What Happens When Your Cruise Gets Stuck in a Hurricane
Just two weeks after Hurricane Harvey, the United States is already bracing for the next storm. The Category 5 Hurricane Irma is already ripping through the Caribbean and headed straight for Florida.
Report Says that in the...
A New Guide to the Ballast Water Convention
Danish Shipping launches a new guide regarding the implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention, which will enter into force on 8 September 2017.
In a few days, the Ballast Water Management Convention will enter...
Fleet Transformation: What Blockchain Can Really Do
By Sofia Fürstenberg
Sofia Fürstenberg worked with DNV GL and at AP Moller Maersk in its maritime technology division before starting her own consultancy. She was instrumental in the development and success of the Disruptive...
Wrong Choice of Towing Method Caused Ships To Sink
On the night between 21 and 22 December 2016, the Danish offshore supply ships MÆRSK SEARCHER and MÆRSK SHIPPER capsized and sank in the Bay of Biscay, off the French coast, while being towed...
Mega-Ships: Is Bigger Always Better?
"Mega-Ship" - This term was coined around 2013 with the advent of Triple E series of ships of Maersk line capable of carrying 18,340 TEUs.
A report by OECD/ITF on the impact of Mega-Ships notes...
Shipping’s Recovery Insufficient to Lift Seafarer Wages
Despite a recovery in cargo shipping markets, ship manning costs will remain suppressed as shipowners and operators continue to be financially challenged and the officer shortfall recedes, according to the latest Manning report published...
CMA CGM Major Player in US Economy
The United States represent a major focus for the CMA CGM Group’s international development, said a press statement from the company.
CMA CGM, in a blog said that to cover this huge market, the company...
Florida on Alert! Dangerous Hurricane Irma in Atlantic
As Floridians cleared supermarkets of bottled water and emptied gas pumps, people in the northeastern Caribbean were making last minute-preparations before powerful Hurricane Irma hit their islands.
Late Tuesday, the massive Category 5 storm was...
China Extends Sulphur Cap to All Yangtze River Delta Ports
The Chinese Ministry of Transport extended the 0.5% sulphur cap Emission Control Area (ECA) to all ports within Zhejiang ECA, China which is part of Yangtze River ECA. Now, all vessels calling Nanjing, Hangzhou...
Cargo Ship Detained for Smuggling Activity
Nine suspects have been detained in Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu Province for smuggling sugar over the weekend after border police there noticed that the Chinese characters on the prow of the cargo ship, which...