IMO 2020: Boxship Scrubber Retrofits To Surge

A recent survey shows a fairly large chunk of the boxship fleet to head into repair yards in the coming months leading up to...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 18, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 18th week of this year. The report dated 3rd May 2019 provides a valuable insight...

Can Oil Companies Cater To IMO 2020 VLSFO Demands?

Petrobras has just produced and supplied its first batch of IMO 2020-compliant marine fuel, it is capable of producing 45,000-barrel per day. Sulfur...

Maersk First To Offer Digital Ocean Customs Clearance

Maersk has launched Customs Clearance online shipping management platform in seven European countries - Germany, France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, and Spain. ...

Pirates Hijack Blue Marlin! Vessel Recovered and Crew Freed

A Royal Boskalis Westminster heavy transport vessel has been recovered and the crew freed after being hijacked on Sunday about 80 miles offshore Equatorial...

How AI Can Help in Ship Navigation?

The risk of the collision remains a challenge, with up to 3,000 such incidents reported annually. A new entrant to the market, Orca...

More Propane and Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids To Transit the Expanded Panama...

In June 2016, the Panama Canal Authority, the body that operates the Panama Canal, opened the third set of locks that facilitated the transit of...

PSC Issues Guidelines To Prepare Crews for IMO 2020 Spot Sampling

In light of the 2020 sulphur cap, the frequency of PSC taking spot samples of a ship’s fuel oil to verify its sulphur content...

Wartsila Solutions To Make Sovcomflot’s Arctic Tankers More Efficient

In a recent development, the technology group Wärtsilä has announced that they have been contracted by Sovcomflot, Russia’s largest shipping company, to roll out...

Wärtsilä’s Cruise Waste-To-Energy Solutions To Reduce Carbon Footprint

Gone are the days when taking care of the environment was purely an altruistic venture. Sustainability, these days, has become intrinsically linked to profitability...

ABB Wins Contract To Power the First Chinese-Built Cruise Vessel

ABB is all set to supply a comprehensive power and propulsion package for China’s first domestically built cruise ship. It will supply an integrated...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 18, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 18th week of this year. The report formulated on 3rd May 2019 highlights...

Greek Shipping Companies Fined for Discharging Oil in Texas Ports

Two Greek shipping companies were sentenced to pay $4 million in fines following illegal discharges by their vessels of oil into the waters of...

Panama Ready for World’s Second Largest LNG Tanker Transit After Expansion

World’s second-largest LNG tanker, to pass through the Panama Canal for the first time, expanding the Americas to Asia trade route for the...

WW Ocean Adds Second Post-Panamax Vessel To Hero Fleet

WW Ocean has added the second of four new post-Panamax ‘Hero-class’ vessels to its fleet of large car and truck carriers. MV Traviata has a...

Panama Canal 13.11 Meter Draft Restriction from May 28

Panama Canal Authority announced a new maximum draft restriction of 43 feet or 13.11 meters which will come into effect May 28. The current...

World’s First LNG Ship-to-ship Refueling by Pavilion in Singapore

Pavilion performed world's first ship-to-ship LNG refueling operation 2000 cubic metres of LNG. The refueling was done at Singapore port which has already...

60% of World Ship Orders Will Be of LNG Ships by...

According to a South Korean study, ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) are expected to account for six out of 10 new vessel...

Cloud Based Digital Platform for Fuel and Ballast Testing

LuminUltra's cloud-enabled digital platform will help in managing fuel and ballast treatment procedures by allowing onboard sampling and testing. One can check the...

IMO Policy Change Documents To Be Made Public Prior MEPC 74

According to a Ship Insight article, MEPC 74  is meeting in a few days’ time (13-17 May) and it will be the first Marine...