Will The Shipping Industry Help Curb The Overflow Of Marine Plastics?
No one these days can deny the huge problem plastics poses to our planet and oceans. Marine plastics are suffocating coral propyls, smothering the...
Coronavirus Scare on “Cruise-to-nowhere” Becomes A False Alarm
A passenger who tested COVID19 positive aboard a “cruise-to-nowhere” from Singapore has been found not to have the virus, Singapore’s health ministry said.
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SHI Wins AiP for First Ship Design To Prevent Infectious Diseases
Samsung Heavy Industries has succeeded in developing the world’s first ship with infectious disease prevention technology.
SHI has won an AIP from the...
VLCC Witness Marginal Rise Amid Steady Aframax Market
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 50th week of this year. The report dated 11th December 2020 provides a valuable...
MSC Seals A $15M Second-hand Containership Deal
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to hoover up second-hand boxships at pace with the latest deal, reports Splash247.
$15m Lomar deal
MSC has acquired...
Capesize Falls & Panamax Stays Firm in This Week’s Bulk Market
Baltic Exchange has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 50th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated...
Berthed Tanker Suffers Explosion
A tanker berthed at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reportedly suffers an explosion at around 2210 UTC Dec 13.
The cause for the explosion is due to...
Scrubbers – 380 HSFO Combination Attractive As Global Scrubber Spread Widens
The combination of scrubbers and 380 HSFO seems more attractive to the shipowners after the global scrubber spread (the price difference between 380 HSFOs...
5G, AI & Digital Twins in Port Operations
The Port of Livorno has become a testbed not only for how future ports may look, but also how any future industrial setting...
Beware of Stowaways in Rudder Trunk
In its recent article Gard explores how stowaways in vessel's rudder trunk can be dangerous for ships
Over the years Gard has seen several cases...




















