Here’s What Earth’s Busiest Shipping Lanes Look Like from Space
The satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) helps to track the world’s busiest shipping lane in the World.
AIS tracking
The satellite image created is colorful to illustrate just how busy these shipping lanes...
VLGC Collides with Tanker Off South Korea
On January 31, a VLGC was reportedly involved in a minor collision with tanker in the outer anchorage, South Korea.
What happened?
The VLGC ‘Passat’ belonging to Norwegian gas ship owner Avance Gas was involved in...
[Watch] Gold Coins Recovered from Shipwreck
Joint venture partners Blue Water Ventures International, Inc. and Endurance Exploration Group, Inc. announced that the crew of the Blue Water Rose has put their first gold coins and additional silver coins on the decks!
The...
Americas Freight Rates Move Inversely to Rising Bunker Fuel Prices
Freight rates fell on Wednesday in the America’s dirty tanker market, amid a stronger bunker fuel price, which is an unusual pattern.
Rising prices
Ex-wharf bunker fuel at Houston averaged $362.73/mt for the 15-day period...
Check Gripe Cams and Restore Flat Face Configuration
The incident:
During lowering of a lifeboat, the davits initially failed to lower due to an indentation in the face of the gripe cam on the forward arm.
To complete the lowering the fall wires were...
Panama Canal Fitting in the New Locks
2 new locks have been installed at the Pacific and Atlantic sides of the Panama Canal.
More than 80% of the world’s fleet can pass through the canal now.
It has affected the...
Inside Viking Ocean Cruises’ Newest Ship, Viking Sun
Thinking about a voyage with Viking Ocean Cruises? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at the fast-growing line's newest ship, the 930-passenger Viking Sun.
Unveiled in November, Sun...
Baltic Index Down on Lower Rates Across Vessel Segments
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell for the second straight session on Tuesday, weighed down by lower rates across vessel categories.
The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and...
Transas A-Suite Brings AI to Maritime to Reduce Human Error
Transas has launched its first package of applications built on THESIS, a unified cloud-based platform for managing operations across the full breadth of the maritime ecosystem. The advanced ‘A-Suite’ package also sets a new...
LNG Tanker Rescues Two Americans Off Mexico
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Stena Crystal Sky recently rescued two American citizens from their stranded yacht off the west coast of Mexico.
According to a statement by the Glasgow-based crew management company, Northern Marine Manning Services,...