Container Shipping Lines Ordered to Testify in U.S. Sector Probe
The U.S. Justice Department has ordered top executives from several container shipping lines to testify in an antitrust investigation over practices by an industry...
Passenger Fell Overboard Carnival Victory Cruise Ship
USCG searching for 23-year-old Carnival Victory cruise ship passenger who fell overboard
Various crews with the United States Coast Guard, Cuban Search and Rescue authorities...
[Watch] Hop Aboard an Icebreaker
With the Soo Locks scheduled to open for the Great Lakes shipping season Mar. 25, SooToday cameras visited the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw...
Deckhand Fell Overboard! Non Compliant Pilot Boarding Arrangement Blamed
Summary
On 21 July 2015, Saluzi passenger ship was embarking a pilot in moderate to rough seas. Before the pilot had stepped on the pilot...
Mersey Maritime to Connect Businesses and Senior Decision Makers in Dragons’...
Maritime sector representative in the North West Mersey Maritime will host an innovative event connecting businesses to key decision makers to boost supply chain...
Subsea Industries’ Coatings Nominated For Maritime Award
Subsea Industries’ pioneering range of non-toxic, environmentally-safe coatings has been nominated in the Marine Coating of the Year category of the 2017 Marine Propulsion...
5 Ways to Comply with US Ballast Water Discharge Regulations
Enforcement of US Ballast Water Discharge Regulations
As advised in Notice to Members No. 20 2016/2017 the USCG has recently approved three Ballast Water Management...
Fuel Treatment Firm Aderco Launches Singapore Office
Fuel treatment firm Aderco Ltd (Aderco) announced that, in response to growing demand for fuel treatment solutions, it has opened an operational base in...
Ship Systems and Equipment Meeting Underway
The first set of international requirements for onboard lifting appliances and winches are expected to be finalized during this week’s meeting of the Sub-Committee...
Ballast Water Treatment Market Worth $118 Billion by 2022
Ballast Water Treatment Market Worth $118 Billion by 2022 - Rise in Volumes of Seaborne Trade Drives Growth - Research and Markets
Research and Markets...
More Newbuilding Orders in the Future
Dry Bulk Ships: Firm Interest in S&P Market Could Trigger More Newbuilding Orders in the Future
Although it’s still very early days, shipbrokers are starting...
Tanker Explosion Causes Major Fire in Yellow Sea
The tanker Xing Long Zhou 569 suffered explosion, which lead to major fire on board, on some 115 nautical miles east off Qingdao, China.
The...
Fujairah Environmental Damage due to Illegal Dumping of Waste by Oil...
An oil tanker that was illegally washing its fuel storage area and dumping the outflow was the reason for the oil spill that affected...
RNLI Crews Save Cargo Ship
Two west Cornwall lifeboat crews are due a well-deserved rest after their combined efforts saved a large cargo ship from drifting towards the perilous...
[Watch] Heroic Action! Saving a Cargo Ship
Two west Cornwall lifeboat crews are due a well-deserved rest after their combined efforts saved a large cargo ship from drifting towards the perilous...
Robbers Target Maersk Product Tanker
Three incidents of robbery against ships in Asia have been reported due to piracy and armed robbery data exchange, including one case involving the...
China Penalises Ship for Using Non-compliant Bunkers in ECA Zone
China has penalised a foreign ship for burning bunker fuels with sulphur content of over 0.5% in the country’s designated Emission Control Areas (ECAs),...
Jet Alert! Laptop Batteries can be Bombs
Intel sources fear terrorist can make bombs as small as computer batteries, provoking the ban on carry-on electronics at sensitive foreign airports. Al Qaeda...
New ISO 8217 Standard Released! Changes to the Distillate Fuels
The ISO 8217:2017 standard has been released. The standard itself states in the introduction portion the changes made in 8217:2017 compared to 8217:2012.
Changes...
MPA’s MFM Based Bunker Integrity Check “Reassuring” – IBIA
IBIA welcomes MPA’s efforts to ensure integrity of MFM systems
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) welcomes the efforts of the Maritime and Port Authority...