[Watch] Ship Collision Caused Death of Endangered Right Whale
The habitat of North Atlantic right whale extends from Nova Scotia to Georgia. To the delight of whale conservationists, it was only in the second week of April 2017 that a total of 206...
Land or Maritime Transport? Court Rules on Ship Unloading Area
Land or maritime transport? Court rules on transport of goods from ship to unloading area
On June 29 2016 the Supreme Court applied the previous International Merchant Shipping Act 1949 to establish which party was...
[Watch] Firefighting on the High Seas
There are 130 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighters here trained to fight marine fires.
This after the SCDF took over such duties from the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) in April 2012.
Lieutenant Keave Soh,...
Container Shipping Sees Better Supply-demand Balance
The container shipping industry is benefitting from a better balance of demand for container shipping and vessel supply, but the performance of the new ocean carrier alliance groupings that took effect at the beginning...
Are You Planning to Invest in a Bulker?
In the present market, there is abundance of tonnage for sale and the transactions are moving at an increasing pace. In this process, Klaveness can assist in rating and benchmarking tonnage, and further assist...
Product Tanker Demand May Rise Due to Cleaner Fuels
Shipping is bound for a “seismic” shift in terms of fuel supply for the global fleet, from 2020 onwards. While this is, on its own merit, a major event, it could also trigger a...
MR Pair Sold to Union Maritime by Vroon Subsidiary
Iver Ships, the tanker subsidiary of Belgium’s Vroon, has sold two 2007-built MR tankers – Iver Express and Iver Example – to UK-based Union Maritime for a price Clarksons Research lists as around $16.75m...
[Watch] How A Vessel Gets A New Class
While transport ships may not put a premium on looks, they still have to get painted like any other boat. The German firm Hapag-Lloyd shows what it takes for their Quebec Expressto get a...
‘Lack of Policy Consistency Gave Rise Shipping Industry Crisis’
Kim Young-moo, vice chairman of the Korea Shipowners’ Association, said on April 23 that the disbandment of the Ministry of Oceans & Fisheries in the previous administration and its revival in the next, that...
Meet the Giant Diesel Engine that Powers Huge Shipping Containers
By Mary Beth Griggs
Shipping up to 15,550 20-foot-long containers across the world’s waves is hard work. So hard that Emma Maersk, a quarter-mile-long cargo ship, needs serious muscle: the Wärtsilä 14RT-flex96C—44 feet tall and...