Delivery Of Six New VLCCS Kick Starts A Busy Delivery Year
Six brand new VLCCs from shipyards in South Korea and China to owners and investor across the globe marks a grand beginning for 2016.
58 more VLCCs are scheduled for delivery for the full year...
Vessel Listed? Port of Rotterdam has a Solution!
Modern Express salvaged by Smit Salvage, in the Gulf of Biscay.
Stricken vessel Modern Express is towed by another ship entering at the port of the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016.
Royal...
The Wreck Of Toa Maru No 2
Toa Maru No 2 is a World War II Japanese transport ship, launched on 1934, build by Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe.
On November 25th, 1943, Toa Maru was sunk by the American submarine USS Searaven (SS-196)...
[IMO Training] Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis
IMO Training: Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis
The GloBallast Partnerships Programme, from IMO, launched a video based training on ballast water sampling and analysis. IMO’s this effort is focussed on countering the threat to...
Titanic – To Sail From China To Dubai In 2018
Billionaire Australian businessman Clive Palmer has announced that Titanic II will now set sail in 2018.
Titanic, the infamously declared "unsinkable", sank on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg in 1912, killing 1,503 people....
Britain’s Biggest Plant Bursts
Massive explosion at Tata Steel Works Britain.
A coke oven at the works that is now isolated burst into flames raising up to 100 feet into air. The Tata Steelworks in Port Talbot announced over...
Wartsila Leads Japan into Gas Age
Japan’s LNG carrier market enhances its gas fuelled merchant fleet with 61 engines from Wartsila.
A total of 16 new gas carrier ships powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines are built in Japan. These engines are...
Top 10 – Ship Owning Nations – Greece at #1
Greece is the first in the list of ship owning nation by fleet value in 2016.
Vessel Value has listed the Top 10 Shipowning Nations by Value (USD Millions), including the % change difference against...
Fuel Quality Standards are Hammered Out Heavily in Favour the Fuel Suppliers – ...
The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), (IMEI) in association with the Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA) organized a seminar on “Marine Fuel Oil & Challenges” at IMEI House, Navi Mumbai. The importance of the...
Amazon: Dragon Boats Licensed To Sail?
Amazon, under the trade name of Beijing Century Joyo Courier Service Company Limited, got its Chinese shipping license.
Last month, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission granted amazon the license to act as a wholesaler for...