Maersk’s Mumbai Records ‘Highest Load’

The Maersk line has announced that one of its container ships named after an Indian city has set a world record by surpassing the highest load capacity. Highest load record The container vessel ‘Maersk Mumbai’ has...

3 Crew Members of Cargo Ship Laden with Fuel Supplies Detained

On August 22, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained three crew members of a cargo ship laden with fuel supplies at Tanjung Pasir waters. What happened? The MMEA personnel intercepted a cargo ship and detained...

Send in the Drones: Solving Inspection and Repair Challenges at Sea

Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles can solve much of the shipping industry's problems. They are used for various purposes like pollution control, rescue operations, surveillance etc. The UAVs and ROVs are widely used...

[Watch] Tank Barge Grounded on the Rhine

On Aug 21, 2018, at 9.30 a.m. the "Somtrans XV", ran aground between groynes on the Rhine at Millingen. The ship got stuck near a bunker station on the left river shore. It was...

It’s a Cylinder Head, Cylinder Cover

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Steel Ship Suspended in the Air

Steel ship weighing 2 tonne made to fly Pfeifer, demonstrates quality of its cable structures and wire ropes in Höhenrausch cultural project 12 - 25 tonne load shackles placed to monitor loads Multiple...

Hybrid Power Deal for Nine Ro-Ro Vessels

Kongsberg Maritime and Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co. China has signed contracts to deliver power and hybrid systems to nine Roll on–Roll off (Ro-Ro) vessels ordered by Italy’s Grimaldi Group. This deal will introduce new technology...

Asia Aframax Rates Rise to Multi-month High on Spike in Cargoes, Tight Tonnage

The cost of moving crude along the Persian Gulf to East route on Aframaxes hit a 20-month high on Monday. Similarly, the cost along Indonesia to North Asia route climbed to the highest level...

LNG Bunker Vessels: Fleet Review

LNG bunker vessel (LNGBV) fleet review shows that there are now 6 LNG vessels in service and a further 12 are on order. LNG ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering is now in its fifth year. ...

Phasing Out Single-hulled Oil Tankers. Is that Enough?

Shortly after the grounding of an oil tanker EXXON VALDEZ in 1989, the U.S. introduced the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), which included provisions for the double-hulling of oil tankers. This new...