Liners Like Seaspan Chartering More Ships To Gain Scrubbers Momentum

According to an article published in Freight Waves, Seaspan Corporation, the largest U.S.-listed lessor of container ships, reported strong quarterly profits driven by a...

Improper Execution of Helm Orders Resulted in Collision

The Incident At 0250 local time on June 13, 2018, the inbound bulk carrier Yochow collided with the articulated tug and barge OSG Independence/OSG 243, which...

DryBulk FFA Market: The Long Road To Recovery

According to a report by Freight Investor Services, after being depressed for a long time, the recovery for freight rates appeared not to be...

Japan Boosts Spot VLCC Charters

Japanese refiners have stepped up chartering VLCCs in the spot market due to changing trade patterns, on the back of rising US crude...

Tanker Collision, Gasoline Spill Closes Portion of Houston Ship Channel

Based on a Reuters report, one barge was severely damaged and another capsized following a collision with a 755-foot (230-m) tanker in the Houston...

China Tests Sniffers To Inspect Vessel Sulphur Emissions

According to a press release by Lloydslist, China has set up monitoring facilities on the Yangtze River for screening high-sulphur fuel. What happened? China has installed monitoring...

Euronav Sees Positive Upshot Ahead of IMO 2020

The First quarter 2019 proved to be an unusual and largely resilient one for the large crude tanker sector. Despite demand reduction and...

[Watch] Houston Ship Channel Crash

This is a live video from Air 11, over the Houston Ship Channel, where two barges and a tanker collided. One tanker is damaged,...

Chevron Oronite’s New Lubes Additive for 0.5% Sulphur Fuels

In a recent development, Chevron Oronite has announced that they have introduced a new marine cylinder lubricant additive package specially designed for ships operating...

Ships Rolling in Choppy Waters As Cyclone Fani Makes Landfall

The Navy has as many as seven warships on standby, three following the eye of the storm while another four warships are positioned off...