744 Large Vessels Scrapped in 2018

Record-breaking 90% of end-of-life tonnage scrapped on South Asian beaches ub 2018. The US, UAE, and Greece top the list of country dumpers...

China’s Crackdown on Pollution is a Boon to the World’s Shipbuilders

China is turning to liquefied natural gas as a replacement for coal boosting imports of LNG. Surging demand for LNG has spurred energy...

Why Are the Least Competent People Usually the Most Confident Ones?

In 1999 Dunning and Kruger examined a group of undergraduate students and found that less competent students tended to overestimate their results. The...

Ballast Water Management: Critical Elements Revealed

The findings of second survey conducted by ABS with 7 main technologies, show just over a third of installed BWMS to be fully...

Sembcorp Marine Acquires Patents to Serve the Retrofit Market

The Semb-Eco ballast water treatment system is one of the technologies which is being patented by Sembcorp Marine. The company in partnership with...

Brussels Orders Britain To Pay £39bn Brexit Bill Even If There Is No Deal

Brussels insists Britain to pay £39bn Brexit bill to honor negotiations as a part of no-deal contingency announcement. The extra funds will be used...

Liberia Ship Registry Is Now World’s Second-Largest

Liberia has coveted the second spot as the largest ship registry in the world - attributed to an agreement between China and the Liberian registry. ...

Synergy Group Fleet Boosted By New 20,000+ TEU Containership

Synergy Group has taken delivery of Ever Gifted, an Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV). The 20,000+ TEU capacity ULCV is one of the...

Tanker Glut Off Venezuela’s Coast

Sanctions were approved by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, aimed at driving President Nicolas Maduro out of power. PDVSA exported 1.25...

International Court To Rule on Ship Interception Off Guyana: Hess CEO

An ExxonMobil-chartered seismic ship offshore Guyana was intercepted by the Venezuelan navy. John Hess, the CEO of Hess, a member of the ExxonMobil-led...