South Korean Shipbuilders Are Second Worldwide in New Builds
South Korean shipbuilders came in second worldwide in terms of new orders in the first quarterly with new orders totalling 1.62 million compensated gross tons (CGTs).
Chinese shipbuilders took the top spot with...
MOL Nordic Tankers Gets BunkerPlanner
MOL Nordic Tankers has extended its trial of the BunkerPlanner marine fuel analysis tool to its whole global fleet.
BunkerPlanner enables ship owners and fuel buyers to optimize their fuel procurement strategy on...
Cruise Ship Bound for the Netherlands Collides With Oil Tanker
According to an article by Travel Weekly, a cruise ship traveling off the coast of Terneuzen collided with a tanker.
What happened?
According to a Travel Weekly report, the Viking Idun cruise ship, which was traveling off the...
TOP Ships Inc. Adds 157,000dwt Suezmax To Its Fleet
In a recent development, the international owner and operator of modern, fuel efficient "ECO" tanker vessels, TOP Ships Inc. has announced that it took delivery of the 157,000 dwt newbuilding Suezmax vessel M/T Eco...
Burning High Sulfur Fuel in Singapore Gets You 2 Year in Jail
Singapore has a message for shipping companies considering cheating on rules starting next year to combat pollution to save a few dollars on their fuel bills.
According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore,...
What To Expect in Sulphur Cap 2020 Awards and Conference?
With less than 10 months remaining for the once-in-a-generation IMO 2020 regulatory change that will shift most of the global fleet onto entirely new fuels, world leaders from the shipping industry are meeting for...
Ship Owners Worry As Ports Ban Economical Option ‘Scrubbers’
Many ports are banning one of the cheapest options for meeting new environmental shipping rules imposed by IMO.
The fuel cleaning system pumps waste water into the sea and this is the reason...
What It Takes To Be a Woman at Sea? Serena Melani Answers
In March this year, just close to International Women's Day the Regent Seven Seas Cruises declared that their newest cruise ship Seven Seas Splendor would be captained by a woman when it sets sail...
CMA-CGM Splits Ten 15,000 Teu Order 50/50 Between LNG and Scrubbers
Two strategic agreements covering construction of 10 new 15,000 TEU containerships signed.
Five of them are LNG fueled and five fitted with hybrid scrubbers.
Measuring 366 meters long, the ships will replace ten...
Amateur Mate Allided Tow With Bridge While Crew Was Asleep
The Incident
On March 1, 2016, about 0322 local time, the open barge SJ-199 being pushed by the tugboat Kodiak allided with the North Landing Bridge at mile marker 20.2 in Chesapeake, Virginia. Just before the...