20 Container Vessels Ordered for Wan Hai Lines
To improve its company’s fleet improvement plan, Wan Hai Lines has confirmed an order of 20 container vessels with JMU (Japan Marine United Corporation) and GWS (Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard Co., Ltd) / CSTC (China...
What About Waste Generated by Ships?
40% of the sea based marine trash comes from shipping.
100 tons and 400 tons carrying ships must have a garbage management plan and a ‘Garbage Record Book’ entry, respectively.
Ships should register...
[Watch] Pacific Fleet Frogmen Dive at Record Depth of 416m in Sea of Japan
Pacific Fleet divers (Pacific Fleet), the Navy Research Institute and a separate expedition detachment of divers aboard the Igor Belousov Pacific Fleet rescue ship dived in the Sea of Japan for the first time...
US Cyber Security Certificate for Hyundai Oil Carrier
Hyundai Heavy receives U.S. cyber security certificate for tanker, says Yonhap News agency.
CSR certificate from ABS
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder by sales, said that it has received a cyber security certificate...
OSM Know-how for Which Scrubber System to Retrofit
OSM’s press release says that it is now offering its customers, assistance in exhaust gas scrubber retrofit process.
Inescapable IMO 2020 sulphur cap
As pressure mounts to comply with the fast-approaching IMO 2020 sulphur cap, OSM...
Bimco Adopts Bunker Clause for Time Charter Parties
BIMCO says as priority news in its site, that it has developed two 2020 bunker clauses that deal with general compliance for the transitional period of early December release.
Clauses approved
“It is very important that...
Ship Procurement Set for a Shake-up
Ship maintenance and the global supply arrangements can be revamped by a smart end-to-end digital procurement and logistics set-up for marine stores and spares, says a report published in Seatrade Maritime.
This could potentially transform...
Thoresen Profit Triples as Dry Bulk and Offshore Sectors Improve
In a recent development, Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company Limited (TTA) announced an improved performance report in 3Q/2018 (1 July – 31 October 2018) with consolidated EBITDA at Baht 545.0 million, increasing by 42%...
ClassNK Archive Center (NKAC) Stores the First IMO GBS Ship Construction Files of NACKS-built...
ClassNK Archive Center (NKAC) has stored the first Ship Construction Files (SCF) complying with IMO Global Based Standards (GBS) for the NACKS-built 311,000 DWT VLCC delivered on 26 October 2018, managed by MOL Tankship...
Diana Sells Panamax Dry Bulk Vessel for $7.45 Million
Diana Shipping signs agreement to sell Alcyon by January 7, 2019 at US$7.45 million.
The new time charter rate is US$8,550 per day with m/v Clio.
The US$7,000 per day m/v Oceanis time...