UN Ballast-water Convention to Take Effect in September
Charter fees and freight rates may rise as smaller lines struggle with costs of Ballast-Water Convention
An international convention regulating ballast water, which ships with little or no cargo take on or discharge to maintain...
Longevity in Rich Countries
POPULATION forecasting is not simple. Demographers use mortality data—information about when people die and why—to estimate the likely life expectancy of people still alive. The UN, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and others produce...
Composite Cutterhead Shaft Bearing Still New After Ten Years of Dredging
COMPOSITE CUTTERHEAD SHAFT BEARING AS GOOD AS NEW AFTER TEN YEARS OF DREDGING
After ten years and more than 100,000 operating hours dredging up silt, sand, rocks and stones in some of the toughest marine...
[Watch] Fire at the Port of Port Arthur
Port Arthur firefighters are still investigating what caused a conveyer belt fire near a cargo ship. The conveyor belt being used to load German wood pellets onto a ship caught fire according to the...
New Safety Initiative to Drive Performance Improvements on Board
V.Group has signed an agreement with Lloyds Register to run an initiative on port state control performance improvement on board V.Ships and ITM managed vessels over the next six months.
Drawing on 2016 data of...
Monster Oil Platform Sets Sail to its New Home in the UK
The floating made-in-China monster! 31k-tonne oil platform sets sail to its new home in the UK
How did the oil platform cross the ocean?
No, this isn't joke but an actual case of real-life logistics.
A giant...
[Watch] The Floating Made-in-China Monster!
Footage shows the mammoth structure being tugged through the water at a snail's pace.
The platform, also known as Hope No.6 and the equivalent of 18 floors, is the first to be built by China...
Stena Line Signs Up for MAN Online Service
Agreement covers two superferries in Stena fleet
MAN Diesel & Turbo recently signed a contract with Stena Line to provide its online service to two vessels. The ‘Stena Hollandica’ and ‘Stena Britannica’ are both conventional...
Singapore MPA Speeds up Bunker Mass-flow-meter Re-validation Process
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has moved to address the concerns of bunker barge operators in Singapore whose tankers were fitted with mass flow meters three years ago and were scheduled for...
Fuel Regulation Could Cost Shippers Extra US$60 Billion a Year
Shippers to bear extra US$60 billion expenses a year due to IMO’s 2020 regulation
According to a Wood Mackenzie study, global bunker fuel costs could rise by up to US$60 billion annually from 2020, in...