U.S. Refiners From Exxon to Valero Have Edge Ahead of Ship Rule
Tougher shipping rules are impending for quite some time and world’s shipping fleet is preparing for it. Amidst this, the refiners are having an edge with the Exxon Mobil Corp., the Marathon Petroleum Corp.,...
Vessel Carrying 1,000 Cars Runs Aground Off Sweden
On July 24, a cargo vessel carrying 1000 cars ran aground due to navigation issues in Sweden.
What happened?
The Panama-flagged cargo vessel ‘Makassar Highway’ was enroute to the port of Sodertalje, south of Stockholm when...
LR Grants Cyber Security AiP to DSME Smart Ship Solution
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from LR for the DSME Smart Ship Solution (DS4®), receiving the Cyber SECURE notation, which confirms compliance with LR’s cyber...
IMB Report: Persistent Piracy Risk Off West Africa
A quarterly report released by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) showed that all 2018 crew kidnappings have so far occurred in the Gulf of Guinea in six separate incidents.
Increase in incidents and...
Two Minutes of Terror for Ship Off NSW
On July 24, a container vessel was battered by huge waves and many containers stacked onboard the vessel fell into the Sea.
What happened?
The 43,000-tonne Liberian-registered ship ‘YM Efficiency’ was enroute from Taiwan to Sydney...
Will the Cost of 2020 Compliance be on the Owner or the Charterer?
The cost of compliance will badly affect the shipping industry if proper measures aren’t taken, warns the deputy director of the North P&I Club, Tiejha Smyth.
0.5% compliant fuels will lead to additional...
[Watch] Sailors Rescued by a Passing Cargo Ship
The sailors were taking the voyage from Indonesia to Australia aboard their yacht, the Jepeda IV, when inclement weather dismantled their mast some 370 kilometres north of Darwin.
Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational...
Alert! Fuel System Related Failures Due to Contaminated Bunker
What happened?
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has recently published a Safety Alert relating to unplanned releases of different and unrelated gases:
10/#18 entitled We’ve all experienced bad gas, but how about IFO 380?...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
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If you have any picture based or text based challenge...
Trade War Casts a Shadow Over LNG Ship Boom
The booming market for liquefied natural gas can weather an escalating US-China trade war. But the risks are mounting.
So far, LNG has been left off the growing list of tit-for-tat tariffs. If that changes,...