Container Ship Stranded After Crew Found T-Positive

One crew of container ship MEHUIN found t-positive at Santos, Brazil, on Sept 23, the second test was also p.  The ship has been put...

Captain of Oil Tanker ‘MT New Diamond’ Faces Travel Ban

Colombo Chief Magistrate has imposed a travel ban on the Captain of the oil tanker ‘MT New Diamond’, reports Adaderana. The Captain had been issued...

Hapag Lloyd Reaches Its Milestone With A ‘Pick Up’

German vessel operator Hapag-Lloyd is converting a former UASC ship, the 15,000TEU Sajir, to operate on LNG fuel. A floating crane came to...

NYK Unveils A New Data-Led Shipbuilding Contract

NYK Line and JMU have agreed to introduce a new shipbuilding contract that guarantees propulsion performance under sea conditions that include wind and...

Leading Oil Firm Reaches New Milestone in Bunkering Services

BSM and MPC signed an agreement for the supply of bunkering services. BSM shall commence operation supplying Marine Gas Oil to vessels calling...

Ocean Carriers Witness ‘Significant’ Hikes Amid Raising Container Rates

Ocean freight budgets for shipments from Asia to the US and Europe are going through the roof as carriers prepare yet another round...

Sniffer Drones Trialed To Monitor Shipping Emissions

The Ministry of the Sea is deploying on a trial basis a sniffer drone in the strait of Pas-de-Calais, the world’s busiest area...

EU Prepares Maritime 5G Roadmap

5G Blueprint is one of 11 projects recently funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 scheme and looks into using 5G for cross-border remote operation...

The Giants Of Shipping, Tugboats and its Impacts

  When there is lesser traffic on the outports, the ‘giants’ ply their trade by traveling from port to port. Given the priority...

Crew Stabbed & Murdered in Container Ship

A Filipino crew attacked another crew with knives on board of container ship MSC RAVENNA on Sep 20. Not only health checks and...