Ship Hire Rates Benefitted With Scrubber Installations

Ship hire rates likely to benefit as the rate of suspended vessels to retrofit scrubbers increases.  Clarksons says 0.9% of VLCC fleet and...

Hapag-Lloyd Orders Record Breaking 13,420 Reefer Containers

Hapag-Lloyd has placed a record order for the refrigerated containers known as “reefers”, says a press release published on their website.  Right in time for...

ExxonMobil Introduces EMF.5 Range of Low Sulfur Fuels

ExxonMobil to offer a new EMF.5 range of low-sulfur Engineered Marine Fuels to help ship operators comply with the IMO global sulfur cap...

Pilot Fatigue Cited in Bulk Carrier Drift

According to a Marine Accident Brief released by The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), bulk carrier Shandong Fu En struck Dock1 during high-water...

GasLog Announces New Multi-Year Charter Agreement With Gunvor

GasLog Partners LP announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a three-and-a-half-year charter for the GasLog Shanghai with Clearlake Shipping Pte Ltd,...

Viking and Norsafe Sail Under Same Flag At Nor-Shipping

Norsafe and Viking life-saving equipment have joined hands at Nor-Shipping to showcase their complete safety solution. Viking Norsafe is a brand that encompasses the maritime...

Royal Princess – First Real Example of a Smart City Onboard

Carnival's Royal Princess cruise ship has created the first real example of a smart city also dubbed as the largest Internet of Things deployment. Each...

Tectonic Shifts in Shipping Make Safety More Vital Than Ever

As the shipping industry is increasingly embracing technology, the safety of the maritime industry has taken a backseat according to DNV GL. The...

The First Battery Powered Cruise Starts Its Maiden Voyage To the Arctic

According to an Economic Times report, the world's first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power is set to head out from northern Norway...

First Nuclear Power Plant of the Arctic Being Towed To Destination

According to a CNN article, a floating nuclear power plant called the Akademik Lomonosov will be towed via the Northern Sea Route to its...