Hapag-Lloyd Launches an User Friendly Insurance
Hapag-Lloyd is expanding its digital product portfolio.
The company is now offering its customers an online marine insurance, available on the Hapag-Lloyd website.
Customers of "Quick Cargo Insurance" benefit from a particularly user-friendly,...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 38, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 38th week of this year. The report dated 20th September 2019 provides a valuable insight into this week's tanker market dealings, freight rates, and...
Impact of Global Ray on Local Waters Worse?
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Saturday reports of oil leaking from the Golden Ray cargo ship, which remains in the St. Simons Sound where it overturned back in early September.
The Coast Guard's...
Mobile Ship Channel Widening Plan Gets a Go Ahead
The Alabama State Port Authority announced that it has approved the request received to deepen and widen Mobile's ship channel, reports 3WearTV.
What is the need?
The State Port Authority announced that federal officials approved a...
IMO2020: The Backwardation and Contango Conundrum
Front-month forward curves for Argus-assessed northwest European and US Gulf coast 0.5pc sulphur fuel oil intersect from December 2019 to January 2020.
The northwest European curve moving into backwardation and the US Gulf...
2020 Decree Creates Singapore-Fujairah LSFO Arbitrage
According to several market participants, the fuel oil market has started to see International Maritime Organization-compliant marine fuel being shipped from Singapore to Fujairah, reports Platts.
LSFO voyages
The fuel oil market has started to see...
BWMC Malfunction Still an Issue?
According to a Riviera Maritime Media article, DNV GL held a series of webinars on ballast water treatment and the Ballast Water Management Convention and polled participants on their readiness and experiences.
Who were the...
Seatrade Maritime Awards 2019 Finalists Revealed
The maritime industry has shown encouraging signs of recovery over the last few months and companies have shown they are keen to share their accomplishments by entering the Seatrade Maritime Awards, said a press...
Captain & Chief Officer Plays With Risk, Provides False Information, Court Fines Them
A captain and Chief Officer was fined for false information on a ship docked at Tauranga Port, reports Stuff.
What happened?
The Emile Bulker was docked at the Port of Tauranga when a workplace incident left...
New Publicly Available Specification (PAS 23263‐2019) for IMO 2020 Implementation
The recently announced Publicly Available Specification (PAS) from IMO covers “Considerations for fuel suppliers and users regarding marine fuel quality in view of the implementation of maximum 0.50% sulfur in 2020”
Viswa Lab in its commitment...