First Suezmax for West Africa in Jan Loading Fuel Oil in Rotterdam

The Suezmax Seaways Mantauk was booked on January 16 to load fuel oil in Rotterdam for discharge in the West African port of Lome. It is expected to load fuel oil around January...

Maersk and MSC Commit to Permanent US Service

The 2M shipping line alliance confirmed that Liverpool will become a permanent call on its TA4 service. The service is currently used to export UK cargo such as food produce and retail. YKK...

Singapore To Witness Robust Bunker Sales For Third Consecutive Year

Singapore is hoping to push its bunker fuel sales even further in 2019 and is all set to tighten norms ahead of IMO 2020. Demand for 0.5% sulfur bunker fuel oil and LSFO...

S. Korean Shipyards Once Again Expect LNG Ship Boom

South Korean shipbuilders anticipating solid demand for LNG vessels this year by more than 10 percent. Demand for LNG carriers on a steady increase in line with a rise in LNG demand, backed...

Eagle Shrinks the LNG Bunkering Operation

Eagle is building a much larger bunker facility that will push down the prices. The station will have a storage capacity of 2,273 m3 LNG and can pump 12.25 m3 a minute. Also,...

[Watch] Is This The NEW Bermuda Triangle?

Is this the NEW Bermuda Triangle? Shock claim Missing Ship 'Entered Another DIMENSION' in Pacific! Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only. This may not be construed as a news item or advice...

Pilot’s Inexperience with Extreme High Water Maneuvers Causes Allision of Vessel

What happened? At 1247 on January 21, 2016, the towing vessel Amy Frances was pushing a flotilla of six barges downbound on the Lower Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi, when the port lead barge allided...

Maersk Strikes Digital Street Turn

In a major turn of events, Maersk, the largest shipping carrier in the world by market share has announced that they will be offering street turn services on their platform in the US and...

Boxship Scrubbers Uptake Lower Than Expected

Large number of box ships pegged to have scrubber installed are still pending retrofit. Drewry has 266 containerships fitted with scrubbers and nearly 222 await retrofit. Alphaliner has 40 containerships fitted with scrubber...

Container Shipments Now Tracked

Committed to track their grain whereabouts The Canadian Grain Commission will fight the shortcomings of its monthly grain export report. China, Japan and India consumed almost half the 3.08 million tonnes of Canadian...