On September 12, a tow boat fire was reported on the Mississippi River, between east Arkansas and northeastern Mississippi. What happened? The tow boat ‘Jacob Kyle Rusthoven’ reportedly caught fire on a 10-mile stretch of the...

The shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has decided to invest in devices that will curtail the harmful exhaust emissions on its vessels. Compliance with regulations This move by Maersk comes ahead of the regulations set by the...

History has a habit of repeating itself and whenever that happens it goes on a rampage. To prevent this we need ample understanding of the past so that the present becomes error free and...

Increasing number of container tonnage has been lying idle due to the combination of capacity cuts by the carriers and looming threat to hike tariffs on Chinese goods by US president Donald Trump. Container trade...

Norway based pharmaceutical company Vistin Pharma has set its sights on big trading opportunities ahead of new stricter shipping fuel regulations in 2020 and plans to set up two new funds by the end...

Harmful algal blooms are posing to be a hazard in the Irish waters concluded a advanced ship monitoring survey. Booms of toxin-producing algae and unprecedented levels of microplastic particles were detected in a recent...

We are all aware that our industry is going through a period of enormous change, driven by both regulatory and market forces.  But much of this should not come as a complete surprise: Agreement...

DNV GL has announced the release of a class guideline for autonomous and remotely operated vessels, which will be trialled on autonomous cargo vessel Yara Birkeland, at SMM in Hamburg. What it covers? The new guideline...

Increased scrubber installation cost, logistical pressure, and a shorter time limit are some of the challenges faced by shippers. Refiners are facing the heat and are changing to distillates or desulphurising streams. The...

Global market share for marine scrubbers to surpass $8 billion by 2024 worldwide marine scrubber systems market generated $800 million in 2017 Marine tourism in 2016 generated a revenue of $7.6 trillion and...