‘ABB Ability’ Fleet Intelligence Digitalizes Maritime Maintenance
ABB has added ‘Fleet Intelligence’ to its ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operations software, providing marine customers with a single and complete overview of their ship...
Asia Tanker Rates Jump as Vessels Ship Fuel to U.S. &...
Freight rates for oil product tankers in Asia have been escalated recently owing to reduced availability of vessels and fuels were shipped to the United...
End of ‘Lower for Longer’ Crude Era
The age of persistently weak oil prices is nearing its end, with demand booming and a supply squeeze in the offing, according to Trafigura...
Lloyd Register: Design Approval for LNG Bunkering Vessel
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 m3...
BP Ready for Sulfur Cap! No Need to Delay Implementation
There is no need to delay the proposed implementation of new marine sulfur emission norms beyond 2020, as the refining industry has the ability...
Mass GPS Spoofing of Ships Suspected in Black Sea
Imagine alarms ringing out on more than 20 ships located near the Russian port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea, as their GPS systems...
Shipping Confidence Continues to Climb
According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens, the average confidence level expressed by respondents to the...
[Watch] Fire Danger on Cruise Ships
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Two siblings who lost their parents to a cruise ship fire say the problems leading to their deaths are more common...
Contaminated Fuel from Balboa, Panama
Viswa Lab has received five samples of contaminated heavy fuel from Balboa, Panama over the last few weeks. One of the vessels has already experienced...
Disney Cruise Ship Hits Pier at Port
A Disney cruise ship hit a pier as it was docking Saturday in Nassau of the Bahamas.
The stern of the boat hit a block...
Three People Suffocate to Death on an Anchored Ship
On October 1, three people reportedly died of suffocation in a cargo ship anchored at port.
What happened?
The unfortunate incident occurred when three people got...
Dredger Collides with Oil Tanker, 5 Crew Members Missing
On September 27, five persons are reported to be missing after a dredger collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore.
What happened?
The...
Lomar’s Newbuild has to be Recycled After Grounding
Lomar Shipping announced that its newbuild container vessel Kea Trader, which ran aground on a reef off New Caledonia on July 12, will have to be recycled,...
[Watch] Ship Fire Creates Thick Smoke Over San Diego Harbor
A fire that ripped through a 120-foot-long fishing ship docked along downtown San Diego’s waterfront sent a cloud of thick, black smoke billowing over...
How do Cruise Ships Survive Hurricanes?
While the obvious fall-out from Hurricanes Irma and Maria – the twin forces of nature that have roared in the Atlantic this month –...
Hapag-Lloyd Takes Delivery of Last 15,000-TEU Vessel
The Germany ocean carrier has taken ownership of the last of a series of 17 ultra-large vessels first contracted in 2013 by UASC, and...
Crew Members of Foreign Cargo Ship Detained After Oil Leak
Coast Guard officers in Keratsini late on Wednesday detained the captain and first engineer of the Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship Ice Glacier after it...
Cargo Dumped, Crew Imprisoned
The "Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999" has sailed from San Cristóbal on Sep 26, 2017, around 8 p.m. in order to drop about 300...
Shipping Risks Rise as Antarctic Ice Hits Record Low
Sea ice cover in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, scientists said, as they warned the frozen continent’s unpredictable nature poses growing...
Major Marine Firms Set Stage for Integration
China CSSC Holdings Ltd. and CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company Ltd. both announced that their controlling shareholder, China State Shipbuilding Corp., is currently...