Again Freighter Lost Control After Steering Failure
On December 12, a cargo vessel reportedly lost its steering control for the second time in three weeks.
What happened?
The cargo vessel ‘Kasra 1’ reportedly...
Ultra Large Container Collided With Another Container Vessel
On December 11, two container ships reportedly collided with each other one of them being an Ultra Large container ship.
What happened?
One Ultra Large container...
New Regulation for Ballast Water Management
New regulations and stricter enforcement of existing ones made ballast water management a hot topic for 2017. Elly Earls asks what do companies need...
IBIA Clarification Regarding 2020 Sulphur Limit Compliance and EGCS Investments
In the past week there have been a number of misleading headlines and articles incorrectly attributing certain views, statements and advice to the International...
ME-GI/ME-LGI Dual-Fuel Engines Hit 100,000 Operating Hours
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that its low-speed ME-GI (-Gas Injection) and ME-LGI (-Liquid Gas Injection) dual-fuel engines have registered a cumulative total...
Fatigue the Key Cause of Tugboat Collision with USCG Cutter
A frame from video captured by the Tampa’s stern camera at the time of contact. A yellow arrow highlights the Cerro Santiago, which was...
[Watch] Van Oord Completes Expansion of Taiwan’s Largest Port
Van Oord recently completed the expansion of the port of Kaohsiung. The client, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC), awarded the contract in 2015. The...
Soaring Global Freight Costs May Boost Food Prices
It’s getting more expensive to transport commodities around the world, threatening to squeeze profits for global traders and raise food prices.
The Baltic Dry Index,...
Anchor Handler Designed for the Caspian
Recent weeks saw a shallow-draught anchor-handling tug/supply vessel designed for operation in the challenging conditions in the Caspian delivered to Russian inland waterways operator...
Apeejay Fleet Rises Above the 5m DWT Mark with New Panamax Acquisition
Apeejay Shipping Limited, an Apeejay Surrendra Group company, announced the acquisition of a 76,602 MT DWT Gearless Panamax, Japanese build. The ship is renamed ‘APJ...
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Maersk To Send Almost All Ships Via Suez Canal As Schedule...
Maersk will sail almost all container vessels travelling between Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal from now on while diverting only a...
