Double Hulling of Ships Market Set to Rise

Double Hulling of Ships Market: Latest Trends,Analysis & Insights 2023 In the past, crude oil and oil products in cargo tankers were separated from seawater only by a bottom and a side plate that is...

[Watch] Sneak Peek at the World’s First Ship Tunnel

Norway to spend £260million on ship tunnel Can't go over it, can't go under it, have to smash THROUGH IT: Norway to blast through solid rock peninsula to build the world's first ship tunnel. The Stad...

Revealed: Bodies of Poorer Titanic Passengers Tossed into Atlantic

The bodies of third class passengers of the Titanic were tossed into the sea by rescuers while first and second class victims were recovered so they could be given proper funerals, new documents have...

Will USCG Allow AMS Systems Instead of BWMS?

The US Coast Guard (USCG) may be planning to issue a newsletter shortly to clarify its position on the Alternate Management System (AMS) scheme, according to a senior manager at a leading ballast water...

Lloyds of London are Leaving London

After three centuries, the iconic Lloyd’s of London will no longer be of “London.” The company is moving its headquarters, its CEO Inga Beale confirmed on Friday. What happened? Talking from the sidelines of the World Economic...

Tanker Master Banned from Fujairah

The Master of the Great Eastern owned Suezmax ‘Jag Laadki’ has been banned from commanding vessels calling at Fujairah. What happened? According to local sources, the banning was as a result of his vessel colliding with...

Cargo Ship Sank in Mediterranean Sea

The general cargo ship Anna sank in Mediterranean Sea about 50 nautical miles north-east off Misrata, Libya. What happened? The vessel, which was en route from Istanbul to Misrata, suffered crack in the hull of its...

Moving Beer by Ship, Not Road, Saves 14% of CO2

The carbon footprint of the shipping industry has long been a cause for concern.  An email from Heineken claimed significant reductions in CO2 emissions as a direct result of shifting its freight operations between...

Freighter Breached After Hitting an Ice Block

A general cargo ship collided with an ice block and suffered damaged to its ballast tank. What happened? The general cargo ship Capricorn collided with an ice block and suffered breaches in Kerch Strait. The freighter suffered...

Shipping Alert! EU Implements UN Sanctions on North Korea

Web alert: EU implements new UN sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK”) On 30 November 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2321 (2016), providing for new measures against the DPRK...