The First LNG Powered Vessel Passes Through Panama

The First LNG Powered Vessel Passes Through Panama Panama welcomes the US-flagged box ship named Is0la Bella, the first LNG powered vessel to transit Panama...

Republic of the Marshall Islands Registry Gains Confidence

Republic of the Marshall Islands Registry Gains Confidence Japanese Owners Show Confidence in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registry. Japanese Shipowners continue to entrust the...

ULSFO Has Sulphur Close To 0.10% Level

In an advisory issued on October 28, CARB (the California Air Resources Board) said that ULSFO (ultra-low sulphur fuel oil) contains sulphur close to...

The Significance of LNG as a Game-Changer

As a game-changer, the significance of LNG cannot be ignored Angus Campbell, Managing Director of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement UK, (BSM), while delivering a speech at...

ExxonMobil EALs Endorsed by Fincantieri

ExxonMobil EALs endorsed by Fincantieri Fincantieri Marine System Division, the marine equipment manufacturer of the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, have endorsed the range of lubricants -...

Crowley’s First ConRo Ship Gets LNG Storage Tanks

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group reached another important milestone last week.  Three double-walled, stainless steel tanks were installed in the liquefied natural gas...

The First South African Merchant Vessel After Three Decades

The Cape Orchid is the first merchant vessel to be registered under the South African flag since 1985. The  300 metre long, Japanese-built bulk...

[Amazing] Revolution in Multigas Carrier Design

Revolution in Multigas Carrier Design Deltamarin Ltd and Brevik Technology have jointly launched a novel multigas carrier design. Deltamarin’s B.Delta and the cylindrical gas tanks...

Armed Pirates Kidnap Two German Sailors in Indonesia

Armed Pirates Kidnap Two German Sailors In Indonesia Incident : Hijack Vessel involved : Faraway, a German Yacht Location : Strait of Lombok off Bali Island, Indonesia The Yacht, with two...

The Phantom Ship Of New Haven Harbor, 1647

Taylor’s Corners is an old name for the intersection of Still, Stonehenge and Haviland roads.  The Taylor family had settled there by the 1780s,...