IMO 2020 Set To Raise Iron Ore Freight Rates
Iron ore freight rates might face an increase between iron ore producers Brazil, Australia and Indonesia, to the largest importer China with IMO...
Number of Ship Total Losses Lowest in a Century
During the annual Safety and Shipping Review, it was mentioned that 2,698 shipping incidents tallied by Allianz were just 1% lower than in 2017.
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Weekly Maritime Security Report- Week 20, 2019
Protection Vessel International has released the Maritime Security Report for Week 20 of 2019. The report formulated on 4th June 2019 highlights the various security...
Crush Incident Involving a Falling Hatch Cover on General Cargo Vessel
According to an accident investigation report into the marine accident by the UK government highlights what happened, safety lessons learned and recommendations to avoid...
Storm Miguel Kills Three After Overturning Rescue Ship Off French Coast
According to an article published by BBC, a rescue boat has overturned in the Atlantic off the west coast of France leaving three crew...
Portuguese Ship Operator Agrees To $1.5M Fine in Charleston Pollution Case
The operator of the Achilleus bulk carrier has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine in a case where the ship’s engineers dumped oily...
Intoxicated Dublin Boaters Blocked Cruise Ship from Navigating in Shipping...
According to Newsweek report, a 4,000-ton cruise ship was blocked from entering a port in Dublin, Ireland, by a small sailing boat of drunk...
Budapest Cruise Accident Captain Has a History! Arrested Before in Separate...
The captain of a river cruise ship involved in a deadly collision last week with a smaller pleasure boat in Budapest is already under...
Afro-Americans Heal As They Gather To Hear the Last Slave Ship...
According to a National Geographic article by JOEL K. BOURNE, JR., hope swirled through the packed gymnasium of the aptly named Robert Hope Community...
Maersk Implements Digital Certificates for Seafarers
According to an article published in the Maritime Digitalisation and Communications, AP Moller-Maersk is leading a pilot project to test using digital certificates for seafarers...
Total Marine Fuels Shows How To Prepare for IMO 2020
According to a Platts article, the global bunker supplier Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions has announced that they have successfully conducted several trials of...
Cruise Ship Employees Reveal 7 Most Annoying Things Passengers Do
For some cruise ship workers, interacting with passengers can be a blessing and a curse. Mark Matousek writes about the experience of 39 current...
IMO Gears Up To Investigate Scrubbers’ Washwater
In a recent development, the International Maritime Organization’s MEPC, Marine Environment Protection Committee, announced that they will investigate open-looped scrubbers' discharge, in particular, the...
Cruise Ship Design for the Human Scale
The Spring/Summer 2019 issue of International Cruise & Ferry Review published suggestions given by YSA Design chairman Trond Sigurdsen, why cruise lines could pay...
Chevron To Bring IMO Compliant Shipping Fuel
Chevron plans to bring an IMO-compliant 0.5% sulphur shipping fuel blend to the market by the end of the third quarter, reports Reuters.
Stringent IMO...
Ocean Freight Rates Set To Rise as Shippers Struggle To Install...
With IMO deadline just months away, shipping lines are scrambling to fit scrubbers, but some are finding they have left it too late...
Have $10,000 Per Night To Spend on a Cruise Ship?
According to an article published by Forbes, you can easily spend that much when you sail on the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, widely acknowledged...
Ship Insurers ‘Already Charging’ War Risk Premium for Fujairah Post-Sabotage Attacks
The Joint War Committee of insurance body Lloyd's Market Association on May 17 issued a circular.
They have added Persian Gulf and adjacent...
Marshall Islands To Police IMO Infraction Case-by-Case
Marshallese registry has decided to consider infraction on a case-by-case basis, in line with guidance from the IMO, which has set a sulphur limit...
Search Continues for Crew of Cargo Ship That Sunk in Central...
According to an article published in Jakarta Globe, the Ministry of Transportation has deployed patrol boats in search of 17 missing crew members of...
