It’s an Intering™ Anti-heeling Systems
The air- or pump-activated inclination equalising systems operating during loading and unloading, in order to keep heel as low as possible. The Intering anti-heeling...
MPA Choose B-QUA Kit for Ballast Water Testing
A French water microbiology expert aqua-tools has won a tender to supply Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) with its B-QUA ballast water test...
Future Sailors: What will Ships Look Like in 30 Years?
International shipping accounts for more than 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions, roughly the same as aircraft. But the 2015 Paris agreement to fight...
VLCC Changes Course for Fourth Time
New-build VLCC Maran Aphrodite, which is carrying a 200,000 tonne diesel cargo from Asia, has changed its final destination for the fourth time, Reuters...
China Makes Breakthrough in Mega-ship Production
China has delivered one of the world's largest cargo ships, which has the capability to carry over 21,000 containers. The Chinese experts say that...
The Successful Marriage of Gas and Electrics
The ferry route from Bergen in southwest Norway to Kirkenes in the north has no less than 34 stops that traverse some of the...
Mobile System Successfully Treats Ballast Water on Ship
A report released by Glosten and Global Diving & Salvage has successfully implemented a mobile system which successfully treats ballast water.
Treatment of ballast water
Its...
ONE Sees First Newly Painted Freight Vessel Delivered
The Japanese Company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has obtained the delivery of its first magenta coloured newly built containership.
The 14,026 TEU vessel named as...
Drunk Captain Blamed in Deadly Crash in World Cup Host City
On June 11, a drunk captain was responsible for causing a boat crash that claimed the lives of 11 people on a river cruise...
[Watch] Woman Attempts to Jump Into Swimming Pool – Only for...
A VIRAL video has captured the hilarious moment a young woman attempts to jump into a swimming pool on holiday via an inflatable float....
What Precautions to Take If You are Bunkering in Ports Which...
What are these ports?
It could be Panama, it could be Netherlands Antilles, it could be any of the Caribbean ports, it could be the...
Guidelines for Liquefied Gas Carrier Structures – Independent Prismatic Tanks
A Leading Classification Society, ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Liquefied Gas Carrier Structures – Independent Prismatic Tanks. The Guidelines specify the technical requirements...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
Watch out here for the right answers and the winners. Please provide your profile picture and a brief about you to be featured here....
ABB Ability Lands Major Deal for Nine Heavy Lift Vessels
OCTOPUS marine software will map the safest and most efficient routes for a fleet of heavy lift vessels servicing the expansion of a giant...
[Watch] 3 Thousand-foot Freighters Converging Near Soo Locks
Ship lovers got a treat in recent days when three of the Great Lakes' massive thousand-footers where gathered at the Soo Locks in Michigan's...
Coldharbour Targets Greek Market as BW Demand Picks Up
“We are in the final stages of a successful ballast water treatment installation for one of our key Greek clients, and we are in...
History: Container Shipping Accident Adds to a History of Incidents
Another incident has been added to the long list of the history of shipping accidents. According to a story published in the Herald, the...
New Rules Drive Essential Work in Gibdock’s Direction
According to Gibdock, the need for ship owners to comply with new rules on environmental responsibility should not disguise the fact that choosing the...
FueLNG Orders Singapore’s First LNG Bunker Vessel
The company FueLNG has placed an order for a US$37.5M, 7,500 m3 gas carrier that will be Singapore’s and southeast Asia’s first LNG Bunker...
Cosco Shipping to Test Mitsubishi Scrubber
The COSCO shipping company is gearing up it vessel to host a pilot installation of a new scrubber technology developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...