Future of Shipping in the Spotlight

Sustainable use of the oceans, maritime trade, and the digital revolution were some of the issues addressed by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim at the...

Electrical Fault In A Vehicle Caused Fire Aboard Car Carrier

Summary: On February 24, 2017, the US-flagged roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vehicle carrier Honor was en route from Southampton, England, to Baltimore, Maryland, when a fire broke...

MPC Scoops Up 6 More Feeder Ships

Ocean vessel owner and operator MPC Container Ships has agreed to acquire six more vessels in two separate deals for a total purchase price...

Leanships: Changing the Tide in Shipbuilding

Imagine you are sailing on a vessel designed to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% and completely eliminate other pollutants, like sulphur or nitrogen oxide.Believe...

Chinese Diesel to be Shipped ‘West’ in VLCC

In a rare shipment, a diesel cargo will be loaded into a very large crude carrier (VLCC) from a refinery at China’s Tianjin port...

Cargo Ship Nearly Crushes a Tugboat

On March 19, a video surfaced showing a cargo ship colliding with a tugboat and in the process nearly crushing it. What happened? The recorded video...

[Watch] Dramatic Boxship Collision

Dozens of containers fell into the sea at the Port of Karachi after a Hapag-Lloyd ship collided with another container vessel.Disclaimer: This video is...

21 Containers Fell into the Sea After Two Ships Collide

On March 19, a boxship collided into an another which resulted in multiple containers falling off the vessel. What happened? The Hapag-Llyod’s container vessel ‘Tolten’ collided...

Oil Leak and Sea Water Ingress Damage Engine

On March 18, a vessel suffered engine damage following an oil and water leakage in the engine room. What happened? The vessel ‘Freifjord’ was enroute from...

1,000 LNG Bunkering Operations by Skangas

Demand for LNG on a rise in Nordics Marine Market. Skangas today announced that it completed 1,000 liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering operations in 2017,...