Seafarers Who Sailed to Crimea Banned from Ukraine for 3 years
The Ukraine authorities have notified, that any foreign seafarer, sailing on a vessel to a port in Crimea, cannot visit Ukraine for the ensuing 3 years.
The reason is Ukrainian Security Service, are not operating...
Tankers With First U.S. Shale Gas Ready For Export
Cheniere Loading Tanker with First U.S. Shale Gas for Export
The first shale gas is ready to ship from the U.S. at Louisiana Export terminal, wherein Cheniere Energy Inc. is loading LNG into a tanker....
Mesmerising Shipwreck Snap – Voted One Of The Best In The World
Specialist underwater photographer, Susannah Snowden-Smith, who lives in Grand Cayman, captured the poignant image in just one snap. The talented photographer was commended in the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition with this picture...
Nepal Plane Crash Kills 23
All 23 people, including 2 babies, are feared dead after a Tara Air plane crashed on early Wednesday in the mountainous regions of Nepal within 10 minutes after take off, reports say.
The aircraft was...
Cargo Ship Hit Injures Two
Two river pilots escaped with slight injuries when a cargo ship collided with two boats and pontoons in River Nene at Sutton bridge.
Incident
: Collision
Date
: 23rd February 2016
Vessel Type
: Cargo ship and Fenland District...
Suez & The Panama Canal – Next In Line To Get Affected!
The ongoing crisis in the container shipping industry will next affect the Panama and Suez canals.
As we have been hearing about the crisis in shipping industry it has started affecting its tributaries. First in...
What In The World Could Have Caused The Ship’s Crew To Clean Purifiers Every...
The vessel bunkered RMG 380 grade fuel at Vlissingen - Netherlands. The regular full spec analysis indicated the density to be off-spec which was marginally higher than 991 Kg/m3.
The newly bunkered fuel was put...
What Does It Cost To Store Oil At Sea?
Low oil prices have been a boom in the tanker industry. The shipping industry has witnessed a sea change where the dry bulk shipowners have queued up their vessels at the scrapyards. The container...
“Contango & Backwardation” – Terms To know In The Current Shipping Market!
Many of us invest to multiply money. Such investments are diversified and it includes but not limited to investing in a property, investing in a commodity like gold or stocks/shares. Thus, after several years,...
Saade Talks On Future CMA CGM Alliances
Recent reports states that the French liner CMA CGM was prepared to create a mega-alliance with a recently merged Cosco and CSCL (COSCOCS), Hong Kong-based OOCL and the Taiwanese Evergreen, that is anticipated to...