European Ports Expand LSFO Storage in Preparation for IMO 2020

According to a Platts report, european ports have been expanding their low sulfur fuel oil storage capacity ahead of IMO 2020 -- a lower...

80% of Scrubbers Are Open-Loop: DNV GL

According to classify society DNV GL, the vast majority of over 3,000 scrubber installations to ships are for open-loop systems despite concerns over washwater,...

Awilco LNG Carrier Damaged by Another Ship Off Singapore

An LNG carrier owned by Norwegian LNG transportation company Awilco LNG has been struck by another vessel off Singapore on May 30, reports Platts. En-route...

Equinor Evacuates Statfjord A Platform After Collision

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor has evacuated oil workers from its Statfjord A platform in the North Sea after a collision with a...

Sinopec Announces 10m Ton LSFO Production for IMO 2020

Sinopec, China’s largest oil refining company, schedules the production capability of 10 million tons of low-sulfur marine fuel oil by 2020 and attainment of...

The Scrubber Debate Ahead of IMO 2020

To comply with the Sulphur regulation, scrubbers are turning out to be a favourite for the ship-owners due to cost and convenience. More...

Ship Total Losses Fell in 2018

Allianz reports that in 2018, 46 total losses of vessels were reported worldwide. It was down from 98 losses 12 months earlier, with...

Trade Tensions Worry Ship Operators

Recent weakness in shipping rates sends an ominous signal just as some major economies are starting to stumble and trade tensions are rising. ...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 23, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 23rd week of this year. The report dated 7th June 2019 provides a valuable insight into...

Belgium To Spot Check Ships for BWMC Compliance

Belgium has become one of the first European nations to enforce the mandate for IMO Ballast Water Management Convention. The Belgian government has selected...

Carnival Fined $20 Million for Dumping Trash into the Ocean Again

According to an article published in Business Insider, Carnival Corp. will pay $20 million after Princess Cruises, a Carnival subsidiary, admitted to violating the...

Maersk Ukraine Predicts Slowdown Growth of Container Traffic Market in Ukraine

According to the Director General of Maersk Ukraine, Roman Koloianov, Maersk Ukraine expects a slowdown in the growth rate of the container traffic market...

[Watch] Bystanders Run From the Scene As Towering Ship Bears Down...

Footage of the incident showed passengers who had been waiting at a wharf in San Basilio-Zattere fleeing for safety as the huge ship, its...

Maritime Cyber Risk Management Forum

The 2019 Maritime Cyber Risk Management Forum is scheduled to be held in London at Norton Rose Fulbright in the London Riverside, on 25th...

Japan To Test IMO-Compliant Bunker Fuel From Refiners on Coastal Ships...

A recent report by Platts from Tokyo says that  Japan's transport ministry intends to run a trial soon to use bunker fuel from local...

Argus launches IMO 2020-compliant assessments for Zhoushan, China

According to a PR Newswire article, the global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched two price assessments for marine fuels delivered...

WinGD Launches Low Speed Engines in Response To Increasing Eco-engine Demand

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd.) has introduced three new low-speed, two-stroke engines that are capable of operating on low emission fuels in response...

China Launches Rocket From Yellow Sea for the First Time

China successfully launched a rocket from a ship at sea for the first time on Wednesday 05th June, the latest step forward in its...

Restored 19th-century German Wooden Sailing Ship Sinks After Collision

Elbe No 5, restored at a cost of €1.5m, sunk after it collided with container vessel near Hamburg, reports The Guardian. What happened? Recently restored wooden...

Bunker Tester VPS Sees Wide Range of 0.5% Sulphur Fuel Viscosity

Bunker testing laboratory VPS sees a wide viscosity range in the samples it has seen so far of new cleaner marine fuel blends for...