It’s a Cavitation Tunnel
A facility used for propeller cavitation tests. This is a vertical water circuit with large diameter pipes. A parallel inflow is established. With or...
ABB Turbochargers Help China’s Biggest Box Ship Optimize Performance
Delivered last month by China's Jiangnang Shipyard (Group) Co, the 21,000+ TEU COSCO Shipping Universe has broken the record for China's largest containership and...
Is Hong Kong Destined to be the Major Ship Finance Centre in Asia?
With the shipping industry heavily hit by the overcapacity of ships and insufficient cargo demands that arose after the 2008-09 recession, all eyes are...
Long Drought Puts Pressure on Dutch Shipping Sector
The longest drought in decades is drying out rivers in the usually wet Netherlands, hitting cargo traffic and threatening a shortage of bulk supplies...
U.S. Refiners From Exxon to Valero Have Edge Ahead of Ship Rule
Tougher shipping rules are impending for quite some time and world’s shipping fleet is preparing for it. Amidst this, the refiners are having an...
Vessel Carrying 1,000 Cars Runs Aground Off Sweden
On July 24, a cargo vessel carrying 1000 cars ran aground due to navigation issues in Sweden.
What happened?
The Panama-flagged cargo vessel ‘Makassar Highway’ was...
LR Grants Cyber Security AiP to DSME Smart Ship Solution
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from LR for the DSME Smart Ship Solution (DS4®), receiving...
IMB Report: Persistent Piracy Risk Off West Africa
A quarterly report released by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) showed that all 2018 crew kidnappings have so far occurred in the Gulf...
Two Minutes of Terror for Ship Off NSW
On July 24, a container vessel was battered by huge waves and many containers stacked onboard the vessel fell into the Sea.
What happened?
The 43,000-tonne...
Will the Cost of 2020 Compliance be on the Owner or the Charterer?
The cost of compliance will badly affect the shipping industry if proper measures aren’t taken, warns the deputy director of the North P&I...
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Ship Detained as Crew Alleges Mistreatment
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has detained the chemical tanker Tintomara at QAL's South Trees wharf due to allegations of underpayment and poor working...
