World’s First Space Based Ship Tracking System To Aid Coastal Surveillance

Centre national d'études spatiales or the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) announced the launch of World’s first space-based automatic identification system. Satellite-based...

IMO 2020: HSFO or LSFO – Suppliers in Soup

Bunker suppliers will need to balance the demand for high sulfur fuel oil from scrubber-equipped ships. High sulfur fuel oil are at extreme...

Are Scrubber-Equipped Tonnage Premium Expectations Met?

Premiums not as high as fuel prices suggest they should be, says GOGL's Vartdal. A competitive advantage to protect the company against significant...

4 Armed Robberies in a Week in Asia

During 13 - 19 August 2019, four CAT 41 incidents of armed robbery against ship were reported to the ReCAAP ISC. The four incidents took...

Cruise Ship Ablaze – Passenger in Distress

An article in the New Zealand Herald describes a passenger's "harrowing" experience while evacuation from a Russian cruise ship after a fire started spreading...

[Watch] Ferry, Ship in Near Collision Raises Security Concerns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHlcOR8eu1s An amateur video showing one of the ferries at the Likoni channel in a near collision with a ship has raised concern over...

[Watch] Can a Shipwreck Erode in the Sea? Titanic Shows

According to an article published in The Telegraph.co.uk, the wreck of the Titanic could be lost forever, say scientists, after the first dive expedition in...

US Coast Guard Leads Regional Maritime Security Exercise in Asian Countries

The Philippine Coast Guard is hosting a maritime security exercise that aims to address threats to maritime security in the ASEAN region, reports GMA...

Asia Fuel Stocks Crumble As the Cracks Widen and the Japan-South...

According to a Platts article, the impending to change to lighter sulfur bunker fuel in 2020 has had a wide-ranging impact on related markets...

Refiners, Suppliers and Shippers Join Hands To Tackle IMO 2020 Fuel...

A number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organizations have worked together to produce Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of...