No Delays to Implementing Shipping Fuel Sulfur Cap in 2020: IMO

On September 25, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that there will not be any delay implementing a reduction in the amount of sulfur...

Swiss Shipper in Touch with Pirates Who Took 12 Crew Hostage

Swiss Shipper established a contact to rescue the hostages taken on September 22, in the Nigerian waters. What happened? The bulk carrier carrying wheat was en...

First LNG-fueled Bulk Carriers to Cross Northern Sea Route

Two 160-meter long vessels making through Russian Arctic shipping route The 25,600 dwt sister ships "Haaga" and "Viikki" are making their maiden voyage World’s most...

This is How Maersk Supply Service will Make Money in the Future

Maersk Supply Service expects that after a challenging 2015, and the same in 2016 and 2017, but says that no year will be as...

[Watch] Empty Shells: Inside the Illegal Abalone Trade

Efforts to curb South Africa's illegal abalone trade crisis are failing. A new TRAFFIC documentary investigates a shadowy underworld where violence, drugs, and wildlife...

Ghost Ship Mysteries That Remains Unexplained

Ghost ships go a long way in telling tales of lost mysterious ships. Generally speaking ghost ships are remains of ships which went missing...

Can You Name this Ship Part?

Watch out here for the right answers and the winners. Please provide your profile picture and a brief about you to be featured here....

Tanker Report – Week 38

VLCC Rates for 270,000mt, from the Middle East Gulf to both China and Singapore, were marginally firmer at WS 56.5/57.5, and a US Gulf-bound cargo...

Can the Dry Bulk Shipping Market Withstand Trade War Fears?

HighlightsThe dry bulk shipping market continues to improve, despite trade war fears. The average spot rate during the second quarter was generally higher...

Global Container Index Dipped Last Week

Transpacific ocean freight price fall over and is likely to drop slightly. Prices dropped slightly this week as the 1 September General Rate...