String of Vessel Fires Raising Alarms Among Operators

Some six million containers or 10% of the overall capacity moved across the oceans, contain dangerous goods. Nearly 1.3 million of those boxes...

Why Did Oil Tanker Rates Just Double?

Recently, tanker demand and rates have highlighted shifting supply patterns and have sparked a bit of a worry about OPEC’s compliance rates. What...

No Timetable for Reopening Texas Ship Channel Following Leak

The reopening of the Houston Ship Channel has been postponed due to another setback caused by flammable chemicals to seep into the water. More than 40...

[Watch] Tug Tows Cruise Ship Adrift in Storm, After 463 Rescued off Norway; 20...

According to Norwegian authorities, 463 passengers were airlifted off a cruise ship that got stranded off Norway's western coast in bad weather before the...

BW Group Makes Bid To Expand Gas Ship Holdings

BW Group making a bid to expand its holdings in the shorthaul and regional LPG trade by acquiring the remaining shares in Epic...

Wärtsilä and UNCSA To Train Next-Gen Themed Entertainment Professionals

We live in a digital age, where advances in technology are constantly expanding and changing the themed entertainment design industry. At the School of...

Lack of Risk Assessment Resulted in Rescue Boat Fall

The Incident On 19 June 2018, at about 1645, an original-equipment manufacturer service technician for the davits on the Spirit of Vancouver Island boarded the ferry in Tsawwassen, British Columbia,...

Shell & HES To Revive German Oil Refinery Ahead of IMO 2020

The sulphur cap set by the IMO from next year, to be one of the biggest fundamental events to hit oil markets in...

Stop the Hype on Open-loop Scrubbers for Sake of Human Health – EGCSA

The hype around open loop exhaust gas cleaning systems wash water discharge dilutes the focus on human health and the environment. Some governments...

[Watch] Sea Change That Could Roil the Industry

 International Maritime Organization’s sulfur emissions limit for the shipping industry will start in January 2020. IMO says shipowners in violation of the new rules...