Thailand’s IRPC To Sell 0.5% Compliant Fuel from July

Thailand's oil and petrochemical company IRPC Public Co. Ltd. plans to start selling low sulfur fuel oil cargo with maximum sulfur of 0.5% from...

Panama Canal Toll Plan To Effect Shipping, Rail and Trucking

ACP revises Panama Canal transit tolls for the second time after expansion, increasing the perks for container ships and hike prices for other...

Inmarsat, MTI and RINA Joins Autonomous Shipping Alliance

Inmarsat and MTI join One Sea as full members, while RINA signs MoU to become a One Sea associate member. ABB, Kongsberg Maritime...

Europe’s First Inland LNG Bunkering Vessel Begins Operations in Rotterdam

Europe’s first inland-waterway LNG bunker vessel  provided fuel for two Containerships and Containerships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The LNG London a Victrol and...

[Watch] Giant Cruise Ship Heading Towards Feeding Humpback Whales

An apparent near miss in Alaska between a cruise ship and a pod of humpback whales is being investigated based on a video...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 25, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 25th week of this year. The report dated 21st June 2019 provides a valuable insight into...

Containerships Introduces Second LNG-Fueled Ship

CMA CGM subsidiary has taken delivery of its second container ship powered by LNG from Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China. The vessel’s first LNG bunkering...

Dozen Tankers Containing Dirty Russian Oil Left at Sea

Earlier it was discovered that Russia was shipping oil contaminated with organic chloride designed to boost output but can potentially destroy refining equipment. ...

Norden Tests Marine Biofuel on Another Tanker

Norden is conducting trials on a second test voyage with a VLCC powered by CO2 neutral biofuel. The trials are being conducted onboard Nord Sustainable, a...

Bigger the Box Ships, Bigger the Insurance Risks

Insurance industry having concerns about the size of the vessels say bigger vessels means a potential loss of about $4bn. Fires and explosions...