Large Crane Crashes onto Gigantic Cruise Ship

According to Wesh2news, a large construction crane fell onto Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas cruise. What happened? On April 1, the incident happened in the Bahamas when the cruise ship was drydocked. Eight people were injured,...

No Buyers for Maersk’s Supply Subsidiary

A.P. Moller - Maersk Board of Directors has decided to retain full ownership of Maersk Supply Service. Maersk Supply Service launched a new strategic direction in the autumn of 2016 as a response...

CMA CGM White Shark Sustainable Marine Biofuel Refueling at Rotterdam Trial

In a recent development, IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, CMA CGM, the Good Shipping Program and the Port of Rotterdam have announced that they successfully refueled their CMA CGM WHITE SHARK with sustainable marine bio-fuel oil...

Bulk Report – Week 13, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 13th week of this year. The report formulated on 29th March 2019 highlights the situation in the dry bulk carrier market including...

DNV GL Chief Bats for Safety Over Environmental Concerns

According to DNV GL's  Chief Executive of Class Society Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, as environmental concerns overtake safety and security issues in the shipping technology, markets, and regulatory developments, ‘tectonic’ changes in the industry is occurring...

An Industry Transformation : Richard Branson’s Adults-Only Virgin Voyages Luxury Cruise Line

Tickets for Virgin Voyages maiden voyage in April 2020 are now on sale. Instead of buffets, more than 20 individual restaurants are included in the price of the cruise. According to Bain Capital,...

Baltic Index Dips 46% Marking Its Biggest Quarterly Slump in Three Years

The Baltic index, was down 0.4%, at 689 points and has fallen about 46% marking its biggest quarterly decline in three years. The capesize index dropped 17 points, to 150 points, an all-time...

Open Loop Scrubbers Viable for 80-90% of Global Shipping

Yara Marine sees 80-90% open loop scrubbers feasible, though a growing number of countries and regions around the world are introducing bans on the same. Some studies shown no real environmental impact by...

Massive Ship’s Return Trip To Close The Delaware Memorial Bridge Again

The ship that caused the Delaware Memorial Bridge to shut down traffic last Tuesday is set to do it again. The Zhen Hua 25, will make its way under the Delaware Memorial Bridge...

Trafigura Ships More Asian Gasoline To Americas on New Tanker

Trafigura is shipping newly built crude tanker with Asian gasoline onboard to South America amid strong demand in the West. The Suezmax ship owned by Trafigura is capable of carrying more than 900,000 barrels...