Lighting Up the Lonely Life of Seafarers

The seafarers lead a difficult and lonely life. Working at hours length in the vast sea, far away from their friends and family for months at large. However, there are ways to make life...

Second LNG ConRo Ship Delivered to Crowley

On December 20, Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that it has taken delivery of the ConRo powered by Liquefied Natural Gas. ConRo Ships The Crowley Maritime Corporation has taken delivery of 'Taíno', second in a pair of the world’s first combination...

Container Charter Market Ending Dull but Bets on IMO 2020

According to Alphaliner market, the short-term market outlook for non-operating containership owners is grim but there could be a silver lining from the IMO 2020 regulations next year. Containership market ends on a gloomy note The consultant...

New Recognition For Hydrographers

IMarEST launched new hydrography descriptor for its Chartered Marine Scientist register distinguishing hydrographers by using the letters “CMarSci(Hydrography)” It aims to highlight the importance of hydrography in allowing us to manage future challenges. ...

Bolidt Has the Edge on its Rivals

Some of the eye-catching features on board Celebrity Edge, one of the most eagerly-awaited cruise ships for many years, will be distinguishable by their inclusion of high quality decking from Bolidt Synthetic Products and...

TMS Cardiff Charters Four New X Carrier Series of LNG Ships to Shell

In a major development, TMS Cardiff Gas announced that has signed additional contracts with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) & Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea for the construction of 174,000 cubic meter LNG carriers...

Helms-man’s Response to a Rudder Order Ignored! Vessel Grounded

What happened? Just before midnight on March 20, 2016, the outbound bulk carrier Sparna departed the navigation channel on the Columbia River and struck a rocky shallow area. No one was injured and no pollution...

ONE Fleet Acquires Four Mega Container Berths at Pasir with PSA

ONE and PSA join hands to form a joint venture company based at Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore Operations to commence in 2019 with four mega container berths with a capacity of 4 million TEUs Port...

2020 Vision: Time for a Close Look at Charter Party Clauses

As the IMO 2020 deadline pertaining to the new MARPOL Annex VI limits on sulphur content in bunker fuels closes in, the necessity of looking closely at the charter party clauses is gaining momentum....