[FAQs] What Is a Bosun and What Does He Do?
Bosun is a colloquialism derived from Boatswain the formal spelling of the word, both stem from English word, Batswegen.
The batswagen was a...
Time to Weed Out Oldest or Dirtiest Vessels From Fleets
Containership demolition market prepared to weed out the oldest and dirtiest vessels from their fleets ahead of the IMO 2020 rule.
Currently, 10 container vessels...
Maersk Starts Random Box Checks to Stamp Out Misdeclared Cargoes
Maersk to carry out random container checks in North America in a bid to check out misdeclared cargoes.
Inspection pilots from National Cargo Bureau will...
Fujairah to Ban Open Loop Scrubbers
According to a Reuters report the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates has decided to ban the use of a type of...
DSIC Wins Order with AVIC for Ten 85,000 dwt Bulk Carriers
On January 17, China's leading finance leasing company, AVIC International Leasing has entered into a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) to build new bulk...
Advantage Fleet Agreement For Alfa Laval BWMS
Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 3 BWMS to be installed on 16 vessels belonging to 'Advantage Tankers & Advantage Products'.
The company is planning to...
Ceramic Membranes for Filtration of Washwater – Liqtech
Liqtech sales are poised to explode upward in 2019 and the years after, due to new shipping fuel regulations.
The company is debt-free,...
Ocean Yield: Investment in Suezmax With Long-term Charter
Ocean Yield announced the Company’s assent to acquire a modern Suezmax tanker, says an article in SeaNews.
What is in the agreement?
Ocean Yield on Wednesday...
How is Air Lubrication Useful in Reducing Fuel Consumption?
Post the IMO2020 Sulphur cap, techniques used for reducing fuel consumption have grown in importance in the shipping industry. But
How is hull friction reduced?
This...
Bulk report – Week 3
The Baltic Briefing reports the following as the weekly Bulk update latest from 18 January 2019.
Capesize
A positive end to a week that saw rates...
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The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices
Drewry has published the Port Throughput Indices following its maritime research.
Drewry’s latest assessment - August 2022
The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series...
