EU and IMO Align Systems on Shipping and Carbon Emission

The shipping and Carbon emission issues go hand in hand. There are various regulations to deal with carbon emissions and various IMO and EU regulations...

[Alert] HFO Carriers Beware! Your Vessel Maybe Subjected To Condition Survey

Having an old HFO carrier is dangerous for shipowners. Most of them do not meet the safety and security requirement of the present times, especially...

Valmet Wins Deal To Supply Scrubbers for Seven 23,000-Teu HMM Ships

HMM placed order for 20 eco-friendly containership, 12 with capacity 23,000-TEUs and eight with 14,000-TEUs of capacity. Valmet to supply scrubber system for...

Nakilat Utilises Newly Expanded Panama Canal To Reduce Voyage Duration

Nakilat’s LPG vessels have transited through the newly expanded Panama Canal some 16 times. As one of the world’s leading transporter of clean...

Navios Sells One VLCC for $21.75 Million

In a recent development, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation ("Navios Acquisition") announced on April 1st, that they have sold their oldest vessel of their fleet, the...

Baltic Exchange To Adapt Its Benchmark Dry Bulk Freight Indexes Ahead...

Baltic Exchange to adapt its benchmark dry bulk freight indexes to upcoming IMO 2020 regulations, by using vessels without scrubbers in its timecharter...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 13, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 13th week of this year. The report dated 29th March 2019 provides a valuable...

New Maritime Measures Threaten To Rock Oil Industry’s Boat

The clock is ticking down for the introduction of a piece of regulation for anti-pollution measures. The new regulations aim to reduce the amount...

Large Crane Crashes onto Gigantic Cruise Ship

According to Wesh2news, a large construction crane fell onto Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas cruise. What happened? On April 1, the incident happened in the Bahamas...

No Buyers for Maersk’s Supply Subsidiary

A.P. Moller - Maersk Board of Directors has decided to retain full ownership of Maersk Supply Service. Maersk Supply Service launched a new...

CMA CGM White Shark Sustainable Marine Biofuel Refueling at Rotterdam Trial

In a recent development, IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, CMA CGM, the Good Shipping Program and the Port of Rotterdam have announced that they...

Bulk Report – Week 13, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 13th week of this year. The report formulated on 29th March 2019...

DNV GL Chief Bats for Safety Over Environmental Concerns

According to DNV GL's  Chief Executive of Class Society Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, as environmental concerns overtake safety and security issues in the shipping technology, markets,...

An Industry Transformation : Richard Branson’s Adults-Only Virgin Voyages Luxury Cruise...

Tickets for Virgin Voyages maiden voyage in April 2020 are now on sale. Instead of buffets, more than 20 individual restaurants are included...

Baltic Index Dips 46% Marking Its Biggest Quarterly Slump in Three...

The Baltic index, was down 0.4%, at 689 points and has fallen about 46% marking its biggest quarterly decline in three years. The...

Open Loop Scrubbers Viable for 80-90% of Global Shipping

Yara Marine sees 80-90% open loop scrubbers feasible, though a growing number of countries and regions around the world are introducing bans on...

Massive Ship’s Return Trip To Close The Delaware Memorial Bridge Again

The ship that caused the Delaware Memorial Bridge to shut down traffic last Tuesday is set to do it again. The Zhen Hua...

Trafigura Ships More Asian Gasoline To Americas on New Tanker

Trafigura is shipping newly built crude tanker with Asian gasoline onboard to South America amid strong demand in the West. The Suezmax ship owned...

LNG Fuelling Infrastructure – Multiple Demand Is Key To Success!

Chart Industries to develop cryogenic tank equipment at Eagle LNG’s Talleyrand LNG bunkering station in the Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT) in Florida. The...

Drunken Sailors from Dutch Cargo Ship Rescued from a Deserted Island!

According to Boston News, Three sailors from a Dutch cargo ship were rescued from a deserted island hours after getting lost in foggy conditions...