Explosive Discovery: Cocaine Hauled Onboard Rocket Transport Ship

According to an article published in The News, a stash of cocaine has been found in a ship used to transport rocket elements. What happened? On August 5, the cocaine was discovered in a ship that...

Anglo Eastern And Exmar Join Hands for LNG Ship Management

Anglo-Eastern Univan and Exmar Ship Management have come together for a joint venture for ship management. This joint venture includes newbuilding supervision, ship management, crewing, and training through Anglo-Eastern’s training centers around the...

ISO Releases IMO 2020 Fuel Specifications

Standardisation body aims to end lack of clarity over low-sulphur bunkers' viscosity and stability by launching IMO 2020 specification for marine fuels ISO informed that it has published the 'ISO/PAS 23263:2019 Petroleum products...

Seaspan Signs a Fixed Rate Time Charter agreement With ONE

Hong Kong-headquartered containership management and ownership company Seaspan Corporation announced that it has purchased a 2010-built 9600 TEU containership. It entered into a fixed rate time charter agreement for the vessel with Ocean...

What Does the Maersk-BlackBuck Tie Up Offer?

    Maersk has announced its entry into India’s trucking services by tying up with an aggregator, BlackBuck, which has some 300,000 open trucks on its platform. The tie-up with BlackBuck will help customers of...

USGC Tracks Safety Deficiencies in Cargo Vessels

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) was required to begin tracking and publishing ship detainments following the hurricane attack on El Faro. It is required to initiate more rigorous safety management procedures, detainments can...

Hunter Joins New Scrubber Pool for VLCCs

Hunter Tankers has selected Tankers International Ltd as commercial manager for its fleet of VLCCs. The company said that Tankers International would establish - the world’s first scrubber-fitted VLCC pool. The Scrubber Pool...

DNV GL Forecasts the Decarbonization Effects, Here’s Where the World Fleet Stands

A new GHG Pathway Model from the latest Maritime Forecast to 2050 report can help the maritime industry to assess and prepare for the effects of regulatory and technological change in reducing world fleet...

Ship Breaking Yard Blows Up Killing One

A worker was killed in explosion at Maersk's partner yard in India, reports Shipping Watch. Explosion in Alang A worker has died in an explosion at the Shree Ram ship breaking yard in Alang, India, with...

Laws To Check Sulphur Content in Fuel

The risk of acid rain and respiratory illnesses has led the federal government to introduce draft laws reducing the amount of sulphur ships can have in their fuel, reports 9News. Legislation to deal shipping oil...