Shippers Concerned of BDN Errors in the COVID19 Pandemic

According to an Argus Media report, inaccurate bunker delivery notes (BDNs) will become problematic when Covid-19 restrictions ease and port state controls check fuel...

How Merchant Marines Delivered Goods in World War 2

The world wars affected the merchant marines as much as the navy and the armed forces. Here's a memoir of one such World War...

Corporate Debt Jumps To 12%, $1trillion Debts Due To COVID19

According to a Reuters report, companies around the world will take on as much as $1 trillion of new debt in 2020, as they...

Undeclared Bunker Fuel Can Invite Legal Proceedings, Warns Gard

A recent article published in Gard website, briefs about a member’s undeclared excess bunker fuel that lead to the vessel being held at a...

12.5% Rise in June Ship Export Orders

Japanese new ship export orders rose by 12.5 % in June this year on tonnage basis compared to the previous month, says an article...

[Watch] Dismantling of a General Cargo Ship at Port

MV Kaami, a general cargo vessel salvaged six miles off the northwest coast of Skye, Scotland after running aground in March, has been dismantled...

Scientists Crack Mysterious ‘Dead Water’ Effect That Slows Ships

Scientists have got a clue to the mysterious phenomenon beneath the sea’s surface. The strange phenomenon called 'dead water' invisibly slows a ship’s...

Shipping Losses Fall To 70%, Lowest in 10 Years, Says Safety Review

The Safety and Shipping Review 2020 identify loss trends in the maritime sector. AGCS is an annual report which contains shipping loss and...

Cosco Shipping Completes Sea Trials for Bulk Carrier

Cosco Shipping has announced that GP’s first bulk carrier N806 has completed sea trials. The early stages of the pandemic in China impacted...

Shipbreaking Worker’s Widow To Sue Shipping Firm

A recently published news report in Reuters reveals that a Bangladeshi woman whose husband died while dismantling an oil tanker at a ship-breaking yard in...