An Industry Insight Into The World’s Largest Shipowning Nation

  Greek shipowners own 20.67% of global tonnage and 54.28% of the European Union -controlled tonnage, making it the world’s largest shipowning nation. It is also one of the safest fleets worldwide, ranked 8th...

ReCAAP Reports A 38% Spike in Armed Robbery This Year

The total number of piracy incidents reported during January-August 2020 has increased compared to January-August 2019. This was due to the increase of incidents in Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, South China Sea and...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 37, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 37th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 11th September highlights the plight of the dry bulk...

Dredger Vessel Attacked by ‘Environmental Activists’

Dredger vessel QUEEN OF NETHERLANDS was attacked by boats with hundreds of fishermen and activists. The ship was shelled with stones and Molotov cocktails, which ignited several fires on board. The activists were...

How Sodium Nanofluid Can Help in Oil Recovery

Scientists at the University of Houston have designed an inexpensive and non-toxic nanofluid to recover oil with high viscosity from reservoirs. The nanofluid consist of commercially available sodium and was developed using a...

Oracle Wins Tiktok Bid Over Microsoft’s Highest Standards Deal

In a piece of startling news today, Oracle Corp. won the bidding for the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok,  beating out Microsoft Corp. in a high-profile deal to salvage a social-media sensation...

COVID19 Pandemic Exposed Key Ship Management Issues

From seafarer wellbeing to a lack of recognition from governments, the shipping industry has seen many challenges arise in the past few months. During the recent ‘Leaders in Shipmanagement’ webinar, we found out what...

High Demand Pushes ‘Maersk Spot’ Off the Shelves

According to a Loadstar article, strong customer demand has forced Maersk to remove its Maersk Spot product from some departures. What ls lt? Maersk Spot offers a loading guarantee, online booking and a fixed price and...

MSC Acquires 3,430 teu Panamax Boxship

MSC acquired a 2001-built panamax containership from UK owner Tufton Oceanic, says an article published in Splash 247. About the vessel Switzerland-based shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has taken over a 2001-built panamax containership from...

How Ocean Monitoring Technologies Can Reduce Oil Spill Effects

A month and a half of the Mauritius Disaster, the role of Saildrones in helping future oil spills and marine disaster is becoming clear, writes Nishan Degnarain in his Forbes article. The Gravity of the...