$1 Billion of Deutsche Bank Shipping Loans are up for Grabs

Deutsche Bank to Sell $1 Billion of Shipping Debt to Boost Capital Deutsche Bank is looking to sell at least $1 billion of shipping loans...

10 Safety Tips on the Water: The Do’s and Don’ts

Holiday weekends makes many people to come out and about on the water celebrating and enjoying time with friends and family. Knowing how to stay...

Refugees on Cruise Ship Plan Called Off

On July 6, the Swedish Migration Agency announced that the plan to house refugees on a cruise ship to be docked in the harbor...

$1 Million Fine for Illegal Dumping in Great Lakes

German Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Covering Up Illegal Dumping of Oily Waste Water into Great Lakes Owners of Cornelia are required to pay $1...

Plastic Waste Converted to a Low Sulphur Fuel, Can Substitute HFO!

Ricardo and Recycling Technologies have announced they are to begin work on a new project to characterise plastic waste derived clean fuel. Recycling Technologies has...

Why is Venezuela Sending Fuel Oil Tankers into Tight Singapore Market?

Crisis-struck Venezuela is sending two supertankers filled with fuel oil across the oceans to Singapore, in what traders described as a surprise move that...

[Watch] A Cruise Ship Passing Through the Canal

If you’ve never seen a ship pass through the Panama Canal, this is your chance. Videographer Jean-Phillippe Angers filmed the ship passing through. Disclaimer: This...

The Mighty Humble Piston & Recent Developments!

Diesel engines are nothing without a piston.  Piston, a simple reciprocating component, which helps in compression and thus ignition and thereby transfer the combustion...

Will Maersk Swallow Hyundai Merchant Marine?

On June 23, HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) announced that they were negotiating to join the 2M (Maersk & MSC) after which many rumours are...

Hamburg Süd Named Top Ocean Carrier!

On June 16, AgTC (Agriculture Transportation Coalition), hosted an award ceremony in Long Beach, California, during the AgTC Annual Meeting dinner.  This was supposedly...

15% Annual Savings by Optimizing Refrigeration Plant – London Ship Managers!

The shipping industry has been too busy focussing on bunker fuel savings and emission reduction to meet environmental requirements. Here comes an interesting piece of...

[Watch] Students Working to Identify Ancient Shipwreck

'It's like a puzzle': Students Working to Identify Ancient Shipwreck Found Off Quebec Two Montreal university students are hoping to solve a nautical mystery involving...

Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea Brace for Super Typhoon Attack

Taiwan and Japan's Ryukyu Islands Brace for Flooding Rain, Winds Over 160 km/h from Strengthening Nepartak Super Typhoon Nepartak will target northern Taiwan and Japan's...

Unique Shipping Group’s Oriental Jubilee Gets “SCRUBBER READY” Notation!

The Unique Shipping Group christened its new DNV GL-classed vessel Oriental Jubilee in Ulsan, Korea recently.  It is the first vessel to receive the...

[Watch] Oil Spill in Haifa Bay

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior An oil spill polluted Haifa Bay.  The current carried the slick toward the shore and northward, prompting the closure...

Ship Breaks Pipe, Spills Oil in Haifa Bay

On July 5, a ship working to remove old pipes from the seabed accidentally breaks a pipe, spilling oil into the waters of the...

A Mega Container Ship Ran Aground in Suez Canal

A Huge Container Ship Ran Aground in Suez Canal On July 5, a 117,176 DWT Container vessel MAERSK SHAMS ran aground at 133 kilometer...

21,000 TEU Chinese Box Ships to Get 24 Wartsila-32 Auxpac Gensets!

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply newbuild Chinese container vessels with a total of 24 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets.  The...

Brexit Fallout: Bunker Market Uncertainty Continues

World fuel indexes had extremely high volatility on the U.K. referendum’s eve and few days after, followed by a lot of different forecasts, analysis...

[Watch] Panama Canal: The Green Connection

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch an amazing video which explains how the expanded Panama Canal reduced nearly 650 million tons of carbon dioxide...