Startups Seek To Shake-Up The International Freight Market

Startups seem to adopt new systems to assess the various parameters in the industry in an attempt to shake-up the international freight market. Fleet Logistics Max...

MOL Receives Vessel Speed Reduction Award

MOL Receives Vessel Speed Reduction Award and Green Flag Award from both Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports- Contributing to a Cleaner Environment in...

An Heart Breaking Goodbye After 62 years

A photo of a Canadian couple holding hands, crying and saying goodbye is breaking hearts. The elderly couple married and living together for 62...

Oil Spill Forces Suspension of VTTI Operations

VTTI Says Suspends Operations at Malaysia Terminal After Oil Spill VTTI, the storage division of the world's largest oil trader Vitol , said on Friday...

Marine Paints Face Some Challenges to Overcome

The German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association, known as VSM, has informed that the advances in technology are being driven by the three E’s: ...

Watch Out for Huge Mobile Bills on Cruises

Watch Out for Huge Mobile Bills on Cruises: Some Firms Charging £3 a Minute 'Maritime Roaming Fees' Cell phones are a way of life these...

Singapore Bunker Industry Stakeholders Form New Association: ABIS

The Singapore bunker industry has a new group, the Association of Bunker Industry (Singapore) to address the needs of the industry. ABIS said it will...

Every Spill Matters!

RSC Bio Solutions: Looking Out for the Environment, Looking Out for your Business RSC Bio Solutions, a global leader in environmentally acceptable lubricants and cleaners,...

A New Design Verification Tool to Reduce Vessel Design Risk

KNUD E HANSEN announced that their next generation Virtual Reality (VR) Design Verification Tool called ShipSpace will be introduced at the SMM in Hamburg. Interested...

America’s Worst Cruise Ship Disaster Remembered 60 Years Later

The 60th anniversary of the worst cruise ship disaster that took place within U.S. waters occurred last month, on July 26 to be exact,...

[Watch] What the Tanker Industry can Learn From the Rio Olympics.

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior What the tanker industry can learn from the Rio Olympics. Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only.  This...

Ship Taken by Disgruntled Crew Found

Indonesia's navy said Thursday it has located a fuel tanker that was missing for a week after being taken from port by its disgruntled...

Greek National Arrested for Selling Smuggled Tankers

An Iranian state-run daily has reported that authorities in Tehran have detained a Greek national they accused of embezzling money from smuggled oil and...

The Economics of Ship Breaking & Scrapping

By Andreas Bargfried Sometimes being an industry supplier offers interesting insights – your business is touched by the ups and downs of the charter market,...

New Emission Control Areas in China

Update 23 August 2016 Local correspondents Huatai have advised that reduced sulphur limits will take effect in the port of Shenzhen from 1 October 2016....

How BICEPS Rating Can Help in Emissions Reduction?

Introduction of BICEPS Rating System to stimulate more sustainable ocean shipping (BICEPS - Boosting Initiatives for Collaborative Emissions-reduction with the Power of Shippers) BICEPS...

Amatrice Turned to Rubbles At Least 247 killed

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior At least 247 people were killed after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy Wednesday, according to Italy's Civil Protection...

Deeper, Wider Panama Canal to Fuel East Coast Port Growth

East Coast port operators have invested considerable sums of money in order to accommodate bigger container ships transiting the newly enlarged Panama Canal.  However,...

“Pioneering Spirit” Successfully Installs Test Platform

World's biggest ship begins new North Sea oil and gas era One of the world's biggest ships has begun a new era for the North...

[Watch] Man Falls into Hold of Ship at Alabama State Docks

On August 24, mobile Fire-Rescue personnel extracted a man from deep within the hold of a ship at the Alabama State Docks, where he...