Heavy Oil Pollution After Rupture of Fuel Pipe

A fuel pipe rupture has lead to a massive oil pollution in the Baltic Sea. What happened? On June 16, 2017, a fuel pipe broke under...

Tankers and Bulkers in Demand in the Newbuilding Market

Newbuilding ordering activity remains in high ground, especially when compared to the same period of 2016. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking...

[Watch] Sailors Death Trap Aboard the Navy Destroyer

The Navy is investigating the horrifying possibility that some of those who died on the USS Fitzgerald when it sank may have been trapped...

Ships Without Cyber Security to be Detained From 2021

IMO has given shipowners and managers until 2021 to incorporate cyber risk management into ship safety, giving the industry another issue to deal with. Ships...

Cobbling Insulation Causes Smoke Development

In the Rhine port of Mannheim the water police were notified about a potential dangerous goods leakage on board the "Bitumina III", 1207 ts,...

IBIA Flags up Flashpoint Issue in Relation to Sulphur Cap

IMO meeting gives importance to flashpoint and other safety implications IBIA contributed to a discussion at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last week regarding the...

Apilot: Futuristic Autopilot for Drone Ships

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The new technology has...

[Watch] Compliance Procedures for Cargo & Ballast Operations Onboard Oil Tankers

This program covers vessel audit compliance procedures for cargo & ballast operations onboard oil tankers, and is based on repetitive observations by Vetting Inspectors...

Bunker Fuel Company Loses $1 Million to Email Scam

Kedah police chief Datuk Asri Yusoff said in the latest case, a 47-year-old owner of a bunker fuel company from Sungai Petani claimed he...

Ships’ Values Bound to Go Further Down Says Shipbroker

Ship values are expected to face more downward pressure moving forward, especially when it comes to older vessels. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker...