Shippers Beware Oil Price To Weaken Further, March-April Period Crucial!

  Even if OPEC slashes production by 600K barrels per day, the price of oil "could still be weak in March and April, before...

EGCS Installation Delivers a Lot More Than Anticipated

The members of the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 reported on the installation and performance of their respective exhaust gas cleaning systems. All...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 7, 2020

Protection Vessels International has released the 7th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2020. The report summarized on 26th February 2020 highlights the various incidents...

Captain Murdered Aboard oil tanker

Armed assailants boarded the tanker San Ramons off the coast of eastern Venezuela, The Captain was shot in the face and died. Another...

DNV GL Guides on Getting the Correct Cybersecurity Type Approval

  As we are gearing towards autonomous shipping, navigation and positioning system cybersecurity issues are becoming a potential area of concern. the type-approval needs...

VLSFO Exports in Asia Persists As Coronavirus Impacts Gasoline Demand

Weak gasoline prices have led Formosa, which operates one of Asia's ten largest refineries, to lower throughput at its residue fluid catalytic crackers (RFCC),...

Can Long-term Charters Insulate Carriers from Coronavirus Effect?

According to a LoadStar article written by Mike Wackett, charters are actually helping shipowners and shielding them from the coronavirus effect. Take the case of...

Carriers Unable To Makeup 2020 Costs As Complicated Surcharges Keep Customers Away!

Shipping is in doldrums not only because of the coronavirus effect but also because of the carriers' inability to deal with 2020 rising costs,...

[Answer] How To Address Fatigue at Sea

Seafarers have to go through a lot while working at sea. Their unending heavy duty work puts immense pressure on them which causes fatigue....

Maersk Spot Makes Online Bookings Easier, Faster, and Simpler

The industry continues to face the challenge of highly volatile overbooking rates with an average of 20-30%, making it difficult to plan operations.  ...