Crew Suffers Burn As Explosion Rocks Crude Oil Tanker!

An Indian shipping company says one of its crude oil tankers suffered an explosion off the coast of Oman and three of its sailors are missing, reports the Arab News. What happened? The Shipping Corporation of...

Coronavirus Alerts Triggering Social Stigma?

  The Coronavirus pandemic has opened a can of worms for the health sector. They are getting brick bats even when they are doing a fine job of containing the diesease as the fear of...

Maersk Plans To Reduce, Identifies Potential Candidates!

According to an article published in The Loadstar, all are keen to know what assets Denmark’s AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) would sell next to reinforce its status of global container integrator worldwide. Customized strategy It seems to...

CMA CGM Resumes Operation at Major Chinese Ports

Cargo operations at China's major seaports are returning to normal. Port workers and truck drivers have resumed operations at major coastal ports. Precautions in place to protect the health and well-being of staff. ...

Will China’s Aggressive Coronavirus Tackling Measures Suit Others?

China has been very efficient in enforcing strict measures to curb the virus outbreak. Chinese hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients a few weeks ago are empty. The outbreak was contained due to massive...

Foreship Witnesses A Surge in Scrubber Enquiries

Foreship reports there has been an increasing number of enquiries on how scrubbers can be equipped at short notice. Due to 2020 sulphur cap, companies that have opted scrubbers have a relatively smooth transition....

Human Error Sinks Ship Killing Crew Members

A human error caused by the suspects had led to the occurring of a tragic incident when a ship went off course and rammed into a breakwater that made it sink and killed...

Charter Market Ship Takes Record Time for Scrubber Retrofit

Scrubber retrofits were meant to take as little as a fortnight in a yard to complete. The record holder for a scrubber-related yard stay is a 2,566 teu charter market ship, which spent...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 10, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 10th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 06th March highlights the plight of the dry bulk market...

“K” Line Petronas Long-term Time Charter Deal

“K” Line and Petronas LNG Ltd. sign a long-term time charter for two newbuilding LNG vessels. The two vessels are equipped with an X-DF engine. The two newbuilding vessels will engage in transportation...