Going All the Way in Transforming Maersk: Soren Skou

For things to change, we must first change our own mindsets and habits, wrote Maersk CEO, Soren Skou in a LinkedIn post. This was...

IMO 2020 Pressure Makes Low Sulphur Fuels Reach 16 Year High

According to an Argus Media report, the prices of fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 1pc are edging towards parity with Brent...

Hapag-Lloyd’s Self Painting Robots To Handle Ship Fouling

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing ship-painting robots with nine of its ships, says an article published in their website. Manual work replaced...

DNV GL Approves Chelsea’s Sea Sentry Washwater Monitoring Services

In a  major development, Chelsea Technologies’ Sea Sentry wash water monitoring system for ship exhaust gas cleaning systems has received DNV-GL type approval, says...

Vessels Violating Sanctions Get Their Flags Withdrawn by Panama

Panama to withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation. About 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria from...

Dynamics in Oil Market Favors Chinese Refiners

  Distillate demand from shipping has prompted Chinese refiners to use light-cycle oil w to increase volumes of IMO2020 compliant fuel. Blending light cycle...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 25, 2019

Protection Vessels International has released the 25th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 10th July 2019 highlights the various incidents...

Ansheng Shipping Orders Demolition of Teu Feedermax Boxship Hai Su 10

Ansheng Shipping has sent the 698 teu feedermax boxship Hai Su 10 for demolition. Delivered by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Hai Su 10 is...

Scorpio Orders Fresh Batch of Scrubbers for $33.3m

Scorpio Group has confirmed that it has ordered a further 14 ENVI-Marine™ emission control systems for its vessels to manage 2020, at a combined...

[Part2] A List of Interesting Papers from the 29th CIMAC Congress

The CIMAC congress just had an interesting discussion on a range of issues shipping industry is currently sailing through. Viswa Group in a 4...

Wind Propulsion Technology Launched by ABS and Marin

A Joint Industry Project has been launched by ABS and MARIN to assess the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies. The JIP covers a majority...

Port of Virginia Commits To LNG Development

Port of Virginia becomes the first port to commit to the development of environmental friendly LNG fuel. It has become a member of SEA/LNG,...

Brittany Ferries Christened Its LNG Vessels

Brittany Ferries introduced two new environment-friendly and CO2 savings ships to its fleet. Kerry will cover the Cork to Santander route from November 2019 to November...

ExxonMobil’s Grade Bunkers Christened As EMF.5

ExxonMobil has christened its grade bunkers as EMF.5™. EMF.5™ is a range of Engineered Marine Fuels developed to fulfill global 0.50 percent sulphur cap. EMF.5 fuel...

How IMO 2020 Affects Transport of Ore, Coal, Grain and Other...

Although the focus of the IMO 2020 regulations is the sulfur content of fuels that will affect tanker and containership profitability, the fallout is...

Chevron Spills 800,000 Gallons of Oil in California Waters

Officials began to clean up a massive oil spill Friday that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a California canyon, making...

LNG Containment System That Makes Smaller Projects Feasible Passes Gas Trials

In a major development, the LNT Marine has announced that they have successfully completed gas trials of its novel LNTA-BOX® containment system aboard the Saga...

[Watch] Giant Shipping Crane Crashing Over Dock After Being Hit by...

A huge shipping crane smashed into the dock in Semrang, the capital city of Central Java in Indonesia, reports Mirror.co.uk. What happened? A huge crane came...

Oil Set for Best Week in Three on Iran Tension and...

Oil capped its best week since mid-June as Tropical Storm Barry gained strength, approaching refineries in Louisiana and leaving deserted offshore platforms on its...

EGCSA Predicts 4,000 Scrubber Equipped Ships by January 2020

According to the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA), an estimated 4,000 ships will be fitted with scrubbers by 1 January 2020 when IMO’s...