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...

Ferry Collision Kills Eight

Accident : Collision. Location : Off Fort Kochi, India. Vessels involved : Passenger ferry, MD Harsha and Fishing boat Basileus. Date : 26th August 2015, around 1345 hrs. Casualties : Eight dead. A circular service ferry “MD Harsha” owned and operated...

Scorpio Tankers – The Highest Valued Tanker Company!

Scorpio Tankers becomes the Highest Valued Tanker operator in the market and a infographic representation is attached from the reports.  Scorpio Tankers, a Monaco-based company...

Migrants from Libya Die of Asphyxiation in a Boat

On Wednesday Italian Coast Guard in its rescue operation (one of 10 such missions) in the waters off Libya found about 50 bodies in...

India: Alimony Denied To A Woman ‘Living In Adultery’

Madras high court, in southern India, recently ruled that a woman divorced for being adulterous could not claim maintenance from her ex-husband. Case Highlights: March...

Petrobras Depot Explosion Kills Two

Accident : Fire due to explosion. Date : 26th August 2015, around 10:00 hrs. Location : Petrobras depot in Brazil. Casualties : Two dead. Workers were engaged in a planned maintenance job of the fuel heating unit...

Unlicensed Bunker Supplier Fined

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has an approved list of 59 licensed bunker suppliers in its ports.  They handle about 42.4 million...

Hong Kong: Maisie Cheng Appointed As Director Of Marine Department

Michael Wong assumed the post as Director of Marine on February 27, 2014.  Now barely 18 months after his taking the post, he is...

Unique Shipping KPI System For Performance Measurement

BIMCO’s Shipping KPI System is a useful and essential tool for performance measurement that allows ship owners and operators to compare their ship’s efficiency...