Ports Collaborate to Develop Harmonised LNG Bunkering Standards

A group of ports, including Antwerp and Zeebrugge, Belgium; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and Singapore, have joined hands together to develop a set of harmonised liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering standards. The ports have formed a...

BSM Continues to Strengthen Global Team With Appointment of Two New Managing Directors

World’s leading ship management company, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Managing Directors to the Company.  Neil McNeil (pictured right) will head BSM British Isles based in...

$11 million Tender Awarded to Recycle Ship

Liverpool is currently amid a new shipbreaking industry with R.J. MacIsaac Ltd being awarded a tender worth almost $11 million.  The fund was allocated to tow and scrap the retired naval vessel Iroquois at...

Less Authority But More Responsibility: A Growing Problem For Ship Masters?

Less Authority But More Responsibility: A Growing Problem For Ship Masters? The position of the Ship Master, apparently enshrined in centuries of law, custom and practice, is showing evidence of strain in the light of...

Teekay Gives its OK to ME-GI

Tony Bingham, Director of Business Development and Technology at TeeKay Shipping discusses the reasons his company chose MAN Diesel & Turbo’s dual-fuel, two-stroke ME-GI engine and their expectations for the future. What was the background...

Largest LNG Bunker Supply Vessel of its Kind Secured by Bomin Linde LNG

Bomin Linde LNG secures world’s largest liquefied natural gas bunker supply vessel Liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier Bomin Linde LNG has secured the largest LNG bunker supply vessel of its kind to date with...

Tanker and LPG Ship Values Keep Retreating in September

Tanker values have continued to soften throughout September across all vessel types.  This table shows the monthly % change from 1st to the 30th September 2016 for the main tanker vessel types, of different...

Creative Solutions for Promoting Sustainable Development Goals

NYK’s Initiatives Introduced at UN’s #GlobalGoals Week: Promoting Sustainable Development Goals In a recent speech at the U.N., NYK was the only Japanese company mentioned to be promoting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, or...

Merchant Ships Off Yemen Brace for more Danger!

Yemen war scenario: Growing worries: Merchant ships off Yemen brace for more danger after attacks on navy craft Missile attacks from Yemen on Western military craft risk spilling over into nearby busy sea lanes which...

Cargo Ship Disabled! Seafarers Rescued

Honolulu-based cutter ship rescues mariners aboard a stricken Cargo ship The crew members of USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722) have been assisting in the rescue and safe transit of a 400-foot cargo vessel with 12 people aboard...