Time has come to apply for renewal of CLC, Bunker, Athens and Wreck Removal Certificates from the Danish Maritime Authority. The certificates must be renewed once a year when the underlying insurance expires. Ships that...

Supramax freight rates from the US Gulf Coast reached year-to-date highs on Wednesday, buoyed by a rush of activity as participants with December cargoes and vessels sought to fix ahead of the Christmas period. While...

Summary On 19 August 2016, the bulk carrier ‘Molly Manx’ arrived off Port Otago, after an overnight passage from Lyttelton. A harbour pilot boarded the vessel at about 0630 and, after exchanging information with the...

On December 5, China unveiled its first ‘smart’ ship with natively developed intelligent navigation system in Shanghai. Vessel specifications: The ‘smart’ vessel is 179-meters-long, 32-meters-wide and 15-meters-high, with a maximum loading capacity of 38,800 tonnes. It...

Omur Izgili will take over as VIKING’s new Country Director for Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Lebanon on January 1, 2018. He is succeeding Yasin Kasa, who has been appointed Senior Commercial Director for...

Shell Marine has recently been awarded China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company’s (COSCO SHIPPING) largest marine lubricants order in 2017. This order will include the full range of marine lubricants and technical services for seven...

One hundred years ago, a massive explosion rocked Halifax when a ship—the Mont-Blanc—carrying six million pounds of explosives caught fire in the harbor. The following is an excerpt from The Great Halifax  Explosion: A...

A next-generation, LNG-powered coal carrier has won approval in principle (AIP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register. MOL, along with Tokhu Electric Power and Namura Shipbuilding, have completed the basic design and recently conducted a hazard...

VT Halter Marine has launched the second of Crowley Maritime Corp.’s new Commitment Class ships, Taíno, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) vessels powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Taíno will...

On Dec 6, 2017, a container ship, the Helsinki Bridge, broke free from a South Boston terminal. The United States Coast Guard is investigating how the 1,065-foot container ship had broken all 12 lines when...