The Nordic Countries to Use Scrubbers
Henceforth, the Nordic countries must be bracing themselves to comply with sulfur requirements in addition to scrubbers.
Nord responds
The Danish shipping company Nord has responded to demands for a lower sulfur discharge for its ships from...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
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[Watch] Crane Vessel Breached the Tanker’s Hull
Based on the video footage of the incident, the crane vessel breached the tanker’s hull resulting in ballast water gushing out from the starboard.
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On This Day: Freighter Explosion Kills 600 in Texas City
The History of today shows some interesting results pertaining to the shipping industry. The 16th of April has been an eventful day for the shipping industry all through history. Here are some of the...
Ballast Water Regulations Remain a Top Concern and a Confusing One
The U.S. Coast Guard stricter regulation on BWTS compliance has left the operators with many unanswered questions on how to comply with the rules, reports Marinelink.
Compliance burden
Marine stakeholders remain confused on the top BWTS...
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Acquires New Vessel to Support Bulk Fleet
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (“Pangaea” or the “Company”), a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics solutions, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of agreement to acquire the 2006 Imabari-built panamax M/V Madeleine...
Shell Signs Time-charter Deal with AET for Two LNG Dual-fueled Aframaxes
In Q4 2018, Shell will charter the Malaysian tanker operator AET Tankers two newly built LNG dual fueled Aframax vessels, says a report in Platts.
The time charter deal which have been formalized recently,...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
The Business Times have published a round up report highlighting last week’s shipping trade details. The report throws light into the present scenario of tanker and dry bulk market.
TANKER REPORT
Clean
The LR2 market for...
Power Lines Too Low for Ship to Pass Through
In 2016, the Panama Canal was revamped to facilitate the transit of larger vessels which started a trend enabling giant container ships from Asia to bring their goods to the North American East Coast....
P&O Cruises Ventura has Scrubbers Installed
The P&O Cruises’ have installed scrubbers to its Grand-class cruise ship in a two-week docking procedure at the Damen Shiprepair Brest.
What happened?
The installation of scrubbers were carried out on the Grand-class cruise ship ‘Ventura’...