Tas Shipbuilder To Build World’s Largest Aluminium Ship

Tasmanian shipbuilder Incat has won a contract worth about $US130 million to build the world's largest aluminium ship, reports SBSNews. What is in the contract? Tasmania...

Vitol’s Malaysian Refinery Set To Meet IMO Demand

Work started last month on Vitol’s new refinery in Malaysia to produce marine fuel compliant with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 0.5pc sulphur...

China’s Scrubber Restriction Zone To Be Expanded

BEIJING to expand its ECA limit where the discharge of wash water from open-loop exhaust gas cleaning system are prohibited. Expansion  will require...

Tick Tock- Countdown To 2020 Global Compliance

Tankers and all vessels will be required to limit their sulphur emissions to just 0.5% from the current limit of 3.5%. Tanker owners...

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Time Charter Contract for M/V Leto With...

According to an article published by Yahoo Finance, Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels. Gross charter...

ABB Powers Tourists to the Niagara Falls with First US Built...

Two new Maid of the Mist passenger vessels will be powered entirely by high-capacity battery packs, becoming the first all-electric vessels ever built...

Knutsen Expands Its LNG Fleet

The LNG carrier ownership and ship management business is conducted through Knutsen LNG and Knutsen OAS Shipping and marine technology development. All of...

Cruise Collides With A Tourist Boat in Danube, 7 Dead,...

A boat that capsized in the Danube River in Budapest with 33 South Korean tourists and a massive search operation is underway, reports the...

Luxury Superyacht Lost At Sea After Falling Off Cargo Ship

A luxury superyacht owned by an Italian billionaire was lost at sea after it slipped from a cargo ship into the Mediterranean, reports CNN What...

Hamburg Süd With Maersk Strengthens Service

  Hamburg Süd in cooperation with Maersk will be expanding and enhancing the services it offers, beginning in June 2019, says an article published in...

Miniature Medicine ‘Submarines’: The New Way To Target Cancer Cells for...

A paper published in Materials Today, the engineers explain how they developed micrometer-sized submarines that exploit biological environments to tune their buoyancy, enabling them...

Doubts Persist Despite More IMO Compliant Fuel Availability

According to a Reuters' report, shipowners, who are facing one of the biggest changes in the oil industry in decades, are seeing more fuels...

Shipowners Eyeing Wall Street Through Direct Listing, Not IPOs

In a recent development, Golar LNG Ltd. has announced that they have plans to spin off their liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier business into...

Ship Doctor Reveals Passengers LIE About This

CRUISES mostly involve relaxing, eating and exploring new ports of call, but not all holidays on cruise ships pass smoothly. A cruise ship doctor...

Are Cruise Ships The New Retirement Homes?

Lee Wachtstetter known as Mama Lee has been living on a cruise ship full-time since she turned 77. Lana Bandoim writes for an article...

Wärtsilä Signs Service Agreements for Four Japanese LNG Carriers

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed long-term service agreements for four Japanese owned LNG Carriers, reports The Maritime Executive. What is in the agreement? Wärtsilä’s Dynamic...

IMO 2020 Challenges Global Refinery Industry’s Capacity

IMO decided to strictly enforce use of bunker fuels with a sulfur content of 0.5% from the existing 3.5% limit, from 2020. ...

Titanic Didn’t Sink Because of an Iceberg – ‘Rogue’ Wave Threat...

According to an interesting article published by the Express United Kingdom, cruise ships are guided by experienced captains, with the majority of journeys proving...

Port of Corpus Christi Begins $380 Million Project to Deepen Ship...

According to an article published by Chron, the Port of Corpus Christi has started work on a $380 million project to deepen and widen...

Boxship Explosion and Fire Disaster Puts 133 People in Hospital

According to an article published in Benzinga, an explosion and fire that tore through a berthed container ship at the weekend caused 133 people...