Reducing Vessel Detentions
“The key to overseeing safety, security, and environmental compliance on ships is ensuring that the crew on board understands that looking after those safety aspects of a ship is just as important as moving...
Port City Ship Inspection Leads to Big Fine
A pair of Greek shipping companies have been fined $2.7 million after federal officials found one of their cargo vessels had been polluting the sea for months -- actions the crew then tried to...
Shipwreck and Tragedy in Cornwall
Tale of Shipwreck and Tragedy in Cornwall From 200 Years Ago Reads Like a Storyline From Poldark
From 200 years ago comes a real-life story worthy of Poldark - of shipwreck, looting, drunken fighting on...
Bunker Fuel Market Development & Demand Forecast to 2020
The bunker fuel market is growing due to the growing demands of fuel for tanker vessels and container ships. Large bunkering ports around the globe are Port of Fujairah and Singapore, accounting for a...
Market Potentials and Market Barriers for Wind Propulsion Technologies for Ships
Study On The Analysis Of Market Potentials And Market Barriers For Wind Propulsion Technologies For Ships
This study, commissioned by DG Climate Action, focuses on the direct utilisation of wind for the propulsion of commercial...
2017 Begins on a High Note for Container Ships
It seems that the demolition market picked up where it left off in 2016, but with a positive twist, in the fact that, as per GMS, the world’s leading cash buyers of ships, “the...
Singapore Smashes Annual Bunker Sales Record with 48.6 Million MT Sold in 2016
Singapore has set a new annual bunker sales record of 48,614,500 metric tonnes (mt) sold for all products, the latest preliminary data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shows.
With 3,904,900 mt...
Ship Channel Hit by Fire in Pipeline at Oil Terminal
According to reports, one person was injured when an out-of-service pipeline at a storage facility along the Houston Ship Channel caught fire.
What happened?
An out-of-service pipeline at a storage facility present along the Houston ship...
Ship Sets New Record as Youngest Boxship Heading for Scrap
A new unfortunate record has been set in container shipping with news that the seven-year-old Panamax Hammonia Grenada has been sent for scrap.
What happened?
The German controlled ship was delivered in January 2010 from...
IMO Chief Opposes Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has written to senior European officials expressing his concern that including shipping in the European Union’s Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from...