Reimaging Alang Ship Recycling
Alang, the world's largest ship recycling yard has 120 active recycling yards.
Approximately, half of the world's ships life end up of here.
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2020 Sulfur Cap: Scrubbers Gain Favor – But Should They?
A new debate is erupting in the shipping circles.
With the 2020 sulfur cap looming, owners are now beginning to make moves toward...
Greeks, Chinese Work Together at Ship Repair Zone to Uplift Piraeus Port
For several decades the heart of Greece's ship repair industry was beating at Perama, a western suburb of Piraeus port, until the Greek debt...
MSC Chooses Panasia Scrubbers
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC) will retrofit 29 of its ships with scrubbers developed by Panasia, a South Korean marine equipment manufacturer.
Where is retrofitting planned?
Retrofitting...
Closing in on Captain Cook’s Long-Lost Ship Off Newport
Officials from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project and the Australian National Maritime Museum plan to announce that they’ve narrowed their search down to...
The End of the World as We Know it
A carriage ban on carrying fuel exceeding 0.50% sulphur will be adopted in MEPC 73.
This makes the usage and carriage of fuel...
Shippers Rebuke Maersk Surcharge
Container shippers face surcharge a year prior to actual start of sulfur cap. Maersk’s move to impose surcharges for the higher costs of low-sulfur...
A Sneak Peek at the New Celebrity Edge Ship
Innovative Royal Caribbean Cruise liners
Sexy white stair cases inspired by Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris
Fancy lighting and glass walls to...
Gloomy Outlook for Container Charter Market
According to London shipbroker Braemar ACM, the containership charter rates are stable but depressed.
Need for service repairs
According to several broker sources, weakening of post-peak...
[Watch] Floating Dock Collapsed, One Ship Blocked
Aft section of Floating Dock No.169 collapsed during surfacing with two ships inside: tanker VOSTOK (reportedly, not confirmed) and oceanic trawler PIONER NIKOLAEVA, at...