Is Steel Blasting a Cost Effective Way to Clean Ship Holds?
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Blastrac recently carried out a project within a ship’s hold, cleaning the walls, using its 900 VMB vertical steel blaster. It was used in combination with a mobile crane...
SGX and Baltic Exchange: Update on Proposed Acquisition
Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and The Baltic Exchange Limited (Baltic Exchange) are pleased to announce that they have agreed on the terms for a recommended offer by SGX for the entire issued share capital...
Can You Help This Captain Make Their Cargo Shipshape?
By Kirsty Tobin
Being the captain of a container ship has a lot of stresses attached to it, not least having to make sure that all the containers are placed correctly and safely. For this, maths...
Iran Tankers Gets P&I Club Coverage
On August 16, Iran Shipping Line announced that nine Iranian ships, properties of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL), received the coverage of Steamship Mutual International Group of P&I Clubs, and their...
Freighter Suffers a 45 Degree List
Freighter Suffers a 45 degree List
All 15 Russian seamen safely evacuated
On Aug 21, a Russian freighter Alfa reportedly suffered a heavy list of 45 degrees, to starboard side, after a part of...
[Watch] Caribbean Fantasy Towed into San Juan Harbor
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Watch the Caribbean Fantasy, a passenger ferry vessel, getting towed to Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. 511 people were evacuated from the...
Still Smoldering Caribbean Fantasy Towed to San Juan
The passenger vessel ferry Caribbean Fantasy was moored safely Saturday at Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor.
The Unified Command is developing an assessment and disposal plan for potential hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
The Coast Guard...
American Found Dead on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
Police in Bermuda responded to a report that a Royal Caribbean passenger on Grandeur of the Seas was found dead in his stateroom. No foul play is suspected in the incident.
On August 20, a...
Eleven Countries Unload US LNG
Sabine Pass, the first LNG-export plant in the US’ Lower 48 states, shipped chilled gas to 11 different countries in its first six months in operation, having dispatched its first cargoes in February.
Cargoes from...
Less Empty Container Movement Will Cut CO2 Emissions
‘Less Empty Container Movement Will Cut CO2’
Jesús García López, the chief executive officer of Cadiz, Spain-based Connectainer Intermodal Solutions said that finding more efficient ways to utilize empty shipping containers to limit their movement...