INTELLIAN FB250R and FB500R Terminals Approved for Use with Inmarsat’s FX...

Intellian Technologies, the global leader in maritime satellite communication antenna systems, is pleased to announce that it’s FB250R and FB500R FleetBroadband terminals have received...

Winners, Losers, and Mergers Among Top Ocean Carriers

It has been reported that by the end of 2016, there will be four fewer container lines than at the start of the year...

Ship Owners Seek Cost Effective Solution for BWMS

As the IMO convention is looming, ship owners are looking for cost-effective solutions for ballast water management. Ship owner’s quest: On a recent visit to Vancouver,...

US Shippers Resisting Major Trans-Pacific Contract Rate Hikes

Container lines are warning trans-Pacific shippers of significantly higher spot and contracts next year amid a wall of deep losses and weak demand but...

VLCC Freight Rates Forecast to Slide ahead of Holidays

Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are hovering close to the multi-month highs hit last week, are set to soften ahead...

Need to Resolve the Operational Oil Issue

The representatives of international organisations, government agencies, industry and academia attending the World Ocean Council’s fourth Sustainable Ocean Summit last week were left in...

U.S. Type-Approves First Ballast Water Treatment System

The U.S. Coast Guard issued the first U.S. type-approval certificate for a ballast water management system Friday. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the...

Exercise Eagle Eye! 4 Sea Pirates Arrested

4 sea pirates arrested, Navy launches new Security plan in Niger Delta The Nigerian Navy has on Thursday launched a new security operation in the...

Cargo Vessel Runs Aground

On Saturday morning, a Spanish vessel Muros en route from Tees, UK, to Rochefort, France, ran aground after facing mechanical failure about eight miles...

[Watch] 100-year-old Pearl Harbor Survivor Honored

100-year-old Pearl Harbor Survivor Honored at Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony On December 5, World War II Veterans were honored at the National Museum of the...

Container Ship Lost Propulsion and Ran Aground

A container ship named Hanni ran aground in Elbe River near Muhlenberg, Germany.  The vessel soon lost its propulsion power shortly after leaving Hamburg....

New Fix for Cappuccino Effect

Singapore – New Bunkering Procedure Following a number of reported incidents concerning allegations of short delivery of residual fuel oil in Singapore, as detailed in...

New Model to Help Ships Avoid Collisions with Blue Whales

Scientists have developed a new forecasting model to help large ocean vessels avoid collisions with blue whales, the largest species on the planet. The model...

[Watch] Adriana Rose Unloads 54,000 Tonne Cargo at Teesport

A new animal feed company set up by global business Glencore delivered 54,000 tonnes of soy feed products to its new storage and distribution...

MLA College Wins Gold Award for “Best Online Distance Learning Programme”

MLA College have won the Gold award for the “Best Online Distance Learning Programme” at the Learning Technologies Awards 2016 in London for their...

[Watch] Russian Ship Runs Aground in Istanbul

Heavy winds forced a Russian ship to run aground off the coast of Istanbul on Friday, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported. It was not immediately...

Fire Broke Out on a Cargo Ship Off the Coast of...

A salvage operation has been launched after a fire broke out on a cargo ship off the coast of Anglesey. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency...

Shortage in Compliant Bunkers to Be Expected in 2020

Aegean Marine Petroleum S.A. (Aegean) general manager Gregory Robolakis says supply shortages of compliant bunkers are to be expected upon the 2020 implementation of...

Perils of the Seas

by Michael Grey The repercussions of the B Atlantic case are still bouncing around in the English legal system YOU probably recall the song about those...

Supply Side Update on Crude Tankers

Overview Since the beginning of 2016 spot and time, charter rates for crude tankers have been under pressure.  This move can be traced to one...