NORDEN Conducts First Ever Test Voyage on CO2 Neutral Biofuel

NORDEN has successfully conducted a test voyage on CO2 neutral biofuel September 2018. During which, the NORD HIGHLANDER took a ballast trip from the...

Diana Time Charters m/v Seattle With SwissMarine

Diana Shipping Inc. is chartering the m/v Seattle with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva. The gross charter rate is US$16,000 per day, between minimum 16...

World’s First Cruise Ship Powered by LNG Starts Operation

Carnival Corporation's Newest Ship, AIDAnova from AIDA Cruises, Makes Maiden Call in the Canary Islands as World's First Cruise Vessel Powered by LNG, reports...

[Watch] Mysterious, Century-old Shipwreck Unearthed on Jersey Shore

 The New Jersey Shore is witnessing a unique mystery of a 25-foot shipwreck unfolding in broad daylight, reports Fox News' James Rogers and The...

[Watch] Run Away Boxship Causes Havoc

On December 26, a runaway boxship created havoc while performing a manoeuvring operation at a container terminal. What happened? The container 'Ren Jian 15' caused havoc and...

9 Hottest Cruise Destinations for 2019

2019 Updates Emerald Waterway's Emerald Harmony launches on the Mekong and Celestial will sail the Nile, Egypt. Holland America Line is sailing to Australia...

Autonomous Ships – Learning to Sail in the Clouds

Autonomous transport systems for ships, enabled by edge cloud and machine learning are expected to minimize energy consumption as well as increase safety and...

How Cargo Ships Can Go Green

More than 80% of the global trade is done through shipping. As a consequence of it, most of the environmental troubles related to trade...

Europe Fuel Oil Battles IMO Headwind

Refiners launch new units in Russia, as the Russian fuel oil output declines. Europe's largest supply region — fell by 6.8pc, from 47.4...

LSMGO Demand Rises in Singapore

As shipowners gear up for the switch to cleaner fuels, LSMGO gets its demand Overall bunker demand was slower owing to a year...

Samskip Leads the Way for Norway’s Next-Gen of Sustainable Shortsea Shipping

In a major development, Europe's largest multimodal operator Samskip has been named the lead partner in ‘Seashuttle’, a project seeking to bring emissions-free, autonomous...

More Consolidation Ahead in Ship Management

There will be more consolidation in the ship management sector as company founders decide on their future and mid-sized managers come under pressure, says...

Challenges Brewing in Liner Carrier Industry

As the IMO 2020 deadline is closing in, the financial results of the third quarter 2018 shows that the benefits of carriers’ earnings would...

Weekly Tanker Report

The 51st weekly assessment report for the tanker market has been released by the Baltic Exchange. VLCC Middle East Gulf rates shed 3/3.5 points to WS 83/83.5...

Bulk Report – Week 51

Capesize Panic set in in the East as the holiday season approaches, with owners chasing rates lower. Rates on the key West Australia/China route collapsed...

Early Warning On Global 2020 Sulphur Cap Compliance

On 21st Dec 2018, Tokyo MOU issued a press release stating that, the Maritime Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding...

TradeLens – A Tale of One Big Dream for Supply Chain

Maersk and IBM join hands to realize blockchain dream fro TradeLens Key players and major carriers keen on developing their personal blockchain solution ...

MOL Conducts Assessment on Advanced Navigation Systems

On December 21, the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that MOL, MOL Techno-Trade, National Maritime Research Institute, and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology...

VLCC Trade Flow Increase Tonnage Imbalances

Ballasting proves to be a problem for crude oil carriers in the tanker market Bigger ships have more opportunities to cut ballast legs by...

Cruise Ship Butlers: A Very ‘Suite’ Luxury

The services of a British-style butler are more likely to be found on a cruise ship than hotels. The butlers aboard the Regent...