Ship-to-Ship Bunkering with World’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel

The bunkering vessel ENGIE Zeebrugge performed in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, its first deliveries of LNG (liquefied natural gas) as a marine fuel to M/V AUTO ECO and M/V AUTO ENERGY, the two...

The Electric, Driverless Revolution is About to Hit High Seas

The fully electric, zero emissions YARA Birkeland container ship will set sail next year in Europe. By 2019 it will be able to work by remote control and at the start of the next...

LPG Tanker on Fire

On June 13, Fire reportedly erupted in superstructure of LPG tanker Amelia 1, anchored on Makassar Anchorage, South Sulawesi. The fire reportedly started off in service cabin and started to spread around. The crew of...

Adrift Oil Tanker’s 2 Million Barrels Highlight Oil Glut

If a single ship can capture the current state of the global oil, it's the supertanker Saiq, floating idly about 528 miles south of the Canary Islands. What happened? Until a few days ago, the 1,082-foot...

Scrapping Slowdown Puts Charter Rate Recovery at Risk

The slowing pace of container ship scrapping since the beginning of the year is putting the recovery in charter rates at risk, according to Alphaliner. Only 28,000 TEU were sold for demolition in May, down...

MARPOL Annex V: Banning Discharge of Plastic and Garbage from Ships

This is our third and final article in our series focussing on the growing problem of plastics in the oceans. Here we focus on the role of shipping and the positive effects of the...

Container Ship Sinks Off Coast, Battered by Huge Winds

After just five minutes battling heavy rain and storm out a sea, a container ship sank off the coast in Melaka after it was battered by huge waves and strong winds. What happened? KM Avatar, which...

Maersk Container Ship Crashes During Cargo Operations

5-containers stack on board of Gerner Maersk container ship crashed during cargo operations at Koper Port, Slovenia, Adriatic Sea, in the afternoon June 13. Containers fall into sea: Three fell on pier, two fell into water...

[Watch] Arrival of World’s Largest Container Ship

Following the arrival of the MOL Triumph (20,170 TEU) on 19 May and the Madrid Maersk (20,568 TEU) on the morning of Monday 12 June, the OOCL Hong Kong is expected to arrive in...

Top 5 Checks to Avoid Fuel Spray Fire! Fire Aboard Due To Fuel Hose...

Fuel Spray Fire - Déjà Vu Prepare and Prevent it from Happening to You! The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has released a safety alert to inform the industry about a fuel spray fire onboard...