Bulk Carrier Lists After Ore Liquefaction, Anchored in New Caledonia

Based on an article published in Fleetmon, a bulk carrier listed after its ore started liquifying, the vessel turned back and is currently anchored...

Trade War Cuts U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas Exports to China

  As trade war escalates between the United States and China, no LNG vessels that left the United States in March and April have...

Sailor Warning After UAE Reports Oil Tankers Attacks in the Persian...

U.S.-bound Saudi tanker hit by ‘sabotage’ on way to load oil off the United Arab Emirates coast on May 12. Two of the targeted...

What’s Next for Grain and Coal Ship Transiting Through Panama Canal?

Since the Panama Canal’s larger ‘Neopanamax’ locks debuted in June 2016, the spotlight has shone on container ships and carriers of liquefied natural gas...

ABB Technology To Improve Eckerö Line’s Cruise Ferry Operational Safety

ABB’s situational awareness solution, ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision, will allow MS Finlandia to enhance safety during maneuvering and docking, says a press release...

Shell To Ship First Cargo of LNG from Australia’s Prelude in...

In a major development, Shell's CFO Jessica UhI has said that they have shipped their first LNG cargo from their Australian floating LNG production...

Green House Gases Emissions Resolution To Be Submitted at MEPC 74

According to an article published in Safety4Sea, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), along with several IMO member states and NGOs, are...

Two Saudi Oil Tankers Suffered Sabotage in UAE

Saudi Arabia's oil tankers suffered a "sabotage attack" on Sunday off the coast of Fujairah, UAE, reports Platts. What happened? Saudi Arabia’s two oil tankers were targeted...

Structural Components That Effected Suezmax Slow Down

x While the Q4 rally was enjoyed by all classes of tankers, including those from the product tanker segment, one particular crude carrying class has...

Legal Nightmares You Can Face on a Ship?

Cruise ship passengers can be exposed to legal systems that don't provide the same protections they would find in the US. When a...

Liners Like Seaspan Chartering More Ships To Gain Scrubbers Momentum

According to an article published in Freight Waves, Seaspan Corporation, the largest U.S.-listed lessor of container ships, reported strong quarterly profits driven by a...

Improper Execution of Helm Orders Resulted in Collision

The Incident At 0250 local time on June 13, 2018, the inbound bulk carrier Yochow collided with the articulated tug and barge OSG Independence/OSG 243, which...

DryBulk FFA Market: The Long Road To Recovery

According to a report by Freight Investor Services, after being depressed for a long time, the recovery for freight rates appeared not to be...

Japan Boosts Spot VLCC Charters

Japanese refiners have stepped up chartering VLCCs in the spot market due to changing trade patterns, on the back of rising US crude...

Tanker Collision, Gasoline Spill Closes Portion of Houston Ship Channel

Based on a Reuters report, one barge was severely damaged and another capsized following a collision with a 755-foot (230-m) tanker in the Houston...

China Tests Sniffers To Inspect Vessel Sulphur Emissions

According to a press release by Lloydslist, China has set up monitoring facilities on the Yangtze River for screening high-sulphur fuel. What happened? China has installed monitoring...

Euronav Sees Positive Upshot Ahead of IMO 2020

The First quarter 2019 proved to be an unusual and largely resilient one for the large crude tanker sector. Despite demand reduction and...

[Watch] Houston Ship Channel Crash

This is a live video from Air 11, over the Houston Ship Channel, where two barges and a tanker collided. One tanker is damaged,...

Chevron Oronite’s New Lubes Additive for 0.5% Sulphur Fuels

In a recent development, Chevron Oronite has announced that they have introduced a new marine cylinder lubricant additive package specially designed for ships operating...

Ships Rolling in Choppy Waters As Cyclone Fani Makes Landfall

The Navy has as many as seven warships on standby, three following the eye of the storm while another four warships are positioned off...