What A Way To Start for Cruise Ship Drydocks In 2022?
The new year is off to a strong start with many ships currently undergoing all kinds of work at drydocks globally.
From extensive conversion projects to regular class work and emergency repairs, Cruise Industry...
A Peep Into Tanker Sale and Purchase In 2022
Last year is destined to go down as a record year for activity in the tanker sale and purchase (S&P) market with the first two weeks of 2021 seeing 48 tankers reported sold.
So far,...
Ships In Singapore Straits 50% Of Asia Armed Robbery
The Singapore Straits accounted for over half of all piracy and armed robbery incidents against ships in 2021, according to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC).
The vast majority of incidents, 43, were...
Asia Residual Fuels: Key Market Indicators For Jan 17-21
Very low sulfur bunker deliveries in the Middle Eastern port of Fujairah are expected to remain under pressure until late in the week of Jan. 17, according to local bunker suppliers, amid lower barge...
Asia Crude Oil: Key Market Indicators For Jan 17-21
Crude oil futures are expected to continue rising this week Jan. 17-21 as tightening supply and demand fundamentals keep investors bullish on oil. The front month ICE Brent and NYMEX light sweet crude futures...
How Icebreakers Keep Ports Open Even in Harsh Winter
Med Marine developed its MED-A3055 Ice-Super class design for tugs it built in 2021 for Romania’s Ministry of Transport.
Med Marine developed it to manage ice and assist vessels traveling along the Danube...
ICS and IRENA To Collaborate on Green Fuel Transition
ICS has signed a Partnership Agreement with IRENA to support the decarbonisation of the shipping sector.
The agreement’s main role is in the transition towards a global energy sector based on renewables.
The International...
Yang Ming Finally Nods for 15,000 TEU Quintet
Yang Ming is to finally make a long-awaited order for Neo-Panamax new buildings, more than a year after its peers began fleet expansion amid rocketing freight rates.
On 14 January, the Taiwanese liner operator’s directors...
Omicron Reveals The Loopholes in Public Health Care
In Britain, omicron is causing cracks in the health system even though the variant appears to cause milder illness than its predecessors.
the Spanish government vowed not to let such a collapse happen...
BEMA Achieve Non-Governmental Organisation Consultative Status
BEMA has announced it received news from IMO that it has been granted Non-Governmental Organisation Consultative Status.
BEMA applied for NGO Consultative Status in March 2020.
With this recognition by IMO, BEMA is...