Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Announces Employment of Seven Product Tankers Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that it has agreed...

Accident : Vessel Grounding Vessel type : Cruise ship Date : 22nd December 2015 Location : Off Isla de Coiba, Panama Casualties/Pollution : Nil A cruise ship ran aground off Isla de Coiba, Panama...

Accident : Fire Vessel type : Multipurpose Vessel Date : 23rd December 2015 Location : Off Lianyungang Crew Onboard : 25 Casualties/Pollution : Nil The cargo ship was en route from Rizhao, China to Masan, Korea...

A hydro-cracking facility in the Sinopec refinery in the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou exploded on Thursday.  As announced by the local fire department...

Shell builds a vessel to deliver to LNG-fueled vessels in northwest Europe.  The new vessel will be based at the port of Rotterdam in...

The demand for oil is expected to grow next year after a very poor 2015.  Supply growth is likely to be minimal, competition from other...

Shale oil is produced by  horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing from shale rock.  Production of oil is so abundant that President Barack Obama is...

d’Amico International Shipping S.A. announced the sale of the Handysize vessel M/T Cielo Di Salerno SW Cap Ferrat Shipping LLC (Marshall Island) for US$...

Accident : Fire Vessel type : Reefer Ship Location :  Guayaquil dock, Ecuador Casualties/Pollution : Nil The cargo holds of the reefer ship caught fire where inflamed fuel gasses extended the fire...

First Nominee For The Coast Guard’s Best Video - 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The U.S Coast Guard has made the announcement of 2015 nominees for ‘Coast Guard...

Storm Causes Collision In Sunda Strait Accident : Collision Vessel Type : A tanker and a passenger ferry Location : Off Cilegon oil terminals, Indonesia Casualties/Pollution : Nil The tanker and the ferry...

Reefer Container/ Vessel: A Reefer Vessel is a type of refrigerated cargo ship/container used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation. The changing consumer preferences...

The Iranian Navy Warship thwarted a recent pirate attack on a tanker at Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. The Sabalan, Iranian warship and the combat support ship Tonb...

Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute built in 1865, was a passenger paddle steamer, owned by the London Steamboat Co. On 3rd September, 1878, the Princess Alice...

ESPO’s port of the month is the Port of Rotterdam.  With an annual throughput which amounts to some 450 million tonnes and a vast...

More supply and less demand dampen fuel oil markets in the months ahead.  Bunker sales is robust in the key bunkering hub of Singapore...

Millions of Java users are to be warned that they could be exposed to malware as a result of a flaw that existed in...

Where the temperature drops below zero degrees the icy roads become dangerous. The team from Koç University, Turkey has developed a road material (with a...

The Operation Performance Package (OPAC) service agreement with China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) by ABB Turbocharging is its third and largest.  ABB now services...