Container shippers face surcharge a year prior to actual start of sulfur cap. Maersk’s move to impose surcharges for the higher costs of low-sulfur marine fuel, is meeting the expected feedback from customers. How is...

Innovative Royal Caribbean Cruise liners Sexy white stair cases inspired by Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris Fancy lighting and glass walls to enable an authentic sea cruise experience A blanket of fog wrapped...

According to London shipbroker Braemar ACM, the containership charter rates are stable but depressed. Need for service repairs According to several broker sources, weakening of post-peak season forward demand and ocean carriers canceling service upgrades have resulted...

Aft section of Floating Dock No.169 collapsed during surfacing with two ships inside: tanker VOSTOK (reportedly, not confirmed) and oceanic trawler PIONER NIKOLAEVA, at 0100 Moscow time Sep 19 at Slavyanka Port, Primorye Russia,...

The Coast Guard published a Final Rule eliminating the requirement for certain vessels that operate on voyages exclusively within a single Captain of the Port Zone to submit an Annual Ballast Water Summary Report...

In a fortunate turn of events, a new crew has been assigned to take over the Indian-registered ship which has been stranded in a port for more than two years. What happened? The Indian-registered ship 'Malaviya Twenty' was impounded...

A container ship belonging to Maersk is reported to have been placed under arrest in Tunisia. The container ship was praised for giving asylum to 113 refugees earlier this year. What happened? The container ship 'Alexander...

Denmark stands first at transiting a container ship via the Arctic Endured severe ice conditions with a powerful icebreaker Nuclear ice breaker, the NS 50 Let Pobedy, lead the ship to high waters ...

CNN recently did a story on luxury superyachts and how they are designed to perfection as per the customers’ need. The story covers the popular Winch Design Studio, one of the most prominent design...

The first BLOC’s bunker transaction using blockchain technology was made to a Samskip vessel via a Reinplus Vanwoerden bunker barge in Rotterdam on September 7, reports Bunker Index With this, the digital solutions provider Blockchain...