China has been very efficient in enforcing strict measures to curb the virus outbreak. Chinese hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients a few weeks ago are empty. The outbreak was contained due to massive...

Foreship reports there has been an increasing number of enquiries on how scrubbers can be equipped at short notice. Due to 2020 sulphur cap, companies that have opted scrubbers have a relatively smooth transition....

A human error caused by the suspects had led to the occurring of a tragic incident when a ship went off course and rammed into a breakwater that made it sink and killed...

Scrubber retrofits were meant to take as little as a fortnight in a yard to complete. The record holder for a scrubber-related yard stay is a 2,566 teu charter market ship, which spent...

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 10th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 06th March highlights the plight of the dry bulk market...

“K” Line and Petronas LNG Ltd. sign a long-term time charter for two newbuilding LNG vessels. The two vessels are equipped with an X-DF engine. The two newbuilding vessels will engage in transportation...

Crude floating storage on VLCCs rises as China demand falls. This fall has compelled several trading companies and cargo-holders to resort to floating storage, mainly on VLCCs.  The US Energy Information Administration lowered...

THE good news is that China appears to be getting the Covid-19 outbreak under control. More good news is that most people who are infected recover. But the situation in the shipping industry is...

  ClassNK develops its Digital Grand Design that shows the future vision of the Society for the digital society of 2030. Advances in digital technology are also introducing unique ways of ensuring safety. To...

  DNV GL and MSC promote better fire safety by design. These changes to the vessel design go beyond the requirements of current regulations. The first application of this notation, which we developed with...