emission rules as the world prepares for the 2020 deadline. The tighter rules on shipping emissions...
[Watch] Passengers Cling to Side of Stricken Ferry
Passengers of a crashed ferry clung to the vessel overnight as poor weather slowed rescue efforts. The captain ran the vessel into a reef...
It’s a Cavitation Tunnel
A facility used for propeller cavitation tests. This is a vertical water circuit with large diameter pipes. A parallel inflow is established. With or...
ABB Turbochargers Help China’s Biggest Box Ship Optimize Performance
Delivered last month by China's Jiangnang Shipyard (Group) Co, the 21,000+ TEU COSCO Shipping Universe has broken the record for China's largest containership and...
Is Hong Kong Destined to be the Major Ship Finance Centre...
With the shipping industry heavily hit by the overcapacity of ships and insufficient cargo demands that arose after the 2008-09 recession, all eyes are...
Long Drought Puts Pressure on Dutch Shipping Sector
The longest drought in decades is drying out rivers in the usually wet Netherlands, hitting cargo traffic and threatening a shortage of bulk supplies...
U.S. Refiners From Exxon to Valero Have Edge Ahead of Ship...
Tougher shipping rules are impending for quite some time and world’s shipping fleet is preparing for it. Amidst this, the refiners are having an...
Vessel Carrying 1,000 Cars Runs Aground Off Sweden
On July 24, a cargo vessel carrying 1000 cars ran aground due to navigation issues in Sweden.
What happened?
The Panama-flagged cargo vessel ‘Makassar Highway’ was...
LR Grants Cyber Security AiP to DSME Smart Ship Solution
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from LR for the DSME Smart Ship Solution (DS4®), receiving...
IMB Report: Persistent Piracy Risk Off West Africa
A quarterly report released by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) showed that all 2018 crew kidnappings have so far occurred in the Gulf...
Two Minutes of Terror for Ship Off NSW
On July 24, a container vessel was battered by huge waves and many containers stacked onboard the vessel fell into the Sea.
What happened?
The 43,000-tonne...
Will the Cost of 2020 Compliance be on the Owner or...
The cost of compliance will badly affect the shipping industry if proper measures aren’t taken, warns the deputy director of the North P&I...
[Watch] Sailors Rescued by a Passing Cargo Ship
The sailors were taking the voyage from Indonesia to Australia aboard their yacht, the Jepeda IV, when inclement weather dismantled their mast some 370...
Alert! Fuel System Related Failures Due to Contaminated Bunker
What happened?
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has recently published a Safety Alert relating to unplanned releases of different and unrelated gases:
10/#18 entitled...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
Watch out here for the right answers and the winners. Please provide your profile picture and a brief about you to be featured here....
Trade War Casts a Shadow Over LNG Ship Boom
The booming market for liquefied natural gas can weather an escalating US-China trade war. But the risks are mounting.
So far, LNG has been left...
Wartsila Sees Rising Orders in Marine Segment as IMO Rules Loom
As the demand for environmental solutions for marine fuels rise ahead of impending IMO regulations, the global technology company Wartsila is witnessing a steep...
Ironbark Zinc Secures Services of 30,000-tonne Cargo Ship
Ironbark Zinc Ltd has secured the services of a 30,000-tonne cargo ship to sail to its flagship Citronen base metal project site in Greenland...
Through Steel: A Ship-wide Sensor Mesh
A new networked, radio mesh technology that could offer an affordable solution to one of shipping’s biggest safety challenges, writes Charlie Bartlett on Motorship.
Network...
First LNG-powered ConRo Ship for Crowley Delivered
Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken delivery of El Coquí, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by LNG, from...
