South African Ship Owners Face Continued Stowaway Risk Exposure
Extract from an update issued by the Norwegian P&I Club in the matter of stowaway risk that ship owners are facing.
Illegal immigrants at African...
Hackers Get Away With 565,000 Euros
Hackers presenting themselves as the regular African fuel suppliers of the Limassol-based shipping company managed to swindle away 565,000 Euros (about 644,100 U.S. dollars).
The...
Seafarers Happiness Index
Crewtoo Publishes Its Second Seafarers Happiness Index Report
The second Seafarers Happiness Index report has been published by Crewtoo, the online social network for seafarers...
Maran and Nakilat Expand The Joint Venture
Two new LNG vessels has been included in the recent expansion of Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Maran...
Average Co2 Emissions Decline By 29%
A report released by BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) has confirmed the decline of average Co2 emissions per container per kilometer for ocean transportation...
More MERS Deaths In Saudi Arabia
MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012. MERS infections have been recorded in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. It...
One Billion People Use Facebook In A Single Day
Mr Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard student (19-years-old then) founded Facebook in 2004 and it gained its billionth user in October 2012. Now Facebook has...
Dip in Dry Bulk Orders
A survey released by Clarkson’s Research has suggested that there has been a dip in the new buildings orders, in the dry bulk segment....
Does Your Engine Oil Base Number Drop? Watch out!
Why Does An Oil's Base Number Drop?
Marine Diesel engine lubricating oils have a wide range of TBN and the ECA type fuels have brought...
Europe Should Make Migration Official
A UN expert says building fences, using tear gas and other forms of violence against migrants and asylum seekers, detention, withholding access to basics...