Cruise Ship Worker Killed by Window-Washing Machine

A cruise ship worker died after being crushed by the ship's automatic window-washing machine, an inquest has heard, reports BBC News. What happened? Leading Seaman...

A former Cruise Ship HR Reveals What Will Get Workers Fired Immediately

According to an article published in Business Insider, Aida Carvahlo, a former human-resources manager for MSC Cruises, Viking Cruises, and Holland America Line says, sexual...

The World’s Largest Ocean Cleanup Has Officially Begun

Ocean Cleanup deploys its $20 million system designed to clean up the 1.8 trillion pieces of trash floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,...

IMO 2020 Presentations Outline Scenarios for Fuel Switching that will Impact Diesel Markets

The threat to the trucking industry from the IMO 2020 regulation has always been whether the new rule affecting marine fuels is going to...

INTERTANKO and BIMCO Release Joint Guidance on Contractual Issues for Scrubber-Fitted Vessels

BIMCO and INTERTANKO have released contractual guidance applicable to vessels fitted with scrubbers for compliance with the new “IMO 2020” MARPOL Annex VI rules,...

Norwegian Encore Gets Her Hull Art

The new Norwegian Encore now has her trademark hull art, reports the Cruise Industry News. Creator of the hull artwork? Eduardo Arranz-Bravo, the Spanish artist, created...

LNG a Growing Force in Large Vessel Orders

Exponential growth in installed LNG tank capacity points to a potential boom in LNG for larger vessels over the coming years. There are...

Titan LNG’s Bunkering Pontoon Performs First in Rotterdam Port

Titan LNG announced that its new LNG bunker barge FlexFueler001 Pontoon has completed its first bunkering operation in Rotterdam port on 14 June 2019,...

More Than 16 Tons of Cocaine Worth $1 Billion Seized at Philadelphia Port

US authorities seized 16.5 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 bn at Philadelphia port. A television footage identified the ship to be...

Here’s Why You Should Turn Down An Upgrade on a Cruise Ship?

According to an article published in the Business Insider, hotel regulars and frequent fliers consider upgrades to be one of the biggest perks and...