Asia Tanker Rates Jump as Vessels Ship Fuel to U.S. & Mexico
Freight rates for oil product tankers in Asia have been escalated recently owing to reduced availability of vessels and fuels were shipped to the United...
End of ‘Lower for Longer’ Crude Era
The age of persistently weak oil prices is nearing its end, with demand booming and a supply squeeze in the offing, according to Trafigura...
Lloyd Register: Design Approval for LNG Bunkering Vessel
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 m3...
BP Ready for Sulfur Cap! No Need to Delay Implementation
There is no need to delay the proposed implementation of new marine sulfur emission norms beyond 2020, as the refining industry has the ability...
Mass GPS Spoofing of Ships Suspected in Black Sea
Imagine alarms ringing out on more than 20 ships located near the Russian port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea, as their GPS systems...
Shipping Confidence Continues to Climb
According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens, the average confidence level expressed by respondents to the...
[Watch] Fire Danger on Cruise Ships
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Two siblings who lost their parents to a cruise ship fire say the problems leading to their deaths are more common...
Contaminated Fuel from Balboa, Panama
Viswa Lab has received five samples of contaminated heavy fuel from Balboa, Panama over the last few weeks. One of the vessels has already experienced...
Disney Cruise Ship Hits Pier at Port
A Disney cruise ship hit a pier as it was docking Saturday in Nassau of the Bahamas.
The stern of the boat hit a block...
Three People Suffocate to Death on an Anchored Ship
On October 1, three people reportedly died of suffocation in a cargo ship anchored at port.
What happened?
The unfortunate incident occurred when three people got...