Coal Cargo Are Liable to Liquefy and Have a Chemical Hazard

  Coal cargoes liquefaction heavily affects shippers and hence there's a proper code for this. According to the IMSBC Code shippers should declare the...

10% of Global Container Ships and 40% New Builds has Scrubbers

Currently there are 266 boxships fitted with scrubbers, for an aggregate capacity of 2.2m teu, led by MSC with 46% of its operating...

Weekly Maritime Security Report 18 December 2018

Protection Vessels International in their latest report highlighted the present maritime situation of the world. Here we are reporting on that report. South East Asia  Indonesia:...

Alfa Laval GCU Preferred Choice for LNG New Builds, as Sales Exceed 100 Units

  The Alfa Laval Gas Combustion Unit (GCU) sold over 100 units of GCUs in 2018. Alfa Laval bought the technology from Snecma in...

EU Copernicus-backed Research Highlights Worrying Decline in Ocean Health

A comprehensive new report published as a supplement of the Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO), one of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science &...

A Snapshot of Shipping Markets

Alibrashipping has published a list of important shipping news and activities that are of primary importance of shipowners this season. Here are the things...

Huge Cargo Ship Stranded in Storm Off the Yorkshire Coast Rescued

On December 15, a huge cargo vessel that beached on a sandbank after a power outage winched to safety. What happened? The cargo vessel 'Thea II' with...

[Watch] Cruise Ship Breaks From Mooring Lines

The Arcadia cruise ship ”broke her mooring lines during strong overnight winds” in the Dockyard, according to a video posted online by the Port Bermuda...

Tonnes of Lead-Zinc Concentrate Spilled Overboard for a Decade

Workers allege tonnes of lead-zinc concentrate have spilled into the Gulf Crew members said safety measures were inadequate to stop lead impacts The...

What Should an Effective 2020 Ship Implementation Plan Address?

In their  July 9, 2018, news JDSupra reported about  the International Maritime Organization Working Group meeting  held in London among Flag and Port State...