Your Ship is Not a Donkey Cart!

Discipline is the answer to self-inflicted problems in the shipping industry, owners claim. Shipowners are required to stay disciplined and stop trying to outmanoeuvre each...

Livestock Carrier Hit and Sinks Navy Ship

On Thursday, a Russian spy ship reportedly sunk after it, unfortunately, collided with a freighter collision with a freighter carrying sheep. What happened? The Russian Navy...

Cargo Shift Sinks Cargo Ship at Port

On Thursday, a cargo ship capsized while loading over-weight goods at a port in Yangon. What happened? The ship, MV Shwe Let Wa, running on Yangon-Sittway...

Ship Scrapping: Prices on Downward Path

As ship owners are actively pursuing more trading opportunities, the demolition market appears to be slowing down again. In its latest weekly report, the...

Sino-Global Shipping America: A Positive Risk/Reward Scenario

by Amit Ghate Summary Sino-Global Shipping America has embarked on a change in business strategy. Early indications show positive earnings and sizable gross margins. If the...

Owners Need to Scrap Larger Dry Bulk Vessels for Sustained Recovery

DRY bulk vessel owners will have to start scrapping more vessels of higher deadweight tonnage in order to alleviate the overcapacity problem. Lloyd's List Intelligence...

Oil Tankers to Cruise Ships Fueled by LNG Offer Hope on...

When Russia’s biggest tanker operator launches four new vessels next year, they won’t just be carrying oil to northern Europe but the hopes of...

[Watch] Azure will be Maersk’s “Preferred Cloud”

Score one for Microsoft  Azure in its battle for big, industrial cloud customers. Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, says it will use Azure...

How are Monitoring Reporting Solutions Impacted by MRV?

One of the highlights of HullPIC 2.0, the hull performance and insight conference in March 2017, is the contribution by Torsten Büssow and Jarle...

More Water Required for Panama Canal for Fourth Set of Locks

The Panama Canal Authorities are currently focused on securing more water resources for the artificial 77 km waterway dug through the Isthmus of Panama,...