Bulk Report – Week 6, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has formulated the weekly dry bulk carrier report for the sixth week of this year. The report formulated on 8th February 2019...

World’s Largest LNG Bunker Tanker Christened

Kairos the world’s largest LNG bunker tanker of capacity 7500 cu m commissioned. The vessel addresses environmental concerns and the global move towards...

Cruise Ship Engine Fails and Crashes into Dock in Puerto Rico

According to reports, the Norwegian Epic cruise ship, based out of Port Canaveral was stalled in San Juan after it ran into engine trouble...

Commissioning Scrubbers Alone Not Enough for Compliance

By this time most shipowners have opted for scrubbers installation in order to be compliant to the IMO 2020 sulphur fuel regulations. However, the...

Ship Runs Aground Off Solomons Coast Ment

A ship has run aground off the southern coast of the Solomon Islands and officials say bad weather is hampering efforts to salvage the...

Global Oil Demand Growth to Slow – McQuilling

Global oil demand growth and crude supply growth is likely to slow over 2019-2023. Crude and residual fuel tonne/mile demand is forecast to...

Wärtsilä to Deliver First Short-Sea Shipping Hybrid Retrofit

Wartsila delivering the first hybrid short-sea retrofitting including a shore power connection provider for port loading operations and PTI technology.  The retrofitting is...

Freight Rates on Asia/Europe Routes to Remain Depressed for Years

Capacity growth on the Asia/Europe maritime routes are set for substantial increases in 2019 and 2020. IMO 2020 will lead to increases in...

Efficiency of Wärtsilä BWMS Certified by Uptick in Demand

Wärtsilä’s Aquarius UV BWMS solutions recognised by owners around the world. The technology group has recently bagged contracts to supply its BWMS for...

[Answer] What’s Inside a Wet Scrubbers System?

Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems or Scrubbers have become a formidable necessity in the new maritime industry, especially as we are fast approaching the IMO 2020...