On August 21, a container ship reportedly caught fire after an explosion and lost its engine power. What happened? In the late hours of August 21, the Container ship ‘Maersk Pembroke’ caught fire after suffering from...

Maritime safety company Propel has suggested that human failure is still a top priority when it involves improvement in ship safety. Technology on ships: Allan Graveson, senior national secretary at Nautilus International, spoke on the topic...

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Maine Lubrication is often highly regarded and more expensive as it churns the world’s biggest mammoth structures in the toughest of the environmental conditions. Thus, marine lubricants manufactures take due care in selecting appropriate...

The Asia to Southern Africa market has witnessed a significant growth as spot rates reached their highest in seven years, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Instead of an earlier expected 13% decline in southbound volumes...

Alok Sharma, head of commercial at Glencore subsidiary Inatech, recently spoke with MarEx about the outlook for bunkering. Inatech provides software solutions to both bunker suppliers and bunker buyers, giving it a unique perspective on both...

Leading classification society ClassNK has completed the document review for a Ship Recycling Facility Plan (SRFP) submitted by Tsuneishi Ship Recycling (Negros), Inc.　(TSRNI), verifying the facility to be in line with the Hong Kong...

Rickmers Maritime, the bankrupt charter ship owner, raised an extra $4 million as it closed on the sale of its remaining nine container ships. The Singapore-based company is selling the classic Panamax vessels to New...

Total is buying Maersk Oil in an equity and debt deal valued at $7.45bn as AP Moller – Maersk executes its strategy to focus on container transport and logistics. The boards of both Total and...

On August 17, the police detained a vessel after discovering 50 kilos of cocaine. The ship was enroute to Holland when it was detained. What happened? The drug control police during a routine inspection detained the...