Lubricating Oil Maintenance Is Critical

If there is one standout cause for failures of main and auxiliary engines, it is through inadequate monitoring and maintenance of the condition of...

Oil Bet Gone Wrong: Rusting Tankers and Rigs Clog up Asian...

Oil Tankers in Asia Suffers Due to Wobbly Oil Market Some 15 km (9 miles) from the bustling port of Singapore, a rusting tanker as...

On Cruise Ships to Shanghai? Get Easy Visa!

TOURIST groups that arrive in Shanghai via cruises will be given 15 days of visa-free stay from October 1, local immigration inspection authorities said...

Is Tiny Denmark A Maritime Superpower?

Think of Denmark and most people will probably picture images of LEGO building blocks, bicycles and blonde people.  For us Danes this is not...

Maersk Splits! Shipping Giant to Spin Off Energy Operations

Mærsk A/S will become an integrated transport and logistics company with digitalised and individualised customer solutions. Oil and oil related businesses, either individually or in...

Danish Bunker Company Found Guilty of Fraud Suppliers

Danish company found guilty of $3.6 million fraud The Court of Kolding has found a Danish bunker company guilty of committing $3.6 million fraud against...

[Watch] Brawl on Cruise Ship Again! Chairs Start Flying

The third fight in 16 days on cruise ship with chairs flying in air A fight broke out at Lido deck restaurant onboard a cruise...

Fugro’s Oceanstar Manoeuvring System Enhances Vessel Safety

Fugro has introduced a service to its range of satellite positioning systems.  Oceanstar is an onboard decision support system that has been developed to...

[Watch] The Evolution of a Diesel Engine

With the very first diesel engine in 1897 an evolution started. Since then MAN Diesel & Turbo has continuously developed and produced diesel engines which...

Quality PPE Makes VIKING the Offshore Wind Favourite

Exhaustive range of quality PPE makes VIKING the Offshore Wind favourite In offshore wind safety, VIKING is proving a hard act to follow, with a...

Quebec Researchers Work to Document Lost Shipwrecks of the St. Lawrence

While Sir John Franklin's doomed search for the Northwest Passage looms large in the Canadian consciousness, thousands of other shipwrecks lie in obscurity at...

To Coldly Go

By Economist Extending an old treaty that saved the ozone layer could improve cooling technology—and slow global warming THE world’s most lauded environmental treaty could be...

Web Alert: Safety Concerns During Lifeboat Drills

The club is aware of a significant number of lifeboat related incidents leading to death and personal injuries over the past few years.  Following...

Revolutionary Bio-based Lubricants Launched

RSC Bio Solutions Launches First-of-Its Kind EAL, Designed to Improve Performance… Ecolabel-certified product meets all global environmental regulations at a lower total cost of ownership RSC...

Bahri Achieves US Coast Guard’s Eminent QUALSHIP 21 Certification

Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has announced the enrollment of its vessels in the United States Coast Guard’s QUALSHIP 21 program....

IMO Ballast Treaty is Good News for Ship Repair Industry

The approval of the Ballast Water Management Convention by the IMO (International Maritime Organization) has opened up to more business opportunity for Greece’s ship...

China Shipbuilding Industry Outlook to 2020

A report -  China Shipbuilding Industry Outlook to 2020 - Concentration on Gas Carriers and Cruise Ships to Stimulate China Shipbuilding Industry - Research...

Maersk Replacing Older Anchor Handlers With New High Spec Units

Maersk Supply Service is selling off older anchor handlers but has some especially high spec units of the same type under construction During the month...

Youngest Ever Boxship Gets Scrapped

The outlook for Panamax owners gets even darker as youngest ever boxship is scrapped Panamax owners cut their losses and abandoned employment hopes in a...

[Watch] The Features of a 74,000 DWT LR1 Tanker

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the engineering features of a 74,000 DWT LR1 tanker from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. An international shipping...