Counting Down to Gas Fuelled Ships 2016
The seventh instalment of the annual Gas Fuelled Ships conference takes place in Hamburg, at the Grand Elysee Hotel on 16-18 November. The Motorship...
Panama Canal Records Third Highest Annual Cargo Tonnage in Fiscal Year...
At the close of the 2016 fiscal year (FY16), the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) recorded the third-highest annual tonnage in its history, welcoming 330.7...
Shipping Industry Also Wakes up to Environmental Challenge
The shipping industry would argue that it moves more cargo with a lower carbon footprint per ton than any of the alternatives.
Airlines, by comparison,...
Dry Bulk Shipping: The Differences Between Short Sea And Deep Sea...
There is a big question regarding dry bulk shipping that you have to answer before buying a suitable vessel: Do you want to get...
UN Reports Seafarers Held Hostage by Pirates
UN report: 5 Kenyans, 39 seafarers held hostage by Somali pirates
The pirate gangs in Somalia are alleged to be holding five Kenyans for ransom....
China Focuses on Robust Enforcement of Clean Marine Fuels
October 1st is China’s National Day, but this year it also marked an important day for controlling shipping pollution: Shenzhen, the world’s third biggest...
Oil Tanker Rates Jump to a Four-month High Before OPEC Deal
Oil tanker rates jumped to a four-month high as traders booked the most cargoes for the time of year on record, offering signs that...
LPG Shipping – Valuations Uncompelling Despite Price Correction
Strong supply growth because of high vessel deliveries scheduled in FY16/FY17 will continue to keep the LPG shipping market in imbalance. On the demand...
Ship Operating Costs Fell for the Fourth Time
Fourth successive year of decline in operating costs
The findings are set out in OpCost 2016 (www.opcostonline.com), Moore Stephens’ unique ship operating costs benchmarking tool,...
Bosun Overboard! No Buoyancy Vest and Corroded Safety Harness Killed
Summary
On 2 July 2015, the container ship Madinah was preparing for arrival at the port of Lyttelton. Part of those preparations involved the bosun...
Efforts on to Avert an Environmental Disaster!
Rescue crews have removed more than 88,000 litres of diesel from a sunken tug on British Columbia's central coast in the newest effort to...
Sexual Assault! Aboard a Cruise Ship
A cruise ship has come under the radar again after a woman staff was sexually assaulted on board by her ex-lover. The incident is...
Shipwrecked ‘Titanic 2′ Could Become Divers’ Paradise Theme Park
A sunken First World War ship dubbed “Titanic 2” could become a divers’ theme park to generate revenue for cash-strapped Greece.
For 100 years, the...
[Watch] Couple Rescued from Sinking $600,000 Boat
VOLUNTEER Marine Rescue Hervey Bay was called to help after a 13 metre power cat worth about $600,000 ran aground.
It is believed a...
Oil Clean-up Continues on Fraser Island
The clean-up operation on Fraser Island will continue today with around 35 shoreline personnel working to remove small oil patties washed up along a...
Corrosion Damage Repair
Belgian corrosion repair expert, Subsea Industries, has a product for filling and building up corrosion damage on rudders, stabiliser fins, thrusters and other underwater...
Panamax Rates Firm Up!
PANAMAX: A FAIRLY POSITIVE END TO THE WEEK - ALLIED
Capesize
Things seemed to be moving sideways during the first half of the week, with resistance...
Slump in Oil Rig-building Wipeout $24 Billion and 25,000 Jobs
Singapore’s $24 Billion Wipeout Eats Into Its Shipyard Base
Slump in oil rig-building that led to the elimination of thousands of jobs.
Two years...
Ship Demolition Prices Offered at Attractive Levels
Ship demolition prices offered at attractive levels, as buyers try to lure more ship owners in
Prices for ships headed for demolition in the...
Engineer on Coast Guard Ship Charged with Smuggling Child Porn
Julien Pierre Marceau, 55, of Fredericton was arrested on August 16 after the CCGS Hudson returned to Dartmouth from a research trip to Bermuda.
A...
