Boxship Scrubbers Uptake Lower Than Expected
Large number of box ships pegged to have scrubber installed are still pending retrofit.
Drewry has 266 containerships fitted with scrubbers and nearly 222 await retrofit.
Alphaliner has 40 containerships fitted with scrubber...
Container Shipments Now Tracked
Committed to track their grain whereabouts The Canadian Grain Commission will fight the shortcomings of its monthly grain export report.
China, Japan and India consumed almost half the 3.08 million tonnes of Canadian...
Weekly Broker: Dry-bulk Sales Hit Traditional January Slowdown
The tanker S&P sector has seen a great comeback, showing very firm interest across all sizes and ages with numerous buyers when compared to boxships.
The dry bulk chartering market is expected to...
BIMCO: US Box Imports Break Records Despite Uncertainty Ahead
Container imports on both the US East Coast (USEC) and West Coast (USWC) have grown by 3.7% and 8% in 2018.
The increase has been attributed to several factors such as improvement in port...
$5,000/day for Supramax Dry Freight! No Cargo or Over-tonnage
The week noticed a significant fall in the dry freight time charter rates for Supramaxes.
The reason for the rates falling down has been attributed to a fierce competition between shipowners for scarcely available cargoes.
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A Safe Harbour for Distressed Ship
The fire onboard container ship 'Yantain' is quickly emerging as a case study for maritime casualty management.
The experts have requested a 'Place of Refuge' where a ship in need of assistance can take...
[WATCH]Shocking Moment Man Jumps from ‘110ft’ Cruise Ship Balcony
A Vancouver Washman has become famous overnight due to his daredevil act of jumping off a cruise ship. In an Instagram video which has been seen more than 75,000 times Nick Naydev is found...
MOL Introduces Maritime VSAT Service on New Vessel Types
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), one of Japan’s largest shipping companies, is to increase the roll-out of Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress Service, across the remainder of its owned and managed fleet, says an article in SeaNews.
Confidence...
First LNG Bunkering On World’s First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
Anthony Veder has announced that its Coral Methane has successfully carried out her first LNG bunkering operation on the world’s first LNG-powered cruise ship AIDAnova, reports an article published in LNG Industry.
Historic LNG bunkering
On...
What To Do If Norovirus Strikes Your Cruise Ship?
The word Norovirus is gaining prominence in the cruise ship world as an increasing number of travelers are getting affected by it.
Winter bug
Commonly known as the winter vomiting bug (although it can strike any...