Ships of 5,000 gross tonnages and above must collect consumption data for each type of fuel oil An important milestone on the road to controlling greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping has been achieved with...

Royal Dutch Shell and Maersk shipping group are about to find out, as they team up to fit a tanker with two “rotor sails” to see if the futuristic devices can make a serious...

New Two-Stroke Engine Uses VOCs as Fuel ME-GIE engine benefits from the diesel principle running on mixtures of LNG and LPG, including volatile organic compounds. The world’s first ME-GIE ethane combustion two-stroke engine has been delivered...

A lobby has accused international shipping lines of subcontracting jobs at the Port of Mombasa to their subsidiaries, depriving resident’s jobs. What happened? A shipping line is a business that transports cargo aboard ships. The Kenya Ship...

Safety warning after battery-operated headphones explode on long-haul flight to Melbourne An exploding battery in a set of headphones has left a woman with burns to her hands, face and hair during a flight from...

The viability of the international container ship transportation industry depends on vibrant trade between distant nations, and that trade depends on cost-competitive manufacturing industries in the exporting nations, mainly China. From the early 1980s, China’s...

Somali pirates suspected of hijacking ship after long layoff, expert says Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a Sri Lankan-flagged fuel freighter that sent a distress call, turned off its tracking system and altered course...

The global economy is in the midst of a decade-long slow growth environment. World GDP is predicted to increase 2.8% in 2017, making this potentially the sixth consecutive year of sub-3% growth. As international...

The shipping industry has been struggling amid one of its biggest downturns in its history. Shipping firm Clarkson’s is “keeping an eye out” for potential acquisitions as it sees signs of an end to one...

Dive Brief: Transport shipping may undergo a further change with the development of the flettner rotor systems for cargo vessels. Flettner rotor systems rely upon a spinning cylinder which converts the force of wind...