‘We Help Stranded Ship Crew Out of Humanity’

Increasing number of abandoned vessel are flocking to UAE’s territorial waters since they offer help to abandoned ships. What happened? Mr.Al Nuaimi stressed that the ship...

New Labor Protection for Seafarers

The world’s mariners are protected by what may be the only minimum wage established across an entire global industry. Now, labor advocates are mobilizing...

IMO on Board

Lifeboat inspection, fire drills, emergency generator training, keeping watch, new friendships, ports, building professional networks, and working far away from home and family. Life at...

Failing To Maintain Proper Lookout Resulted in Collision

Summary On 12 August 2017, the fishing vessel Mako departed San Remo, Victoria, bound for fishing grounds about 3 hours away. Once clear of Cape...

Containers Hardest Hit in Trade War

The US-China trade row is taking a toll on the container shipping industry as global trades slow down. Even before the new tariffs...

The Great Scrubber Conundrum

Andreas Hilides, Maritime Analyst for S&P Platts was skeptical about the way IMO 2020 is about to be implemented. Also, he is uncertain about...

[Watch] Hull Flipped for Ocracoke Express

Workers at US Workboats successfully “flipped” the 48,000-pound hull of the M/V Ocracoke Express on Monday, June 18, moving construction of the NC Ferry...

[Watch] Collision on the Rhine

The "Enyo" and the "Manouk" were in route to collision on the Rhine, South of Königswinter in the morning of June 29, 2018. The "Enyo" suffered...

Fire in Bow Thruster Room

In the morning of June 29, 2018, a fire broke out aboard the "Columbia", which was docked at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. At 8:15...

Best Quality Ship Award Goes to NYK Containership

The best quality ship award for 2017 has been awarded to the containership ‘NYK Lyra’ by the Japan Federation of Pilots’ Associations (JFPA). Emphasis on...

Total to Co-charter Pavilion Energy’s First LNG Bunker Vessel

THE marine fuels arm of France’s Total has agreed to co-charter, on a long-term basis, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel to...

Scrubbers for Charter Vessels with KDB Funds

An agreement has been signed between Korea Development Bank (KDB), local steelmaker POSCO, and three South Korean shipping companies to install scrubbers on bulk...

Mooring Line Snaps and Kills Crew at Port of Longview

On June 28, a man was killed and three other people were injured at the Port of Longview after a line from a ship...

How a Deliberate Oil Spill will Help Protect the Environment

An intentional oil spill in an unknown lake in Ontario has set the pace for a new research. A team of scientists from...

Cruise Secrets: This Codeword Means Someone has Died – Do You...

Cruises are growing increasingly popular among Britons as a way to enjoy a holiday but scarcely do we know what to do if someone...

Drones can Make or Break a Port

Drones are increasingly being integrated into the daily operations of ports around the world, in some innovative ways. This had made the ports to...

Initial GHG Strategy, A Landmark in Shipping Industry

The enforcement of the 2020 sulfur cap along with the need to find the best solution for carries to comply with this new regulation,...

BW LPG can Convert 19 VLGCs to use LPG as Bunker...

BW LPG, the world's top VLGC owner and operator, has 19 very large gas carriers from its current fleet of 46 it owns and...

Compliance Options and Current Market Balance: a Marine Money Review

By J Mintzmyer Summary The shipping sector descended upon New York City last week for Marine Money Week 2018, the world's largest ship finance forum. ...

ExxonMobil Mulls ‘Multi-billion’ Dollar Clean Fuel and Lubricant Project

ExxonMobil said on Tuesday that it plans to make a final investment decision in 2019 on what it called a “multi-billion dollar” project that...