The EPA Just Announced! New Rules to Clean Up Our Air

The EPA Just Announced New Rules to Clean Up Our air. SAMANTHA MICHAELS The Obama administration has announced new regulations to make trucks, buses, and other heavy-duty vehicles more fuel efficient—a move that could help fight...

Record Tanker Depth Points to New Geelong Shipping Heights

The oil tanker Phoenix Advance has created a record by breaking the Geelong Shipping depth.  This is a great achievement and augurs for multi-million-dollar benefits from a new channel clearance monitoring system. The last unmatched...

Is it Possible to Hyperloop Containers from Ships?

DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Hyperloop One to explore the role of innovation in the future of world trade. The collaboration...

Expandable LNG Tank: 5 Times Larger Tank Ready from Kawasaki

A ship fuel tank that can store up to five times more LNG  than the existing model. Demand to increase for vessels powered by LNG. Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has developed a ship...

Improving Engine Robustness for Diesel Electric Vessels

At The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference in May, Ricardo UK presented a tool for evaluating how a multi-engine diesel electric vessel’s reliability could be boosted by advanced engine control, with or without an...

How Evergas Achieved a Breakthrough? Evergas First Off the Mark with Ethane Carriers

Evergas First Off the Mark with Ethane Carriers Evergas chief executive Steffen Jacobsen explains how his company achieved a breakthrough, launching the first dedicated ethane carriers Based in Copenhagen and part of Jaccar Holdings, Evergas is...

Wärtsilä Unveils an Optimised Ship Design that Reduce Fuel Consumption

Wärtsilä’s New Stern Trawler Design Offers Greater Fuel Efficiency Wärtsilä Ship Design has introduced a new optimised stern trawler design that will reduce fuel consumption and notably increase overall vessel efficiency compared to currently available...

[Watch] Bosphorus Strait Traffic Halted

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The collision occurred at 8:40 a.m. (0540 GMT) at the southern end of the strait, traffic was halted until 2:30 p.m. and has resumed. Shipping traffic in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait...

Vessel Sinks Killing Three After Colliding with a Bulk Carrier

Three Turkish Coast Guard personnel were killed on Wednesday after their vessel collided with a bulk carrier in the Bosphorus strait, forcing officials to temporarily suspend traffic in the busy shipping lane. Their vessel capsized...

[Watch] Ship with 500 People Catches Fire

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the terrifying moments when US Coast Guard rushes to help passengers overcome with smoke billowing from the ship off the coast of Puerto Rico. For more information, please visit...