[Watch] The Art of Stretching Her

 It was the cruise industry equivalent of routine surgery. The ‘patient’ was Silversea’s ship, Silver Spirit, the ‘hospital’ was the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo,...

How to Buy Bunkers? Spot vs Contract Deals

by Ishaan Hemnani, CEO, BunkerEx Bunker buyers often debate on the best way to buy their fuel. Is spot buying better, or the contract? While...

Going Green can Save the Green

Thordon Bearings will present a paper at a major conference in Copenhagen next week, where the polymer bearings specialist will emphasise how the adoption...

The Maritime Standard Awards 2018 Maintains Winning Formula

The Maritime Standard Awards (TMS Awards) 2018 will take place at the Atlantis, The Palm, on 15th October this year. This is the fifth...

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement: a Strategy for Growth

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement is expanding rapidly through acquisition, and new business development. LNG World Shipping catches up with this ambitious group. In early 2018, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement...

7 Tips to Reduce Freight Costs

If your company ships occasionally, you don’t have to worry about the rising freight costs. But if shipping is an integral part of your...

Biggest Container Vessel Casualty may Cost Multi-million-dollar Insurance Claims

A Maersk spokesman told The Loadstar today no decision had yet been reached on the port of destination for the fire-damaged 15,262 teu Maersk...

Faulty Crane Installation Kills Skipper Onboard

The MAIB released its report on the incident in which skipper, Jamie Kerr, died on the Carol Anne when the crane fitted to the...

[Watch] Ship Battles Against HUGE Waves

 In the clip, the large boat can be seen being thrown into the air as it tries to advance through unstable waters. As it slams...

Ban Carriage of Non-compliant Fuels Says SEALNG

SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, voiced its support for...

Drones Inspect Vessel During Refuelling

This month onwards, all vessel refuelling and resupplying at the Port of Santos will be monitored by drones, a move that the port authority...

30-foot Fall into an Empty Ballast Water Tank

On March 14, a man was critically injured after falling into the cargo hold of a vessel docked at the Marine terminal. The man was...

Ship Detained After Injury of Crew Member

On March 9, a ship has been detained by the Oristano port captain after a crew member was injured onboard the vessel. What happened? The vessel...

Engine Room Fire Off Lismore Lighthouse

On March 13, the engine room of a ferry caught fire off Lismore lighthouse and was at the danger of drifting towards the shore. What...

France Launches Carbon-free Wind Powered Cruise Ship

STX France has launched a carbon-free cruise design that uses wind as its main source of power – a design that is first of its...

Marine Amazon Unveiled

Singapore-based Moscord has unveiled a new platform styled as a "Maritime Amazon" that seeks to change the way ship supply is done, with a...

Tufton Buys Two Vessels

Fund management firm Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited has purchased two sub-Panamax containerships for a price of USD 22.8 million. The company informed that the vessels will...

Size Isn’t Everything

It isn’t the size of your port that matters – it’s what you do with it. Felicity Landon reports on a new ‘connectivity index’. It's...

LNG Brick Bunker Tank Prototype Tested

GTT has completed the test phase of its new LNG Brick® bunker tank technology. The verification programme, carried out in Korea under cryogenic conditions,...

Robots in Shipbuilding

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said, Sunday that it will use robots to build ships for the first time in the industry to improve efficiency...