Maersk Princess is First to Transport Condensate Cargo from Wheatstone
A tanker vessel belonging to Maersk has earned the recognition for being the first vessel to transport condensate cargo from Australia.
What happened?
From April 2018, the LR2 tanker ‘Maersk Princess’ has become the maiden vessel...
It’s an Air Pipe to Equalize the Tank Pressure with the Atmospheric One
Light, compact air pipe heads from WINTEB enable tank flushing (left) or tank sounding (right)
Air pipe – A pipe provided to equalize the tank pressure with the atmospheric one while the tank is being emptied...
Can IT Help the Shipping Industry Deep-six the Container “No-show” Problem?
In late February, AP Moller-Maersk Group CEO Soren Skou laid out perhaps the most audacious strategy in the container shipping industry's 62-year history. He expects that within three to five years, the Danish giant...
The Remarkable Story of the Largest Ship Ever Built
Were this to be a big-budget fiction movie, critics would declare the plot to be absurd: the story of a ship - the largest one ever built - being bombed, completely sunk and then...
[Watch] How MFMs Benefit Vessel Operations
Singapore-based BW Group issued a short film explaining the background with respect to use of Mass Flow Meters, which are considered to bring change and innovation in bunkering process within an environment of increasing...
Wärtsilä‘s BWMS Submitted for USCG Type Approval
The technology group Wärtsilä has submitted its Aquarius Electro-Chlorination (EC) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) to US Coast Guard (USCG) for obtaining a Type Approval (TA) after successfully testing procedures, reports Wartsila.
Second Type approval
Wärtsilä...
Four-year High in Shipping Confidence Levels
Shipping confidence reached a four-year high in the three months to end-February 2018, according to our latest Shipping Confidence Survey.
The average confidence level expressed by respondents was up from 6.2 out of 10.0 in...
Containership Market Stays Strong
OOII envisages a profitable year in the global container shipping industry.
A recovery in 2017 which swung a net profit of $429.42 million, shows the way.
The chinese shipping giant COSCO sees a...
Shipping Worst Affected in a Trade War
The US President announced a new metals tariff plan on March 1, 2018.
The new plan seeks to impose 25% and 10% tariff rate on the import of steel and aluminium, respectively.
This...
The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference Moves to New Location
In order to accommodate increased demand for delegate places, The Maritime Standard has decided to move this year's TMS Tanker Conference to The Atlantis, Dubai. The one-day event will take place on Tuesday 16th October,...