Ships Scrub Up To Meet New Pollution Standard

The new international limit for sulfur emissions is prompting a shift toward a controversial technology, writes Lina Zeldovich in an article published in Hakai...

AI To Bring Ship Management into the 21st Century

  Signal Ocean is a new platform created by Greek shipping tycoon Ioannis Martinos that aims to enhance commercial performance for the shipping industry. ...

Crew Suffer Serious Burns After Explosion on Cargo Ship Off Cornwall

Three crew members were airlifted to hospital from a cargo ship after suffering "significant" burns in an on-board explosion, reports BBC. What happened? Coast guard resue...

Bahri Wins Employer of Choice Award

Bahri has bagged the coveted "Best Recruitment & Talent Management Strategy" award. The awards recognized individuals, teams, and organizations for their outstanding achievements in...

Asian OSN Players To Change Vessel Nomination Process To Ease Demurrage...

Participants of open-spec naphtha meeting have agreed to revise the vessel nomination procedure in a bid to lower demurrage risk. The meeting was held to...

Vroon Delivering Offshore Logistical Support To Total in the Southern Sea

In a major development, Vroon Offshore Services has announced that they have secured a contract with Total E&P to deliver offshore logistical support to...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Signs $600 Million Worth Deals in 2 Weeks

In a recent development, the world’s largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on Sunday 14th April, that they have signed contracts to build vessels,...

Gas Leaders Looking Out To Treasure on the High Seas

According to a Reuters report, a global quest for cleaner energy has fired up demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), which produces less carbon...

Glander CEO Predicts Gasoil, MDO To Be Short-term IMO 2020 Fuel...

According to a Platts report, most shipowners are looking towards a marine gasoil or marine diesel oil shift in the short term and 0.5%...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 14, 2019

Protection Vessel International has released the Maritime Security Report for Week 14 of 2019. The report formulated on 17th April 2019 highlights the various security...

TMS Launches Ship Finance and Trade Conference

According to a press release available on The Maritime Standard website, the Dubai-based publisher, and events organizers have announced that the fifth annual The...

Pirate Attack! Armed Pirates Open Fire and Board Product Tanker

According to a report published by ICC-CCS, a group of pirates armed weapons opened fire and boarded a product tanker. What happened? The incident occurred near...

Can Ship Owners Sacrifice US$1.6M for EU SRR Compliance?

EU SRR mandates that vessels will be recycled only in a yard that appears in the European list of approved yards. The aim...

Digital Container Shipping Association of Major Ocean Carriers Launched

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express have officially established a Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) to drive standardisation, digitalisation, and interoperability and to make...

Sulphur Sniffer in Drone To Patrol Danish Waters

“Sniffer” fitted drone to be introduced to check emissions from ships in Danish waters for their compliance with the sulphur limit, says a press...

ABS Opens Global Sustainability Center in Singapore

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has launched a Global Sustainability Center in Singapore as decarbonising shipping becomes mission critical for the industry classification...

Coldharbour Marine Announces New CEO Appointment

UK-based in-tank ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) manufacturer Coldharbour Marine has appointed Don Stephen as Chief Executive Officer, reports Marine Log. On Stephen’s appointment With over...

Angelicoussis Adds Another 174,000 cum LNG Carrier at DSME

Greek owner Angelicoussis has added one more LNG carriers to his huge orderbook at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), says an...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 15, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 15th week of this year. The report dated 12th April 2019 provides a valuable insight...

Tanker Sector: A Liquid Sales Environment

Tankers are considered to be the most liquid of all the shipping sectors in giving investors flexible market opportunities. Dry bulk sectors had a higher...