Ballast Water – U.S. Getting Tough on Extensions
All ships calling at US ports and intending to discharge ballast water must either carry out ballast water exchange or treatment, in addition to fouling and sediment management.
Local sources have indicated that USCG officers...
Vessels Pose Danger to Whales
A group of marine scientists said that collisions of whales and boats off of the New England coast may be more common than previously thought.
Injury and scarring on whales:
The scientists focused on the humpback...
Dry Bulk Tonnage Glut Sees Signs of Shrinking: Precious Shipping
The lingering tonnage glut that is troubling the global dry bulk shipping market may soon see a considerable deflation to match demand, in view of increasing trade flows coupled with upcoming IMO regulations that...
SCF Tanker Shturman Albanov Named 2016 Ship of the Year
Shturman Albanov, Sovcomflot’s Arctic shuttle tanker, has won the award for ‘2016 Ship of the Year’ at the international industrial Marine Propulsion Awards 2017. The winners were announced on 26 April 2017 in Amsterdam,...
Madrid Maersk – World’s Largest Containership Makes Maiden Call
The world’s largest containership to date - the Madrid Maersk – made its maiden call on 27 April at the port of Tianjin in China.
The 20,568 teu Madrid Maersk is the first of Maersk...
Maersk is Buying Hamburg Süd – Here’s What You Need to Know
Maersk Line has finally been confirmed to be paying €3.7 billion to buy Germany’s Hamburg Süd.
Denmark’s globally present shipping giant made this information public in a statement, and said that the acquisition would be...
[Watch] Norwegian Billionaire to Build a Giant Ship
Norwegian Billionaire to Build Giant Ship for Environmental Research
Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke is funding the purchase of a giant research vessel for the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF).
The 181-meter-long vessel, which is...
[Watch] Life Aboard Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel?
An officer on board an emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) has given an insight into what life is like living on the North Sea.
The video was shot by chief officer Graeme Hately on...
Platts to Launch Low-sulphur Marine Gasoil Assessments
S&P Global Platts will launch new low-sulphur marine gasoil and diesel oil prices at several bunkering ports in Asia from June, it said in a note to subscribers on Tuesday.
This is to cater to...
Bulk Carrier Collided with Anchored Freighter at Nakhodka Bay
Bulk carrier HAI YU allided with anchored general cargo vessel ZHI KUN 7 while heaving anchor on Anchorage 2 in Nakhodka Bay, Nakhodka, Japan sea, on April 30.
What happened?
The bulker was maneuvering to...