A Cost Effective Solution for Decarbonization in Commercial Shipping
The shipping industry starts to make it’s first tentative steps back towards ‘new normal’ operations.
There are increasingly loud calls to ‘build back...
Catching Up With The Myths Around Coronavirus!
As coronavirus continues to make the news, a host of untruths has surrounded the topic.
In this Special Feature, we address some of...
American Petroleum Institute Oil Inventory Report Boosts Oil Market!
Oil jumps after API reports draw in crude oil inventories and API estimated a large build in crude oil inventories of 7.58 million...
[Watch] Drone Deliveries Kick Start at Rotterdam Port!
Port of Rotterdam was able to celebrate a first for the Netherlands: an unmanned aerial drone delivery of parts to a merchant vessel.
...
Industrial Ministry To Offer EGP 1.19bn Relief Fund in 4 Months!
The Egyptian MSMEDA has allocated EGP 1.19 billion in funding to 48,743 small and micro projects during the first third of 2020.
The...
Container Ship Runs Aground!
A container ship aground in the Indian ocean, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Ship hard aground!
A 3,000-TEU container ship ran aground while leaving port in Indian ocean...
COVID19 Daily Business Update
As days pass by and the covid19 situation develops it is paramount to gain knowledge of what's going in the world. Keeping that in...
NSC Renews Fleetwide Agreement To Help COVID19 Crew Digital Connectivity!
In a major development,NSC-Group, a leading technical and operational shipmanager, has announced that they have renewed their agreement with Marlink for the provision of...
COVID19 Physical Inspections Delay To Effect Oil Tankers Storage Capacity!
According to a Reuters report, Ship assessors are resorting to virtual inspections of oil tankers to keep vessels afloat, as the coronavirus pandemic makes...
LSFO Low Price Savings Boon for Shipowners As Trade Volumes Fall!
The low fuel pricing have lead to a mixed benefit for shipowners who had to take the LSFO switch decision due to IMO...
Elon Musk Goes Roman As X Æ A-12 Baby Name Against...
The tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and the musician Grimes have changed the unusual and largely unpronounceable name of their firstborn child.
But anyone...
World’s Largest Box Ship Crosses New Suez Canal!
World’s largest container ship “HMM Algeciras” passed through the New Suez on Monday, reports egypttoday.
World’s largest container ship
The World’s largest container ship “HMM Algeciras”...
Dwindling Global Economy Knocks Down the Escalating Freight Rates
Geopolitical tensions have now eased, leaving freight rates to feel the full effects of the weak underlying market and falling demand.
Tanker shipping...
HHI Wins Suezmax Tankers Order Worth USD 130 million
Greek owner Evangelos Pistiolis ordered two scrubber-fitted suezmax tanker newbuildings at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), says an article published in Shipping Herald.
Scrubber-fitted suezmax tanker
Pistiolis...
Ship Managers Look for Alternatives To Resume Crew Change As Deadline...
Ship managers resort to charter flights for moving seafarers to and from ports overseas as deadline looms, reports The Hindu BusinessLine.
Alternatives for resuming crew...
Boxship Suffers Cargo Fire!
COSCO container ship suffered fire in one of the cargo holds early May 25 and probably lost containers overboard, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Container ship...
[Watch] Contents of Containers Thrown Overboard from Singapore-flagged Boxship Revealed
Authorities reveal the items contained within 40 containers that fell overboard from a cargo ship during rough conditions off.
This unexpected turn of...
Top Port Forced To Layoff 55 Employees!
The rising financial crisis due to coronavirus pandemic has forced the Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) to terminate 55 employees in Copenhagen.
It was...
No COVID19 Disease Spread After 11 Days of Infection!
Coronavirus patients do not pose a threat of spreading the disease after 11 days.
Latest findings may have implications on discharge policy.
Pre-school...
Capesize Vessel Collides With Bulk Carrier!
Maritime Bulletin reports of the collision between Capesize bulk carrier (Casta Diva) with the Chinese bulk carrier (Ming Lian) off Shanghai.
Bulk carrier collision
VLOC Casta...