IMB Reports 132 Pirate Attacks in World’s Seas
ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas in the first nine months of 2020.
This comes with a 40% increase in the...
Stena Line To Deploy Two RoPax Ferries in Baltic Sea
Ferry company Stena Line has today announced an expansion and strengthening of their operations across the Baltic Sea region.
Next year the current vessels on the Nynäshamn-Ventspils route will be replaced with two...
Cargo Ship Runs Aground
A general cargo ship with 2,500 tons of tapioca on board ran aground on the northern coast of Sebuku island, Indonesia, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
General cargo ship NOAH SATU ran aground on the northern...
IBC Code & MARPOL Annex II Amendments In Effect from 1 January 2021
Following concerns raised about the environmental impact of permissible discharges from tankers carrying Noxious Liquid Substances (NLS), MEPC 74 in May 2019 adopted by way of IMO Resolution MEPC.315(74), amendments to MARPOL Annex II...
China Sees 18% Hike in Marine Fuel Sales
Sales of marine fuel from the Chinese port of Zhoushan, the country's top supplier of shipping fuel, in first nine months of 2020 rose nearly 18% from a year earlier.
Zhoushan supplied 3.26...
Is Shell’s $17 Billion Prelude Project a Failure?
Royal Dutch Shell's Australian Prelude LNG working on restarting operations but will not resume full production this year, says an article published in Reuters.
Australian Prelude LNG project
Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L said that its Prelude...
High Demand & Rigorous Costs Help Hapag-Lloyd Upgrade Q3 Profits
Performance of container shipping market and Hapag-Lloyd in Q3 much better than anticipated.
Compared to Q2 much stronger demand and higher revenues in Q3.
Performance Safeguarding Program running successfully.
According to a recent Hapag-Lloyd...
Italy Tightens Covid 19 Restrictions As Europe Battles Second Wave
Italy has announced a new raft of measures to tighten restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
Mayors will get powers to close public areas after 21:00 and the opening times of restaurants...
[Watch] Half of Great Barrier Reef Died in the Past 25 years
According to a BBC report, Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its corals since 1995 due to warmer seas driven by climate change, a study has found.
Corals Declined
Scientists found all...
Boosting Marine Fuel Sector With $30,000 Grants To Firms
The Republic's maritime sector has remained resilient despite global economic headwinds, with the marine fuel or bunker segment holding steady amid the double shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and fluctuating oil prices, says an...