On December 26, a runaway boxship created havoc while performing a manoeuvring operation at a container terminal. What happened? The container 'Ren Jian 15' caused havoc and got out of control while manoeuvring to a berth at...

2019 Updates Emerald Waterway's Emerald Harmony launches on the Mekong and Celestial will sail the Nile, Egypt. Holland America Line is sailing to Australia and Melanesia throughout the year. The Port of St. Maarten...

Autonomous transport systems for ships, enabled by edge cloud and machine learning are expected to minimize energy consumption as well as increase safety and reduce docking time. Research and Innovation Programme The project is part of...

More than 80% of the global trade is done through shipping. As a consequence of it, most of the environmental troubles related to trade is attributed to the Shipping Industry. Reportedly, the maritime industry...

Refiners launch new units in Russia, as the Russian fuel oil output declines. Europe's largest supply region — fell by 6.8pc, from 47.4 mnt to  44.2mnt. As high imports have driven inventories to...

As shipowners gear up for the switch to cleaner fuels, LSMGO gets its demand Overall bunker demand was slower owing to a year end buying lull . Some owners are testing their engines...

In a major development, Europe's largest multimodal operator Samskip has been named the lead partner in ‘Seashuttle’, a project seeking to bring emissions-free, autonomous container ships to market that also operate at a profit,...

There will be more consolidation in the ship management sector as company founders decide on their future and mid-sized managers come under pressure, says Anglo-Eastern ceo Bjorn Hojgaard in a recent interview with Seatrade...

As the IMO 2020 deadline is closing in, the financial results of the third quarter 2018 shows that the benefits of carriers’ earnings would be overshadowed by new challenges, writes Hailey Desormeaux in the...

The 51st weekly assessment report for the tanker market has been released by the Baltic Exchange. VLCC Middle East Gulf rates shed 3/3.5 points to WS 83/83.5 for 270,000mt to China. Going west, 280,000mt to the US...