Maersk, CMA, MSC, Hapag and ONE Establish Container Shipping Association

According to media reports, a five company nexus is being formed to pave the way for digitalization, standardization and interoperability in the container shipping...

Pirates Attack Vessel

Duty officer on board a Singapore- flagged vessel noticed suspicious men skiff 2 men in Gulf of Aden. What happened? While sailing, the duty officer on...

No Root Cause Found for Bunker Contamination and Related Engine Failures

The CIMAC Fuels working group, gave the below statement on 10 Nov 2018, to update the marine industry on how, as specialists, they see...

Win this Container Ship from Guinness World Records 2019

Guinness World Records asks a question: What weighs more than 20,000 tonnes, can carry thousands of tonnes of cargo and is equivalent in length...

Wärtsilä’s Lock Entry Assist System Aids Damage to Vessels

Wärtsilä and CSL group comes together to build a lock entry assist system. The technology to assist ships into the waterway locks...

Why We Love these Ocean Carriers

Latest blockchain technology and satellite communications is helping Sealand to track shipments and monitor cargo. OOCL is using big data and machine learning...

15-20 LNG Tankers Floating in Asian Waters

Key highlights: Around 15 to 20 LNG tankers are sailing in the Asian waters Among them, most the LNG tankers are based in Singapore,...

Langh Tech to Deliver 10 Scrubbers for the Greek Market

Langh Tech has secured a large contract for the delivery of 10 vessels to be fitted with scrubber systems for Bulk Carriers and Product...

Ship Inspections: Preparing for Brexit

On November 14, the member states' ambassadors gave the presidency a mandate to negotiate with the European Parliament an amendment to rules on the...

Bulker Report – Weekly Highlights

The bulk report specifying the crucial weekly highlights have been rounded up which includes Capesize rates, Panamax and Supramax market, and handysize rates. Capesize It was a...

Container Rate Development: 2018 Year-to-Date Trans-Pacific

In 2018, the US trades have been primarily dominated by the trade war with China which has increased the rates in a significant manner. Key...

ClassNK and TÜV Rheinland Sign Partnership Agreement

Class NK and TÜV Rheinland are up for a new partnership after the successful wind turbine certification, and test and product certification stint...

Poseidon Containers to Charter Four CMA CGM Containerships

Poseidon Containers has agreed to charter four 6,927 TEU containerships to CMA CGM for a period of five years Merger agreement The Global Ship Lease, Inc.,...

[Watch] Boarding the Largest Cruise Ship in the World!

Watch the video of Boarding the Largest Cruise Ship in the World! - Symphony of the Seas Inaugural Cruise. Disclaimer: This video is intended for...

There is Such a Thing as an Annual Bulk Wine Conference

World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) in Netherlands: Astonishing it may sound, but sources revealed that the World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) shall be held on...

MPC Commits to Scrubbers! As Charterers Love Scrubber-fitted Vessels

MPC Container Ships ASA is set to purchase 5 scrubbers for their fleet. Another 50 scrubbers installation will take place in 2019 and...

Cylinder Oil Consumption Monitoring Revealed 4% to 7% Savings

Cylinder oil consumption monitoring is one of the main drivers for fleet performance management. Savings between 4% and 7% are regularly found, in some...

MOL: Safely Visit a Ship Carrying Dangerous Goods with VR

Virtual Visits Now Available on Next-generation VLCC says MOL in its press release. This enables user to Safely Visit a Ship Carrying Dangerous Goods...

Demurrage: Charterers Breached Obligation and Undertaking

Singapore Arbitration 2/18 probably does not develop the law or offer a novel interpretation of common fixture wording. It does, however, illustrate some...

Diana’s New Time Charter Contract With Glencore

Diana Shipping Inc. charters its Kamsarmax vessel for US$13,300 per day. Charter commenced on 13th November 2018. Anticipated gross revenue of US$5.44 million. ...