First steps in environmentally responsible degassing of ships. Ships not allowed to remove vapours from their holds while in transit. EUR 250,000 made available for trials with mobile degassing systems. The Netherlands will no...

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 36th week of this year. The report dated 4th September 2020 provides a valuable insight into this week’s tanker market dealings, freight rates, and...

Ships are requiring overboard pipe repairs within six months of installation due to corrosion. Ship owners have also found the spool pieces to be below the required standard and unable to sustain in...

Japan has told Mauritius it would offer support on an “unprecedented scale,” Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday, after a Japanese-owned ship struck a coral reef off the country’s southeast coast in late...

Dry bulk market experts Shriram Sivaramakrishnan, Carina Li, and Isaac Eio take part in a lively discussion. The examine how the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax markets fare in this pandemic-stricken trading environment. They also talk...

The Gulf Livestock 1 left New Zealand carrying 5,800 cows to Tangshan, when it  sent a distress signal while it was sailing in stormy conditions in the East China Sea as a typhoon...

Merchant ship attacked, identity of the ship not clear. Crew members probably kidnapped. Reports say, it is Dutch reefer WATER PHOENIX. Ship attacked south of Lagos, writes Erofey Schkvakin for the Maritime Bulletin. Merchant ship...

Leading global logistics service provider DB Schenker approved a Stability Package for customers of its competitor Damco. Intended for affected companies, the package includes an offer to take over short-term service agreements of...

China’s Huarun Dadong yard has started retrofitting Hapag-Lloyd’s ultra-large containership Sajir to use LNG as fuel. With a price tag of about $30 million, this is claimed to be the world’s first such...

ICS, UNHCR, and IOM are calling for the immediate disembarkation of 27 rescued people trapped onboard a cargo ship. The distraught group, including one child and a pregnant woman, have now been onboard...