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...

DNV GL’s ‘HOT’ Approach To Incident Investigation and Safety Assessment

Reaping the full benefits of incident investigations is a complex challenge. Keeping this in mind DNV GL integrated human, organizational and technical dimensions, also...

SHI Builds LNG-Fuelled Vessels Using Own Technology

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) announced that it has successfully built its first LNG-fuelled vessels with its own technology, says an article published in LNG...

Grindrod Shipping Secures Loan for Two New Ultramaxes

Singapore-based Grindrod Shipping receives approval for a new term loan facility to finance a portion of the purchase price for its two Ultramax eco...

[Watch] Why Natural Gas Could Be the Fuel That Changes the...

The first liquefied natural gas tanker ship passed through the expanded Panama Canal, hauling gas from the U.S. Gulf Coast. The shortcut means less...

Port of Rotterdam Deploys Blockchain for Energy Grid and Logistics

Often lacking trust, for large-scale data sharing that can simplify and accelerate business processes is provided by Blockchain by recording data in a...

Two Cruise Ships Collide! Parallel Parking Job Gone Wrong

Two cruise ships collided while in a port in Vancouver, shocking passengers early on the 4th  morning, reports Vancouver News. What happened? The Vancouver Fraser Port...

DryBulk FFA Market: More Headwinds in Q2 Despite Brucutu Mine Restart

Capesize market is expected to face more headwinds in Q2 2019, despite some market optimism in Vale’s restart of Brucutu mine, says an article...

Euronav Sees Tanker Rate Upside from IMO 2020

Euronav reported net income of $19.5 million for the quarter, up from a loss of $39.1 million in the first quarter of 2018. ...

Why Cruise Ships are Incubators for Measles and Other Diseases?

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2018, 11 cruise ships carrying hundreds of passengers to the United States...

How ‘Flags of Convenience’ Have Shrunk Australia’s Merchant Fleet?

The Australian Labor Party is promising to create a strategic fleet of up to a dozen ships – oil tankers, gas carriers, and...

SCA Says 68 Vessels With a Cargo Tonnage of 5.2 Million...

According to an Egypt Independent report, the Suez Canal Economic Zone’s (SCEZ) Chairman Mohab Mamish said that traffic passing through the Suez Canal in...

Measles Quarantined US Cruise Resumes Journey from St. Lucia After 100...

According to a BBC report, the US cruise ship which was placed in quarantine after a case of measles broke out onboard has reportedly...