[Watch] Fire Danger on Cruise Ships

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Contaminated Fuel from Balboa, Panama

Viswa Lab has received five samples of contaminated heavy fuel from Balboa, Panama over the last few weeks. One of the vessels has already experienced...

Disney Cruise Ship Hits Pier at Port

A Disney cruise ship hit a pier as it was docking Saturday in Nassau of the Bahamas. The stern of the boat hit a block...

Three People Suffocate to Death on an Anchored Ship

On October 1, three people reportedly died of suffocation in a cargo ship anchored at port. What happened? The unfortunate incident occurred when three people got...

Dredger Collides with Oil Tanker, 5 Crew Members Missing

On September 27, five persons are reported to be missing after a dredger collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore. What happened? The...

Lomar’s Newbuild has to be Recycled After Grounding

Lomar Shipping announced that its newbuild container vessel Kea Trader, which ran aground on a reef off New Caledonia on July 12, will have to be recycled,...

[Watch] Ship Fire Creates Thick Smoke Over San Diego Harbor

A fire that ripped through a 120-foot-long fishing ship docked along downtown San Diego’s waterfront sent a cloud of thick, black smoke billowing over...

How do Cruise Ships Survive Hurricanes?

While the obvious fall-out from Hurricanes Irma and Maria – the twin forces of nature that have roared in the Atlantic this month –...

Hapag-Lloyd Takes Delivery of Last 15,000-TEU Vessel

The Germany ocean carrier has taken ownership of the last of a series of 17 ultra-large vessels first contracted in 2013 by UASC, and...

Crew Members of Foreign Cargo Ship Detained After Oil Leak

Coast Guard officers in Keratsini late on Wednesday detained the captain and first engineer of the Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship Ice Glacier after it...

Cargo Dumped, Crew Imprisoned

The "Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999" has sailed from San Cristóbal on Sep 26, 2017, around 8 p.m. in order to drop about 300...

Shipping Risks Rise as Antarctic Ice Hits Record Low

Sea ice cover in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, scientists said, as they warned the frozen continent’s unpredictable nature poses growing...

Major Marine Firms Set Stage for Integration

China CSSC Holdings Ltd. and CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company Ltd. both announced that their controlling shareholder, China State Shipbuilding Corp., is currently...

LNG Transfer Solution for Safer Operation

The Swedish coupling manufacturer and supplier MannTek has launched a liquefied natural gas small-scale transfer system that aims to make safer and easier operation...

Half Marooned Ship with Damaged Instruments Anchored Off Barcelona

The "C-Star" has dropped anchor off the coast of Barcelona on Sep 27. She was half-marooned, with the navigational instruments damaged and the crew...

Navios Maritime Partners: The $64,000 Question

By Tudor Invest Holdings  Summary The increase in the BDI will translate into higher earnings. Free cash flow has been established and is set to...

Crude Oil Carriers Market to Register Substantial Expansion by 2024

Transparency Market Research has released a new market report titled “Crude Oil Carriers Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth Trends and Forecast...

Capacity Concerns Cast Shadow Over Shipping Recovery

Supply and demand in container shipping will not reach a balance before 2019, analysts say, but there remains lingering concerns that the strict observance...

[Watch] Route of Greek Tanker Shown Before Sinking, Spilling Oil

An oil spill has prompted tricky questions for the Greek central government after tonnes of oil from a sunken tanker turned 40km of Athens' beaches black...

Retrofit to LNG Enables Emissions Reduction

An LNG engine conversion project has enabled a ship to reduce its SOx emissions by 99%. The project involved the retrofitting of the MAN 8L48/60B...