India, Philippines Compete for Global Share of Seafarers
Over the last month, at least three major national organizations in India have drafted plans to address the declining global market for Indian seafarers.
India...
Tips on How to Select the Best Freight Shipping Company
Freight shipping is one of the industries that is related to import and exporting of goods. The industry for freight shipping is related to...
China’s 20,000 TEU Ship Ready for Launch
The first Chinese-built 20,000 teu ship will launch friday, reports Splash.
Cosco Shipping has the largest orderbook of any containerline, according to Alphaliner, with 32...
Alternative Fuel Engine Manufacturers Ramp Up Options
An increasing number of passenger ship operators are selecting LNG as a marine fuel. We look at the engine options available to them.
So impressed...
Singapore Set to be the World’s Largest LNG Marine Fuel Port
Recently, Singapore successfully demonstrated the first vessel LNG bunkering technology in Southeast Asia. Temasek Holdings’ Pavilion Energy (Pavilion Energy) on May 2 afternoon in...
Ecoshield! The Lasting Rudder Protection
The running gear of a large number of vessels was coated with Ecoshield over the last couple of months. The applications were carried out...
Crane Erupts in Flames Along the Houston Ship Channel
Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that engulfed a crane at a recycling center along the Houston Ship Channel overnight.
What happened?
Firefighters...
[Watch] “Dirty Bomb” Scare on Docked Ship! Terminal Evacuation
Federal and state authorities investigated the possibility there was a "dirty bomb" on a ship at a local terminal, but later gave the all-clear,...
Singaporean Captain Shares Tales of Memorable Voyages
It is May 29, a calm and sunny Monday morning at sea.
North Korea fires a ballistic missile over the sea between the country and...
[Watch] HH Ferries Group Wins the Prestigious Baltic Sea Clean Maritime...
HH Ferries Group has received the prestigious Baltic Sea Clean Maritime Award 2017 at the 8th annual forum of the EU Strategy for the...
Allianz: Improved Safety is Decreasing Large Shipping Losses
Large shipping losses went down by 50% over the past decade and 16% year-on-year to 85 in 2016, a report by Allianz Global Corporate...
DNV GL Charts GHG Emissions Scenarios
Class society DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a...
CMA CGM to Acquire MERCOSUL from Maersk Line
CMA CGM and Maersk Line have announced that they have entered into a binding agreement whereby CMA CGM would acquire Mercosul Line, one of...
Ship-to-Ship Bunkering with World’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel
The bunkering vessel ENGIE Zeebrugge performed in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, its first deliveries of LNG (liquefied natural gas) as a marine fuel...
The Electric, Driverless Revolution is About to Hit High Seas
The fully electric, zero emissions YARA Birkeland container ship will set sail next year in Europe. By 2019 it will be able to work...
LPG Tanker on Fire
On June 13, Fire reportedly erupted in superstructure of LPG tanker Amelia 1, anchored on Makassar Anchorage, South Sulawesi.
The fire reportedly started off in...
Adrift Oil Tanker’s 2 Million Barrels Highlight Oil Glut
If a single ship can capture the current state of the global oil, it's the supertanker Saiq, floating idly about 528 miles south of...
Scrapping Slowdown Puts Charter Rate Recovery at Risk
The slowing pace of container ship scrapping since the beginning of the year is putting the recovery in charter rates at risk, according to...
MARPOL Annex V: Banning Discharge of Plastic and Garbage from Ships
This is our third and final article in our series focussing on the growing problem of plastics in the oceans. Here we focus on...
Container Ship Sinks Off Coast, Battered by Huge Winds
After just five minutes battling heavy rain and storm out a sea, a container ship sank off the coast in Melaka after it was...
