BP Holds Millions of Barrels of Oil Off China as Demand Falters
As the demand for oil from the energy major BP slowed down, the company held up four of its supertankers off China’s east coast since the last two months, reports Reuters.
The delayed oil...
Diana Completes Sale and Delivery of Post-Panamax Container Vessel
Diana Containerships Inc. , a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that today it has completed the previously announced sale of one of its Post-Panamax container vessels, the m/v Puelo,...
Drydock Company Sees Jump in Scrubber Retrofit Work
The shipowners are required to respond to new environmental rules in international shipping, Oman Drydock Company is seeing increasing inquiries atits yard for both scrubber retrofits and ballast water management systems installations, ODC CEO...
‘We Help Stranded Ship Crew Out of Humanity’
Increasing number of abandoned vessel are flocking to UAE’s territorial waters since they offer help to abandoned ships.
What happened?
Mr.Al Nuaimi stressed that the ship owners know about the many organisations and agencies in the...
New Labor Protection for Seafarers
The world’s mariners are protected by what may be the only minimum wage established across an entire global industry. Now, labor advocates are mobilizing to increase their pay and make consumers more aware of...
IMO on Board
Lifeboat inspection, fire drills, emergency generator training, keeping watch, new friendships, ports, building professional networks, and working far away from home and family.
Life at Sea
These, and many more, are all part of life at...
Failing To Maintain Proper Lookout Resulted in Collision
Summary
On 12 August 2017, the fishing vessel Mako departed San Remo, Victoria, bound for fishing grounds about 3 hours away. Once clear of Cape Woolamai, Mako maintained a steady course (210°) and speed to...
Containers Hardest Hit in Trade War
The US-China trade row is taking a toll on the container shipping industry as global trades slow down.
Even before the new tariffs kick in, there's a slide in the rates.
A period...
The Great Scrubber Conundrum
Andreas Hilides, Maritime Analyst for S&P Platts was skeptical about the way IMO 2020 is about to be implemented. Also, he is uncertain about the way ship owners are going to react to this...
[Watch] Hull Flipped for Ocracoke Express
Workers at US Workboats successfully “flipped” the 48,000-pound hull of the M/V Ocracoke Express on Monday, June 18, moving construction of the NC Ferry Division’s first passenger-only vessel into its final stages.
The aluminum catamaran-style...