Fate of IMO’s Ballast Water Convention to be Decided at MEPC...
Delegates at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee 71, due to gather in London during the first week of July, may well have the...
Lubricant’s Saturation Point & Water Retention – Myth Busted!
My previous write-up on “Water Ingress Mechanism in Lubricants” attracted a lot of comments, many sent personal messages asking more questions which are critical/confidential....
[Watch] Why the Destroyer Crash Doesn’t Make Sense
Something tragic happened off the coast of Japan on June 17th. It’s not entirely clear how it happened, but seven sailors are now dead....
[Watch] Cruise Ship Battered by Huge Waves
Video captured in 2011 showed the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship sailing across the Atlantic.
It encountered a Force 11 storm, which brings winds of...
Bay Area Bike Sharing Program Extended
Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville included in Bay Area Bike Sharing Program
A Bay Area bike share program rolled out an expansion this month, report says.
Brooklyn-based Motivate...
Safety Manual for Bunkering from The Port of Helsinki
Liquefied natural gas, or LNG for short, is becoming an increasingly popular marine fuel, largely due to the fact that it is a significantly...
Dry Bulk, Tanker Newbuilds on the Rise – BIMCO
Tanker and dry bulk vessel newbuild contracts have been signed at an increasing pace so far in 2017, with newbuild activity for the first...
A New Coat of Paint Is Rocking the Global Shipping Industry
A move by China to save the planet has delivered a price shock to the global shipping industry just as it was starting to...
A Day, and Week, for Seafarers to Take Centre Stage
This week is Seafarers Awareness Week. Starting on the 24th June and concluding on Friday 30th, it runs alongside the IMO’s annual international Day...
Next-generation Vessel Monitoring System from MOL and MES
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) recently announced an agreement with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES; President: Takao...
[Watch] How to Protect Yourself From Cyber Attacks Involving Ransomware
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said a cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems...
Why Every Tanker Technical Department Needs to Rethink Training
On 25 June, the international community celebrated the Day of the Seafarer. It is a day when our entire industry takes a pause to...
Maersk Suffers Global Outage Due to Petya Attack
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said a cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems...
Shipowners Beware! ECDIS Noncompliant Ships can be Detained
Shipowners and managers need to be aware that port state control may be hot on ECDIS and electronic navigational charts (ENCs) from September this...
Why is there a Freighter Off the Shore of Lorain?
There’s a mystery anchored just off the coast of Lorain in Lake Erie.
An industrial freighter has been parked about a mile from shore since...
Smart Simulation Tool Can Save 6% of Total Fuel Costs
Reducing operating costs is one of the main concerns of shipping industry. To help ship owners and operators boost the energy efficiency of their...
Explosion Heard from Ship
A huge explosion was heard from a ship off the coast of Somalia's Puntland region late on Monday and flames were seen rising from...
‘Petya’ Cyberattack! Another Attack Causing Ripples Globally
Security experts are warning that a quick-spreading new ransomware attack may have more tricks up its sleeve than the previous WannaCry software that crippled...
How a Box Shipped to Houston Unleashed the Global Economy
On April 26, 1956, a crane lifted 58 aluminum truck bodies onto the deck of an aging tanker ship moored in Newark, New Jersey....
What Lies Beneath: The Ship that Could Revolutionise Seaweed Cultivation
Most commonly associated in the West with seaside holidays and Chinese restaurants, seaweed is in fact present in everything from food to medicines, bioplastics,...
