A Sailor’s Worst Nightmare: Surviving a Sinking Ship
With millions of boats and ships plying the waves, it's easy to forget that mankind isn't made to survive in the ocean — and the dangers inherent to the sea are compounded when you're...
Surveys Without Surveyors Onboard! First Ever Remote Survey
The Klaveness Ship Management company is all set out to explore the road towards condition based maintenance back in April 2017 with a working theory that ship owners could save substantial amounts by addressing...
World’s First Electric and Self-propelled Container Ship Signed Off
On August 15, the World’s first electric and self-propelled container ship has been signed and is expected to be complete in 2020.
What happened?
The autonomous vessel ‘Tesla of the seas’ has been signed by the...
Torm Goes for Scrubbers
A Danish shipping company is turning towards scrubbers to brace itself for the upcoming 2020 sulfur cap.
What happened?
Danish shipping company TORM has decided to install scrubbers on 14 vessels available in its fleet to...
Genoa Bunker Prices Surge Due to Bridge Collapse
The bunker fuel prices have risen considerably in the Italian port of Genoa due to a motorway bridge collapse in the city.
What happened?
Bunker fuel availability at the primary Italian seaport, one of the busiest...
Analysis: Shipowners Go Green with LNG
The green shipping market will be worth 250 billion dollars in the next 5 years, as shipowners are going green with LNG.
Gibraltar is planning to launch a LNG fuelled power station.
The...
The Dilemma of Fitting Scrubbers
HSFO prices may decline while LSFO prices might increase after the 2020 deadline.
This will create an imbalance which will determine the viability of installing scrubbers.
Newbuild ships will be more inclined for...
[Watch] Inside the Construction of a Cruise Ship
With the ever increasing demand for cruises, cruise ships nowadays are designed to cater maximum people. Many of them are designing and redesigning the ship interiors to support this whooping 20 million people worldwide...
Coldharbour Opens Singapore Office, Plans Expansion in Asia
Coldharbour Marine opens a new office in Singapore under the leadership of Capt. Mohit Batra for its expansion in the Asian market.
The CEO, Andrew Marshall thinks Capt. Batra, a master mariner with...
Weather Accounts for 80% of Vessel Performance and Must Not be Ignored
Shipowners, operators and managers should consider weather and ocean conditions which accounts for 80% of impact on vessel performance, according to voyage intelligence specialist StratumFive’s chief executive Stuart Nicholls.
He adds that optimising ship voyages...