Key Success Strategies by Thome

Gautam Kashyap, Thome’s Vice President for Business Development, outlined the Group’s strategies for success at the 2018 Connecticut Maritime Association shipping conference. “Ship Management is changing and the right mix of digitalisation, automation and data...

Baltic Dry Bulk Weekly Briefings

Capesize There were finally reports of increased Brazil activity, but still largely unconfirmed. Vale reportedly took six ships Thursday for 5th April onwards, from Tubarao to Qingdao at $14.90, with three for delivery North West...

Costly Safety Lessons! Ship Crashed

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report of the investigation into the collision between cargo ship Saga Sky and Stema Barge II. Summary: On 20 November 2016 at about 08:50, the general cargo...

[Watch] A Divers Shocking Footage of Plastic Waste

Shocking footage has emerged showing a Bali ocean containing tonnes of plastic waste, showing the damage that humans are doing to the world's ocean. British Diver Rich Horner captured the images while diving at...

Sink or Sail? – Shipbuilders Face Critical Point for Survival

The nation's shipbuilding industry officials are maintaining a cautious outlook, despite growing expectations about recovery following an increase in the number of orders that shipbuilders have obtained this year. Although global market conditions seemingly support...

Cargo Ship Saves Stranded Boy

On March 17, a 11 year old boy was rescued by a merchant vessel in Helsinki Vuosaari after the child was stranded on thin ice. What happened? The 11 year old boy was walking on the...

Coating Over a Coating Problem

Subsea Industries’ NACE coatings inspector Manuel Hof explains why shipowners can no longer afford to gloss over the marine environment issue. Today’s ships are expected to demonstrate their environmental credentials in many different areas, including...

Removing Oily Water Discharge Risks

Despite many years of strict enforcement when it comes to oily water discharge limits, there are still high-profile cases that result in extreme fines or jail terms. Naturally, no company can afford to take...

Aqua-Tools to Urge Tanker Owners to Assess Treated Ballast Water

Water microbiology expert aqua-tools will present a paper to Asian tanker owners on the importance of taking onboard analysis of ballast waters in verifying system performance and compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention. Carine...

Stunning Revival of the Humble Shipping Container

In 1937, a young trucker named Malcolm McLean was delivering a load of cotton to a harbor in Hoboken, New Jersey. As he watched workers slowly transport the boxes by hand onto a ship,...