Cosco Considers London Stock Exchange Listing

Cosco trying to raise capital on the London Stock Exchange in a bid to move to the European market. Through the global depository...

Crowley Adds 400 New Refrigerated Containers to its Fleet

Crowley Logistics received 400 new reefers in Santo Tomas, Guatemala to accommodate the northbound reefer season through May 2019. Crowley has invested over...

Ballast Water Management Systems With High Flaw Rates

American Shipping Bureau survey reports that 30% BWTS have problems and 15% are inoperable. The survey conducted among 220 vessels cutting across 27...

EGCSA: MPA Scrubber Ban Disappointing and Politically Motivated

Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association terms Singapore open-loop scrubbers ban “politically motivated”. Singapore MPA has issued the ban without any discussion despite  being...

Great Eastern to Spend $50 mn On Scrubbers

  Indian fleet company to spend $50 million to refurbish its fleet to comply with new IMO regulations. $20 million for fitting exhaust gas...

MAN Cryo Develops a Marine, Liquid-Hydrogen Fuel-Gas System

A subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions has developed a marine fuel-gas system for liquefied hydrogen with Fjord1 and Multi Maritime. It is the...

Markets – Rates Remain Firm in all Sectors

The market witnessed another active week for VLCCs with rates ex-MEG and WAfrica to East remaining in the high WS90s, yielding about $55,000 per...

China Launches Its First All-Season Arctic LNG Tanker

On December 6, China launched its maiden ice-breaker tanker capable of carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the icy Arctic waters all-year round. Vessel Christened The Arc7 ice...

Golden Globe Race Sailor Rescued by 40,000-tonne Cargo Ship

  After suffering a harrowing three-day ordeal, English yachtswoman Susie Goodall was rescued by a cargo ship in stormy conditions. What happened? The 29-year-old yachtswoman was rescued two days...

Scrubber Purchase Reflects Growing Trend ahead of IMO 2020

Scorpio Tanker scrubber purchase reflects growing trend ahead of IMO 2020 says, Marieke Alsguth for Platts. Purchase Agreement Scorpio Tankers has agreed to purchase 52 scrubber...

Carnival Cruise Line’s Newest Mardi Gras

Carnival Cruise Line is trying to revisit its own history by naming its new XL-class ship Mardi Gras which is to be delivered in...

Reinventing Ultramax

  Graig Shipping Group and DNV GL built stronger and safer vessels Diamond 53 in 2002. 110 Diamonds and Diamond derivative units being...

World’s First VLOC with DNV GL’s SmartShip Descriptive Notation

World’s first intelligent very large ore carrier delivered to a Chinese Shipping Company. DNV GL-classed Pacific Vision VLOC implemented DNV GL’s SmartShip descriptive...

[Watch] Life and Work in an Oil Ship

The video shows the life and work of people serving in an oil ship. Here you see how hard life is and how privacy...

Sulphur Cap Begins to Bite! Difficult Choices in Less Time

  The next phases of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) considered in MEPC 73 with start date of 1 January 2025 for tankers...

A Template for IMO 2020 Global Sulphur Cap Investigations?

A month-long marine pollution crime investigation detected more than 500 serious offenses. The investigation initiated by INTERPOL had the joint participation of 276...

Life on this massive oil ship off Angola where privacy is...

For the crew working onboard an oil extraction vessel moored off the coast of Angola, work is considered as life with privacy being an...

Vessel At-Berth Violation! ARB Slaps $630K Fine

Highlights MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. clears $630,625 in penalties The company was fined for violation of At-Berth regulation at the Port of Oakland At-Berth Regulation was adopted...

Freightos Baltic Container Report

Transpacific ocean pricing doubled in comparison to 2017. China-West Coast increased by 130% and China-East Coast by 126%. The outcome of...

Bulk Report – Week 48

Capesize A roller-coaster week for the big ships with hopes soaring at the start for a mini last quarter revival, only to be dashed...