Goal To Increase the Proportion of Women on Tankers To 5%

The International Transport Workers Federation estimates that only 2% of crew in the world fleet are female. 94% of these women work on...

Japan’s Bunker Fuel Sales Fall 18.6% From Nov

According to Trade and Industry data, Japan sold 2.32 million barrels of bonded bunker fuel in December 2018, down 18.6% from November and 8.9%...

Gasum Boasts 100th Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering

LNG bunkering is now becoming routine in many areas. Espoo, Finland headquartered Gasum carried out its 100th LNG bunkering on February 21, reports the...

SHI Places LNG Carrier Tank Order With GTT

In a recent development, GTT has announced that they have received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of a...

Five Ballast Water-Related Predictions for 2019

Detentions and arrests, missed compliance deadlines, mergers and more; Craig Jallal predicts the top trends for the ballast water sector for 2019, reports Ballast...

[Watch] Norwegian Cruise Ship Rocked By ‘Sudden, Extreme Gust of Wind’!

According to Sun Sentinel, Several people were injured after the Norwegian Escape cruise ship was blasted by an extreme gust of wind. What happened? Described as a...

Ship Owner Apologizes For Oil Spill in Solomon Islands!

The owner of the bulk carrier guilty of spilling oil in the Solomon Islands has issued an apology and could be imposed a bill...

LNG Carrier for Cameron LNG Nearing Completion Christened

LNG carrier with capacity of 177,000 m3 under construction for Mitsui & Co christened. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding bagged the order for the new vessel...

Tanker Report – Week 9, 2019

  The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the tanker market of the 9th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated...

How Will US Sanctions on Venezuela Impact Tankers?

The United States has imposed sanctions on state-owned Venezuelan oil company PDVSA to prevent Venezuelan president from enjoying the benefits. The actions also prevent companies...