Bulk vessel that are trading in West African countries, especially in countries such as Benin, Togo and the Ivory Coast are increasing custom fines due to discrepancy between quantities manifested and the final stevedores’...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced it has successfully completed a new blockchain-powered trade experiment at a global scale, as spotted by CoinDesk. The bank confirmed it tracked a batch of 17,000 kilograms (approximately 37,000...

The Panama Canal which was inaugurated just over two years ago and at a cost of at least 5,600 million dollars has reached a new milestone of facilitating 4,000 neopanamax transits. The Canal expansion started...

The Chinese shipping giant Cosco has gotten back on track after it was affected by a ransomware cyber attack that left its North American operations crippled. Fully recovered A customer advisory issued by Cosco stated that...

ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) and Ballard Power Systems have entered into a collaboration will build zero emission fuel cell modules that can eliminate the need for costly shore power installations for ships at ports...

On July 29, around eight containers fell into the sea from a cargo vessel during an offloading operation carried out at the Port of Virginia. What happened? The cargo vessel ‘APL Antwerp’ was docked near the...

The Panama Canal registered the transit of its 4,000th Neopanamax vessel through the Expanded Canal. The LNG tanker Maria Energy completed the transit on July 29 traveling southbound from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Disclaimer:...

Nylacast introduces the Chock Liner with its patented low friction technology supporting safe and reliable moorings of vessels of all types and purpose. Low friction ropes The Chock Liner mooring technology from Nylacast provides vessels with...

China is building the world's largest cargo vessels in Shanghai which is scheduled for delivery in 2019. Construction Liner ships have a carrying capacity of 22,000 TEUs, making them the largest container vessels in...

ECSA has conducted a survey of the scrubber installation as the 2020 deadline approaches. The results of the survey show a steep rise in scrubbers installation. Despite constraints, majority of the shipowners are...