A new report commissioned by the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) highlights the challenges posed by the unmanned autonomous seas foraging in the sea. Patrick Kingsland finds out more on this from Erik Tvedt, a...

Discover Shell Tanzania LNG Project with 16 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of natural Gas discoveries from 18 drilled wells. Shell Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited with its partners is now working with the Government...

The U.S. Coast Guard's offices of Operating and Environmental Standards and Commercial Vessel Compliance reported the availability of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 01-18, "Ballast Water Management for Control of Non-Indigenous Species in Waters...

Summary: While the container ship ESTELLE MAERSK, with the Master, 27 crew members and a pilot on board, was proceeding north towards the South Entrance of Kobe Chuo Passage in the Kobe Section of Hanshin...

Having announced recently, that it is ‘more than ready’ to help shipowners meet the demands of the new IMO Polar Code, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment is set to announce another major innovation for those who want to stay...

Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that it has signed, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two Memoranda of Agreement to sell to an unaffiliated third party...

Clean The LR2 market has become firm with rates for 75,000 tonnes from Middle East Gulf to Japan up by 15 points to around WS 115 with LR1s steady at WS 115 basis 55,000 tonnes...

On Saturday morning at around 1 a.m, the MSC Madrid rammed the port side of the Primula Seaways. The latter came downstream from the river Scheldt and was unable to avoid being hit. The...

Panama Canal officials announced in a recent press release about the transit of its 3,000th Neopanamax vessel, exceeding initial traffic expectations by this date and reaffirming the value and impact its route had on...

The 7 Ongoing Myths regarding scrubbers 1. Scrubbers are too expensive.   Totally untrue. A 10 MW scrubber can be manufactured and installed in about USD 2 million. Additionally, unlike Ballast Water Systems, a Scrubber investment will...