Apilot: Futuristic Autopilot for Drone Ships

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The new technology has been developed for navigation systems and ship autopilots, which steer...

[Watch] Compliance Procedures for Cargo & Ballast Operations Onboard Oil Tankers

This program covers vessel audit compliance procedures for cargo & ballast operations onboard oil tankers, and is based on repetitive observations by Vetting Inspectors while auditing vessels as per Chapter 8 of the SIRE...

Bunker Fuel Company Loses $1 Million to Email Scam

Kedah police chief Datuk Asri Yusoff said in the latest case, a 47-year-old owner of a bunker fuel company from Sungai Petani claimed he was cheated by a fake bunker fuel supply company and...

Ships’ Values Bound to Go Further Down Says Shipbroker

Ship values are expected to face more downward pressure moving forward, especially when it comes to older vessels. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal noted that “the dry and the tanker shipping segments...

Shipping Losses Continue to Decline

Large shipping losses have declined by 50 per cent over the past decade, largely driven by development of a more robust safety environment by ship-owners, a report said. There were 85 vessels reported as total...

Research Report on China’s Shipbuilding Industry, 2012-2021

In 2016, the international ship market was on a downtrend. Global trading volume of new ships declined by 67% YOY, and holding orders of global ship enterprises declined by 25% over 2015. Completion of...

[Watch] World’s Largest Cruise Ship Floated Out of Dry Dock

Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever built at 230,000 tons, touched water for the first time last week when the ship was floated out of dry dock at the...

How Could the Navy Destroyer Collision Happen?

In a news that shook the world, Seven sailors aboard the destroyer USS Fitzgerald were killed, and other crew members injured, when the warship collided with a cargo vessel off Japan. How did this happen? The...

Tattoo Beware! Man Dies After Swimming with New Tattoo

A  31-year-old man reportedly died mysteriously after a tattoo job on his right leg.  As tattoo artists will tell you, there are some critically important rules to follow in the hours and days after...

Qatar Petroleum Offers Fuel-oil Bunkering for All Vessels

Qatar Petroleum said in a statement that a “vessel-borne fueling facility is available for all vessels lifting any Qatari seaborne imports or exports” as of Monday. Fuel oil for bunkering arrives: Says first of several shipments...