Body of Ship’s Cook Found Stuffed in Deep Freezer

The body of a cook murdered in a mid-sea fight aboard a Yemeni ship, which was en route to Alang ship-breaking yard, was found...

US Houston Ship Channel Reopens After Weather Halts Inbound Traffic

According to an article published in ICIS, vessel traffic through the Houston Ship Channel resumed early on Monday after thunderstorms on April 7 limited...

2019 Maritime Standard Awards To Be Held at Palm Dubai in October

In a major development, the Dubai-based publisher and events organizer, the Maritime Standard, has officially launched the Maritime Standard Awards 2019. The company has...

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding’s First LRI Chemical Tanker Delivered

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. delivered its first LRI (77,000 DWT) Product/Chemical Tanker on March 29, 2019, says an article published in Sea News. This first...

Wärtsilä Equipment Package To Make Knutsen LNG Vessel Fuel Efficient

In a recent development, the technology group Wärtsilä’s integrated propulsion and cargo handling solution announced that they will deliver high efficiency for a new...

Carnival’s Scientific Study on Scrubber Wash-water Quality Assures Safety

In light of recent bans and restrictions on scrubber discharges imposed by some countries and coastal regions, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:...

Beware of 7 IMO FAL Documents! Electronic Information Exchange Is in Force

Aim is to make cross-border trade simpler and the logistics chain more efficient, for the more than 10 billion tons of goods which...

Chimbusco Agrees Low-sulphur Marine Fuel Deal With COSCO Unit

Chimbusco has agreed a one-year low-sulphur marine fuel supply deal with a COSCO Shipping Corp unit to meet new global environmental rules. The...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 14, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 14th week of this year. The report dated 5th March 2019 provides a valuable...

South Korean Shipbuilders Are Second Worldwide in New Builds

South Korean shipbuilders came in second worldwide in terms of new orders in the first quarterly with new orders totalling 1.62 million compensated...