Ship Insurers Look to Luxembourg as Brexit Looms
UK-regulated ship insurers are looking to Luxembourg after fears Brexit will hinder access to the EU's financial market, industry sources say.
Briton is a market leader in marine insurance and losing access to Protection and...
The Swedish Club Improves Offering to Charterers
The Swedish Club has launched a new addition to its portfolio, Rules for Charterers’ Insurance, which has been written to recognise the specific needs of charterers and to ensure that cover can be more...
New Interferry CEO to Make Funding Call at European Shipping Week
Mike Corrigan, the incoming CEO of global trade association Interferry, is to advocate greater European Union involvement and investment in the ferry sector during an address on the opening day of European Shipping Week,...
VLCC Tankers Storing Crude are Much Less than Claimed
Reports this week indicated that VLCC availability has been limited by a surge in floating storage which has consumed a large segment of the fleet, raising fears about the timing and implications of a...
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...