What’s This Rolling Device Providing Better Fuel Speed on Rough Seas?

Ships use many devices to increase their speed and efficiency while traversing over the rough seas. Here's a picture of one such rolling device...

16,000 Tonne Cargo Ship Runs Aground on Falmouth Beach

On December 17, a Russian cargo ship ran aground off the southern coast of England and was shortly refloated by the British Maritime and Coastguard...

Ships Infected with Ransomware, USB Malware, Worms

Ships are the victims of cyber-security incidents more often than people think says Catalin Cimpanu for ZDNet. Industry groups publish cyber-security guidelines to address...

Coal Cargo Are Liable to Liquefy and Have a Chemical Hazard

 Coal cargoes liquefaction heavily affects shippers and hence there's a proper code for this. According to the IMSBC Code shippers should declare the...

10% of Global Container Ships and 40% New Builds has Scrubbers

Currently there are 266 boxships fitted with scrubbers, for an aggregate capacity of 2.2m teu, led by MSC with 46% of its operating...

Weekly Maritime Security Report 18 December 2018

Protection Vessels International in their latest report highlighted the present maritime situation of the world. Here we are reporting on that report. South East Asia  Indonesia:...

Alfa Laval GCU Preferred Choice for LNG New Builds, as Sales Exceed 100 Units

 The Alfa Laval Gas Combustion Unit (GCU) sold over 100 units of GCUs in 2018. Alfa Laval bought the technology from Snecma in...

EU Copernicus-backed Research Highlights Worrying Decline in Ocean Health

A comprehensive new report published as a supplement of the Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO), one of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science &...

A Snapshot of Shipping Markets

Alibrashipping has published a list of important shipping news and activities that are of primary importance of shipowners this season. Here are the things...

Huge Cargo Ship Stranded in Storm Off the Yorkshire Coast Rescued

On December 15, a huge cargo vessel that beached on a sandbank after a power outage winched to safety. What happened? The cargo vessel 'Thea II' with...