FMC Issues Warning on ‘Trade Collusion’ Between Container Shipping Lines
US ocean regulator the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has fired a warning shot across the bows of container shipping lines, saying it will head...
Increased Road and Rail Freight Rates Endangering US Imports
US importers and domestic shippers are facing more pain from increasing road and rail freight rates.
Despite a boost in retail sales, US...
Putting Out Fire In The VLCC Explosion Saves Marine Environment
The process of putting out the fire on ‘MT New Diamond’ averted a serious disaster which would have threatened the marine environment of...
Fire Aboard USCG Cutter Waesche in Dramatic Frames
A fire broke out Sunday aboard the U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter Waesche while the ship was underway in the U.S. 7th...
USCG Refiners Cite ‘Compatibility Issues’ With Fuel Blending
A dip in aviation demand has cut jet fuel prices low enough for blending into marine fuels.
Jet fuel is more likely being...
HMM Unveils New Land-Based ‘Fleet Control Centre’
HMM has opened a comprehensive fleet control center for the safe and efficient real-time monitoring of smart ships built or ordered by the...
Defence Troops Deployed To Help Contain COVID-19 on Bulk Carrier
Australian soldiers are being deployed to Port Hedland to help contain a coronavirus outbreak on a bulk carrier that last changed crews in...
[Watch] Fire Aboard Containership
Fire erupted on board of container ship X-PRESS GODAVARI, anchored off Kolkata, eastern India, Bay of Bengal.
The ship is loaded with 506...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 39, 2020
The Baltic Exchange has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 39th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...
How To Invest When Container Rates on Fire?
Containers have wrestled the ocean-shipping headlines away from tankers and bulkers as stratospheric China-to-California box rates approach $4,000 per forty-foot equivalent unit (FEU), writes...