[Watch] Tug Tows Cruise Ship Adrift in Storm, After 463 Rescued...

According to Norwegian authorities, 463 passengers were airlifted off a cruise ship that got stranded off Norway's western coast in bad weather before the...

BW Group Makes Bid To Expand Gas Ship Holdings

BW Group making a bid to expand its holdings in the shorthaul and regional LPG trade by acquiring the remaining shares in Epic...

Wärtsilä and UNCSA To Train Next-Gen Themed Entertainment Professionals

We live in a digital age, where advances in technology are constantly expanding and changing the themed entertainment design industry. At the School of...

Lack of Risk Assessment Resulted in Rescue Boat Fall

The Incident On 19 June 2018, at about 1645, an original-equipment manufacturer service technician for the davits on the Spirit of Vancouver Island boarded the ferry in Tsawwassen, British Columbia,...

Shell & HES To Revive German Oil Refinery Ahead of IMO...

The sulphur cap set by the IMO from next year, to be one of the biggest fundamental events to hit oil markets in...

Stop the Hype on Open-loop Scrubbers for Sake of Human Health...

The hype around open loop exhaust gas cleaning systems wash water discharge dilutes the focus on human health and the environment. Some governments...

[Watch] Sea Change That Could Roil the Industry

 International Maritime Organization’s sulfur emissions limit for the shipping industry will start in January 2020. IMO says shipowners in violation of the new rules...

Euronav: Summarizing the Tanker Market of 2018 and Beyond

Challenging freight market for crude oil tanker industry with reduced OPEC-driven production and excess supply of large tankers. The highest level of older...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 12, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 12th week of this year. The report dated 22nd March 2019 provides a valuable...

AP Moller – Maersk Sells Total Stake for $1 Billion

According to a seatrade-maritime article, AP Moller – Maersk has sold its stake in the French oil and gas company Total for EUR884m ($1bn). Shares...

SCS Brings Technology Allowing Surveyors To Stay Away from the Quayside

All DNV GL classed vessels to utilize the possibility of remote surveys for some inspections through the Veracity data platform. Remote surveys are...

First Inland Vessel ‘For Ever’ Powered by 100% Sustainable Biofuel

GoodFuels and partner REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker have fuelled the ‘For Ever’, the first inland vessel from Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) that runs fully on...

Ukraine Seizes $51 Million Worth Cocaine in Cargo Ship

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) seized a shipment of South American narcotics worth some $51 million. It found more than quarter of a ton...

Herodotus’s Egyptian Ship Discovered in Sunken City

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote extensively about a ship during his travels to Egypt in 450BC. Now that mysterious Egyptian ship has been...

Ship CO2 Emissions Greatly Reduced by 1% by High-tech Surfaces

Research done by the University of Bonn showcases how ship hulls were coated with special high-tech air trapping materials reduces up to 1% of...

Why Ship Owners Are Reluctant To Help Distressed Colleagues?

Increasing number of shipowners are reluctant to assist in salvage operations during distress. It has been attributed to an aspect of the law...

How To Get a Cruise Vacation for Pennies on the Dollar?

Who will say NO to take a cruise vacation for nearly free? Is it really possible to get one? "Yes it is," says an...

A Global Issue: Shipping Disputes and Suicides at Sea

  Shipping disputes that expose vulnerable seafarers to tedious legal cases that leave them stranded at sea without pay are not exclusive to the UAE,...

Singapore Launches E-bills of Lading Initiative

Singapore launches Pilot of TradeTrust Blockchain Shipping Initiative for the maritime sector through development of electronic bills of lading (EBLs), reports Asia/MiddleEast Maritime Focus. What...

‘The Ocean’ a Service Provider, Re-imagining Ocean-Based Ecosystem Services

The 'Ocean' is a major service provider for local and global human activities, including transportation, food, and ecosystem services. Experts stress the...