Wärtsilä Signs a EUR 170 Million Scrubber Deal
The year 2020 is approaching along with the Sulphur cap regulation of 0.5%, putting pressure on maritime agents to decrease emissions – and to...
The Curious Art of Launching a Cruise Ship
Gone are the days when hundreds of dockworkers used to assemble each cruise vessel bit by bit on gigantic slipways before launching the finished...
Crew Training Vital for Safe Sailing of LNG-fuelled Ships
In recent years, the IMO has rubber-stamped a series of regulations that seek to suppress the environmental impact of global shipping operations. The installation...
Main Engine Clutches Disengaged Automatically Resulting in Collision
Summary
On 04 December 2017, at 1908, the dredger FRPD 309, owned by Fraser River Pile and Dredge (GP) Inc., departed a shipyard in Delta,...
As Blue Haze Rises, so do Cruise Ship Complaints
More people are complaining against cruise ships due to a blue haze.
Blue haze, a mixture of exhaust stacks and sulfur scrubber emission...
Check Hoses Before Transferring Cargo
Failure of equipment lead to halting of the ship-to-ship (STS) oil cargo transfer in an UK offshore terminal recently, reports TankerShipping.
Sequence of the Incident...
[Watch] Waterspout Spins Close to Ship in Gulf of Mexico
A waterspout was seen close to a ship in the Gulf of Mexico on July 14, according to footage posted on YouTube. Trent Watson...
New Largest US Container Ship Build Hides Facts
The Daniel K Inouye, a largest container ship ever built in the US, was constructed at the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia. The new vessel...
Is CEIBA the Future of Shipping?
Shani Meintjes is a young South African volunteering in Costa Rica on a project very close to her heart, a project aimed at decreasing...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
VLCC
Charterers have not been under pressure in the ME Gulf as they have been drip-feeding enquiry into the market and this has led to...
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