While cruise lines are working on their comeback, some destinations say not so fast!, says an article published in The Washington Post. Stay away for a while As cruise lines tentatively plan their return to the...

With their newly founded joint venture Zero Emission Services (ZES), a Dutch consortium has taken up the cause of zero-emission inland container shipping. The initiators want to put the first electric ship into...

High sulfur fuel oil, once the cheap staple diet of the shipping industry, has been usurped by an abundance of low-cost, premium quality bunker fuel. That’s led to seafarers freezing orders for...

The declines came after the US Federal Reserve warned that the American economy faces a long road to recovery. In the US, the three main share indexes saw their worst day in weeks,...

Chief Engineer of an LPG tanker dies on board of the ship on Jun 10.  He is 43 years old from China and had died due to cardiac arrest, while on duty. A recently published...

This week, the matter of asymptomatic transmission of the novel coronavirus has caused much confusion — and sparked a lively debate on Twitter. It started Monday when the World Health Organization discussed the...

An all-inclusive infection prevention certification for shipping has been launched to check the spread of COVID19 and other diseases. The program includes a pre-assessment of company's management system followed by an actual survey ...

The first seafarers to benefit from the use of chartered flight to comply with the new crew change protocol finally disembarked the bulk carrier Genco Liberty at the Port of Singapore. The protocols...

According to a Seafety4Sea report, UCL Energy Institute is making a system to track the efficiency of marine fuels used in ships. What is it? The UCL Energy Institute, in partnership with Signol, has won funding...

Lack of ullage at the tank farms in Qingdao port has forced VLCCs to wait for up to three weeks. Currently, 20 VLCCs are queueing to offload the crude oil onboard. Another 19...