Valero, the second-largest refiner in the United States has been accused of selling contaminated bunker fuel. A Saudi and a Mexican company have filed lawsuits...

The main shareholder and the chairman of Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk both backed management’s efforts to reshape Maersk Supertankers. The world’s largest...

While European Commission is to announce whether or not it will extend the BER later this year having combed through many submissions from across...

In a major development, Maersk has announced that their Energy Division head and Vice CEO Claus V. Hemmingsen will be stepping done by the end...

The Arctic LNG 2 project envisages constructing three LNG trains at 6.6 million tons per annum each, using gravity-based structure (GBS) platforms. The...

In a recent development, Scorpio Bulkers Inc. has announced that they have reached agreements with certain lenders to increase certain existing credit facilities by...

Protection Vessel International has released the Maritime Security Report for Week 12 of 2019. The report formulated on 2nd April 2019 highlights the various security...

The U.S. Gulf Coast is set to become a net crude oil exporting region for the first time on a quarterly basis. This...

Wärtsilä is selected to design a multi-purpose transport vessel that will operate in Antarctic waters. The ship was equipped with a number of integrated propulsion...

KNM Helge Ingstad frigate and the Sola TS tanker collided north of the Sture terminal in Øygarden. The police confirmed that the pilot...

According to a World Maritime News article, four crew members have reportedly been kidnapped from a general cargo ship 14nm off Douala, Cameroon. What happened? On...

In a major development, the leading classification society ClassNK has released the ClassNK Cyber Security Approach which outlines their basic approach to ensuring onboard...

The shipping and Carbon emission issues go hand in hand. There are various regulations to deal with carbon emissions and various IMO and EU regulations...

Having an old HFO carrier is dangerous for shipowners. Most of them do not meet the safety and security requirement of the present times, especially...

HMM placed order for 20 eco-friendly containership, 12 with capacity 23,000-TEUs and eight with 14,000-TEUs of capacity. Valmet to supply scrubber system for...

Nakilat’s LPG vessels have transited through the newly expanded Panama Canal some 16 times. As one of the world’s leading transporter of clean...

In a recent development, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation ("Navios Acquisition") announced on April 1st, that they have sold their oldest vessel of their fleet, the...

Baltic Exchange to adapt its benchmark dry bulk freight indexes to upcoming IMO 2020 regulations, by using vessels without scrubbers in its timecharter...

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 13th week of this year. The report dated 29th March 2019 provides a valuable...

The clock is ticking down for the introduction of a piece of regulation for anti-pollution measures. The new regulations aim to reduce the amount...