Joe Angelo Felicitated by IMO

IMO’s prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2018 is to be awarded to Mr. Joseph J. Angelo for providing leadership on a number of key regulatory developments. The Prize will be presented to Angelo during...

FortisBC Enters First Term Agreement To Supply LNG

Canadian natural gas utility FortisBC has entered into an agreement to supply LNG for Top Speed Energy Corp.  The shipment will happen from Tilbury, British Columbia, to China and will see 53,000 tonnes...

Maritime Security Measures To Tackle Attacks in Strait of Hormuz

The Council is the Executive Organ of IMO, consisting of 40 Member States elected by the IMO Assembly.  The IMO Council decision reminds all flag States, ship owners and operators of the need...

INTERCARGO Not Pleased With New Compliant Fuels

INTERCARGO voiced its discontent over 0.50% Sulfur supply.  Testing of new fuels causes significant safety implications and affects marine environment. The global sulfur cap for marine fuel drops to 0.50% from January 1,...

Global NFC Blockchain Shipment Solution Does Real Time Sensing

ShipChain and GTX Corp announced a new partnership for a new global NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution.  New partnership will track temperature-sensitive shipments using energy-efficient NFC smart tags.  The NFC tags provide real-time...

Clown Reason for Brawl Onboard Cruise Ship?

According to an article published in CNN Travel, a mass brawl broke out on a British cruise ship leaving several people injured and others confined to their cabins for the rest of their journey. What...

Mitsui LNG Ship Hired by GAIL for Transporting Gas from America!

GAIL has signed a long-term LNG contract with Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines for ferrying gas from nations such as the US for a period of three years. It has also contracted long-term LNG...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 27, 2019

Protection Vessels International has released the 27th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 24th July 2019 highlights the various incidents that took place in the past week. Indonesia: Robbers board tug...

S’hail Vessels Added To Klaveness Baumarine Pool!

S’hail Shipping's vessels MV S’hail al Rayan and MV S’hail al Dukhan were inducted into the Baumarine pool. Baumarine has a solid global market and builds up knowledge on the complex and dynamic dry bulk...

Q2 Profits Fall As Demand Becomes Weak, Says Wartsila

In a major development, Finland’s Wartsila Oyj (WRT1V.HE) missed second-quarter forecasts last Thursday and warned that it expected demand to weaken for both its marine and energy businesses, sending shares in the engineering firm...