How Importers and Exporters Benefit from Smart Containers from TRAXENS?   Cargo container got smarter and are more visible during its journey with Traxens smart container system.  In its newly released video the company outlines...

BW today announced that it has appointed Christian Bonfils as Head of BW Dry Cargo effective from 1 April 2016.  Says Carsten Mortensen, BW Group CEO, “Christian brings with him many years of experience...

‘Sailor Today’ Honours Mr. Kishore Rajvanshy With Lifetime Achievement Award   Sailor Today – an International shipping journal for seafarers - lauded Mr. Kishore Rajvanshy, Managing Director at Fleet Management Limited with a Lifetime Achievement...

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and Optimum Ship Management (Optimum) today announced the launch of a new joint venture company to provide comprehensive, world class passenger vessel management services. BSM, the leading maritime solutions provider, has...

MS Estonia was a cruise ferry built in 1979 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. On 28th September 1994, the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm,...

Vessel Containership Machinery Turbocharger on Main Engine Damage/Problem High Lube oil Consumption Main Engine 12 L 90 GFCA Turbocharger Retrofitted from ABB to MAN Technical Background: The main engine had four turbochargers and all these turbochargers have been overhauled recently.  It was later observed that...

The BDTI (Baltic Dirty Tanker Index) tracks the crude tanker rates.  The index proves that crude tankers are still siling at solid rates holding the prices of its stocks in a favorable position. Analyst updates: Here...

  This video shows the first ship-to-ship transfer of LNG in March 1984.  Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (Adgas) conducted the trials using the LNG carriers Norman Lady and Hilli in the Persian Gulf. Check...

Inventors from Sussex have developed a concept of solar and wind-powered boat, SeaVax, that can suck up plastic waste.   A proof of concept at the government-funded Innovate U.K. show in London late last year...

Effective from 1st April 2016, MOL will appoint Chief Country Representatives to oversee the operations in Asia and Oceania. The idea of appointing country representatives helps the group to provide services tailored to customer needs...