Cruise Ship Emissions Significantly Decrease

The Ministry of Environment has posted a report detailing the significant decrease in cruise ship emissions over the past few years that has resulted...

Idle Fleet Adds Half a Million TEUs in a Year

The number of idle fleet has swollen alarmingly high this summer.  As compared to the corresponding figure for the previous years, it is up...

Test Run Successful! Ship Runs On 100% Biofuel

Navy Ship Runs on 100% Biodiesel By: Jessica Lyons Hardcastle For the first time ever, as per the biofuel makers, Applied Research Associates, and Chevron Lummus...

LNG Trade: An Agent’s Perspective

LNG trade: an agent’s perspective Written by Nick Elliott, Inchcape Shipping Services, UK. LNG is considered a specialist commodity requiring particular care and the attention of...

Oil Traders See a Glimmer of Profit in Hoarding Crude at...

Oil traders once again believe it’s worth heading out to sea.  A Bloomberg survey of 6 traders and analysts indicates that the market structure...

A Life on the Water

Richie Saunders: a life on the water By Jennifer Reddin Richie Saunders is a man who is happy with his lot.  As Chairman of St. Patrick’s...

Threat Over Copper-based Antifoulings Lifted

Ahead of SMM in September, coatings makers have been caught up with making declarations about their most recent items. Subsea Industries' reported it has...

[Watch] Small Ship Capsize After Collision with Cargo Vessel

A fishing trawler that was carrying fish bait for fish farms capsized in Grand Harbour early this afternoon after it was hit by...

Cargo Ship Went Amok, Hits Three and Sinks One Vessel

Vessel Sinks After Colliding with a Cargo Ship On August 9, a cargo ship Maria (8,383 tons) reportedly suffered a mechanical failure while berthing...

[Watch] Will Secrets from Sunken Ship Be Revealed?

Watch how a device plucked from 15,000 feet under the sea could help investigators understand why the cargo ship went down last October, killing...

El Faro ‘Black Box’ Recovered: Does it Have the Clues?

On August 8, after 10 months since El Faro sank east of the Bahamas, a crew recovered the vessel’s data recorder from ocean floor....

One Month In: Are New SOLAS Regulations Rocking the Boat?

BY MARY-KERSTIN HASSIOTIS Can you imagine watching a tall stack of shipping containers collapse before your eyes? Sounds terrifying, right? It has certainly been known...

Ukishima Maru likely Contained Explosives

Historians and citizens alike are shocked by recent evidence that the Ukishima Maru, the Japanese vessel that was to carry thousands of Korean forced...

Swearing is Not a Substitute for Being Good at Your Job....

Everyone has done it.  Whether in a fit of rage, while watching a close sports game or experiencing pain, the occasional expletive is part...

[Watch] Container Ship Taking 40 Degree Roll in North Atlantic

Watch a container ship lists 40 degrees as it battles massive North Atlantic waves in a dramatic footage filmed during a winter storm. Disclaimer: The...

Guidelines To Deal With Inflammable Gas Containers

The International Group of P&I Clubs and the shipping line members of the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) have recently produced a new set...

Can a $1000 Investment Prevent US $8 Million Fire Damage?

The oil prices are low and so are the freight rates for dry bulk shipping.  The tankers are doing better than any other ship...

From ‘Girls at the Helm’ Participant to Crewmember Aboard Adventuress

by Zoe Ballering When 19-year-old Natalie Rynne climbed aboard at the beginning of June for a month-long internship as a deckhand/educator, it was another step...

Suez Has No HFO, Tight on Low Sulfur MGO, Say Market...

As per the news from the Market sources, Suez is now out of HFO and has tight avails of low sulfur MGO, with no...

New Draft Restriction for Neopanamax Locks

On August 5, based on the water levels of Gatun Lake and the projected weather forecast, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has updated the...