Time to Weed Out Oldest or Dirtiest Vessels From Fleets

  Containership demolition market prepared to weed out the oldest and dirtiest vessels from their fleets ahead of the IMO 2020 rule. Currently, 10 container vessels...

Maersk Starts Random Box Checks to Stamp Out Misdeclared Cargoes

Maersk to carry out random container checks in North America in a bid to check out misdeclared cargoes. Inspection pilots from National Cargo Bureau will...

Fujairah to Ban Open Loop Scrubbers

According to a Reuters report the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates has decided to ban the use of a type of...

DSIC Wins Order with AVIC for Ten 85,000 dwt Bulk Carriers

  On January 17, China's leading finance leasing company, AVIC International Leasing has entered into a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) to build new bulk...

Advantage Fleet Agreement For Alfa Laval BWMS

Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 3 BWMS to be installed on 16 vessels belonging to 'Advantage Tankers & Advantage Products'. The company is planning to...

Ceramic Membranes for Filtration of Washwater – Liqtech

Liqtech sales are poised to explode upward in 2019 and the years after, due to new shipping fuel regulations. The company is debt-free,...

Ocean Yield: Investment in Suezmax With Long-term Charter

Ocean Yield announced the Company’s assent to acquire a modern Suezmax tanker, says an article in SeaNews. What is in the agreement? Ocean Yield on Wednesday...

How is Air Lubrication Useful in Reducing Fuel Consumption?

Post the IMO2020 Sulphur cap, techniques used for reducing fuel consumption have grown in importance in the shipping industry. But How is hull friction reduced? This...

Bulk report – Week 3

The Baltic Briefing reports the following as the weekly Bulk update latest from 18 January 2019. Capesize A positive end to a week that saw rates...

Seven Holidays That Changes Your Preconceptions About Cruises

  When it comes to cruise trips, travellers are treated to the best of facilities, good food, entertainment and sight-seeing at iconic tourist destinations. But...

Digitalisation of Ro/Pax Ferries Fetches Cost Cut for French Operator

Wartsila has brought about considerable change in the shipping industry. Of this the latest in the block is the digitalisation of Ro/Pax Ferry systems,...

BIMCO Calls For New Builds CMMS Fleet

In a recent development, BIMCO has  has called for newbuilds to be fitted with a Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) in order to lower...

10 Dead After Cargo Vessels Catch Fire in Kerch Strait

Crew members jump into the sea to escape the blaze near Crimea, which erupted during a fuel transfer, says The Guardian. What happened? Two cargo ships...

Adams: Early Installers of Scrubbers Will Be Considered Visionary

CSA 2020 advocates for the uptake of the technology ahead of the 2020 Sulphur Cap. CSA 2020 has contracted Maritime AMC (MAMCL), a...

Freightos Baltic container report – Week 2

The 90-day truce on the latest China trade tariff increase caused transpacific pricing to fall through December 2018. China-West Coast prices increased by...

Euronav Offloads Suezmax Tanker For Conversion

Euronav has sold its 2009-built suezmax tanker Felicity to an unnamed global supplier and operator of offshore floating platforms, reports Splash247. Financial Impact & Future...

First Suezmax for West Africa in Jan Loading Fuel Oil in...

The Suezmax Seaways Mantauk was booked on January 16 to load fuel oil in Rotterdam for discharge in the West African port of...

Maersk and MSC Commit to Permanent US Service

The 2M shipping line alliance confirmed that Liverpool will become a permanent call on its TA4 service. The service is currently used to...

Singapore To Witness Robust Bunker Sales For Third Consecutive Year

Singapore is hoping to push its bunker fuel sales even further in 2019 and is all set to tighten norms ahead of IMO...

S. Korean Shipyards Once Again Expect LNG Ship Boom

South Korean shipbuilders anticipating solid demand for LNG vessels this year by more than 10 percent. Demand for LNG carriers on a steady...