Singapore Strait Traffic Jam Parades World’s Economic Growth

TodayOnline has published an article on visitor’s remarks while flying into Singapore’s Changi Airport. It is all about the hundreds of vessels, from supertankers to freighters, anchored along the coastline. Why are there so many?...

YSA Design Interiors Ideas Do Justice to Bellissima

The luxury ship MSC Bellissima's interiors have been designed by YSA Design with contemporary industrial restaurant design in a re-envisioned version of the chocolaterie. The 5,686-passenger capacity, the 171,598 gt luxury ship is now on its...

Asian Engine Designers Offer More Options for Aspiring LNG Users

LNG though being used in four-stroke engines for many years, there are advances to be made. M23G engine meets IMO Tier III NOx emission limits without after-treatment. SMDERI aims allowing operators to run...

Boeing Grounds Entire Global Fleet of 737 Max Aircraft

Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the crash. The satellite data showed possible similarities between flight patterns of Boeing...

Genco Secures Additional Financing for Scrubber Installations

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited closed financing for scrubber installations on 17 of its Capesize vessels. Amendment made to its USD 460 million credit facility to provide an added tranche of up to...

How Europe’s Busiest Port Is Helping Make Autonomous Ships a Reality?

Dutch startup Captain AI Rotterdam is engineering self-driving boats and ships with the deep learning algorithms and a computer simulator. Captain AI successfully demonstrated a self-driving version of one of Rotterdam’s popular water taxis...

Tanker Operators Appear To Ignore European Regulation on Ship Recycling

Dr.Nikos Mikelis of GMS, tanker operators has specified that the European regulation on ship recycling is ignoring the regulation. he EU SRR requires that vessels will be recycled only in a yard that...

Scorpio Bulkers (SALT) Reports Sale of Two Kamsarmax Vessels for $48M

Scorpio Bulkers Inc. entered into agreements to sell two Kamsarmax vessels for $48 million. It also provided an update to Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”) rates for the first quarter of 2019. The Company entered into...

First Ever International Conference on Marine Engineering and Technology Held in Oman!

The inaugural International Conference on Marine Engineering & Technology Oman (ICMET Oman) has been organized by the Military Technological College (MTC) in Oman together with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST). Innovative...

Ocean Alliance To Blank Ten Transpacific Sailings As Spot Rates Plummet

The Ocean Alliance has announced plans to cancel 10 transpacific sailings in March and April. This move will result in some 74,000 teu culled from US west coast services and more than 35,000...