[Watch] The Panama Canal : World’s Most Interesting Ditch
For more than a century, the Panama Canal has helped move ship by ship around the world. It's acted as a pinch point in international diplomacy, made vast sums of money off of the...
IMO’s STCW Training for Seafarers in Timor Leste
International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW), must be accepted and implemented properly, says an article published in MarineLink.
How does this contribute?
The safety and...
Maritime Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Conference
Hydrogen and fuel cells conference is a one-day conference will focus on the key features and benefits of hydrogen fuel cell vessels, says an article published in Riviera Maritime Media website.
What is the focus...
[Watch] Monkey Beyond Bananas That Draws Hilarious Reactions
Monkeys have proved time and again that they are intelligent animals, says an article in TimesNowNews. A video of a monkey washing clothes recently is going viral on social media.
The video which has taken...
Search for Lower-Carbon Fuels Beyond IMO 2020
The search is on for cleaner alternatives to high sulfur fuel oil to keep marine world sailing, as the International Maritime Organization enters a phase of curbing sulphur emissions more firmly, reports Platts Insight.
IMO’s...
Carnival Corp. Promote Scrubbers Ahead of IMO 2020
The cruise industry is facing criticism that its use of scrubbers, its preferred solution for removing sulfur from smokestack exhaust, is flawed, reports Travel Weekly.
Flawed preferred solution
Ahead of the worldwide stringent sulfur emission rules...
CMA CGM and MSC Pulls Out Boxships for Retrofit
Four ultra-large boxships are to be out of service to have exhaust gas cleaning equipment (scrubbers) installed, reports Ship and Bunker.
Boxships owners
The four ships, to be out-of-service, belong to boxship operating giants CMA CGM...
Angelakos Registers All Eight Newbuilds Under the Cyprus Flag
Greek shipowner and operator Angelakos has registered all eight newbuild cargo vessels under the Cyprus flag.
The new 82,000 DWT cargo vessel was christened as Oceania Graeca by the Deputy Minister for Shipping...
SSA Forms New Digital Transformation Committee
The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has announced the formation of a new Digital Transformation Committee.
The committee is formed to help member companies improve efficiencies by leveraging on technology.
To help member companies improve...
Former Shipping Heavyweight Joins HFW as Consultant
HFW hires shipping heavyweight for Asia Pacific team, reports Australasian lawyer.
Former shipbroker as HFW consultant
The shipping practice of HFW is gaining almost 50 years of experience with the hire of former shipbroker Christopher Jones...