300kg Waste Cleared from 56-year-old Shipwreck
Teams of scuba divers on Sunday joined a Sharjah Aquarium initiative to remove waste from a large shipwreck that has become an important marine...
Long-term Freight Slump Taking Toll
Thousands of containers were left stranded in late August, including many carrying grain, when Korea’s Hanjin Shipping declared bankruptcy. As supply chains unraveled and...
Countdown to the Next Dilution
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Summary
DryShips' 4th quarter was bad, but there were no surprises.
The company's future plans are problematic because it will be in another...
Collapsing Orders for New Ships Set to Hasten Market Rebalancing
Investors’ confidence in market prospects dramatically weakened last year, resulting in orders for new ships in the main sectors completely collapsing. Fading optimism about...
Improving Demand to Ease Oversupply in Dry Bulk Shipping
With contraction in vessel supply and healthy demand growth, the dry bulk shipping market is expected to recover from 2017 onwards, according to the...
World’s Great Bucket List Cargo Ship Travel Experience Extended
Bucket list experience lives on as ship to remote St Helena gets a 1yr reprieve - but you'll need 3 weeks
One of the world's...
[Watch] Overseas Experts Fly in to Fight Ship Blaze
Specialist hazardous cargo fire experts have been flown in from London and Austria to assist with extinguishing the fire aboard a container ship docked...
Ship CO2 Emissions Check with Emissions Trading System
MEPs backed reforms of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) that will, for the first time anywhere, regulate international ship CO2 emissions as well...
Does Your Ship Store Lubricants in the Steering Gear Room?
We have seen this for decades now where steering gear room has been a sweet spot to store lubricants. There are two important points...
Life Jacket Inspection Fails! 2,000 Royal Caribbean Passengers Stranded
Over 2,000 passengers who thought they'd be sailing to the Bahamas this week were unexpectedly delayed at the port after a Royal Caribbean cruise...
Viswa Lab’s VEEMS Certified by VERIFAVIA
Viswa Energy Efficiency Management System (VEEMS) hardware and software package has been approved by the independent MRV accrediting agency Verifavia, to meet the requirements...
Cargo Ship with 23 Crew Catches Fire
A cargo ship with 23 Chinese members on board reportedly caught fire in Vietnam.
What happened?
A cargo ship whose nationality is Panama caught fire while...
Gastro Breaks Out Again on Sun Princess Cruise Ship
Gastro breaks out again on Sun Princess cruise ship docked in Brisbane
About 140 passengers on the Sun Princess cruise ship have come down with...
Ship Whale Collisions Under UN Watch
UN addresses issue of whale-ship collisions
Scientists and government officials met at the United Nations yesterday to consider possible solutions to a global problem: how to...
Mass Flow Meters Mandatory for Refineries and Oil Terminals in Turkey
Following the introduction of a new regulation in Turkey, all refineries and terminals – including those serving the country's local bunker industry - will...
Ancient Shipwreck Exposed by Wind and Tide on South Mayo Coast
Continued erosion on the Atlantic seaboard has exposed the remains of a shipwreck on the south-west Mayo coastline.
The wreck is clearly visible at low...
Panama Changes Bunker Regulation! Maneuvering Fuel Requirements Revised
The Panama Canal Authority has issued advisory in order to inform on a few revised requirements regarding the maneuvering operations in Canal waters, effective...
Malacca and S’pore Straits Traffic Hits New High in 2016
Despite the difficult shipping markets in 2016 traffic in the world’s busiest shipping lane – the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) – were...
Liberian Registry Launches Innovative Website
The Liberian Registry has further strengthened its industry-leading role for technological innovation by relaunching its website in an ultra-user-friendly format.
Among other things, owners and...
Singapore Marine Fuel Sales at Record High in January
Sales volumes of marine fuels in Singapore surged to a record 4.46 million tonnes in January, the highest in any month since records began,...