New Marine Fuel Additives to Help in 2020 Compliance from Innospec

Innospec Inc. reported that it has launched an exciting new range of marine fuel additives. These products will help the shipping industry comply with...

A Case for 20/20 Vision? IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Limit

The fact that under MARPOL ANNEX VI falls the implementation of the global 0.5% sulphur cap for bunker fuel which will come into force...

Weakly Maritime Security Report

The Weekly Maritime report highlighted the various events which occurred over the week. 1. Location: West Africa Ghana Assailant boards vessel at Takoradi anchorageOn October 9,...

Poor Ship Navigation in Pilotage Waters Added to TAIC’s Watchlist

A series of incidents where ships have run aground or struck rocks has prompted the Transport Accident Investigation Commission to add the issue of...

Runaway Bulker Hit and Sank Three Anchored Vessels

On October 9, a bulk carrier collided with three anchored vessels which resulted in the sinking of the vessels and four people being missing. What...

Thales UK Opens New Maritime Autonomous Systems Trial Centre

Thales UK has opened its new Maritime Autonomous Systems Trials and Evaluation Centre at Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth. Exploration of technologies The centre will be used...

Carriage Ban Critical for 2020 Success

Trident Alliance Chair, Roger Strevens in a news article, says that Adoption of IMO’s ‘Carriage ban’ on non-compliant fuel without delay is critical to...

Maersk Oil Trading Hires Asia Storage Before 2020

The World's top ship fuel buyers, Maersk Oil Trading has hired an oil storage facility in Singapore to provide fuel to customers in Asia...

Market Consolidation in Container Shipping: What Next?

Mergers, acquisitions, expansions, reshuffling of shipping alliances - these are the things that's plaguing the global container shipping industry over the past two years....

Keels Laid for Europe’s Biggest Butane Tankers

Work has begun on Europe’s two largest-ever butane river tankers, at the VEKA shipyard at Lemmer (Netherlands). Each vessel is around three times the...