Drifting Cargo Ship Collided with a Barge on the Waal

On April 1, a cargo vessel collided with a tank barge on the Waal, after it suffered a blackout in its engine room. What happened? The...

Maersk Princess is First to Transport Condensate Cargo from Wheatstone

A tanker vessel belonging to Maersk has earned the recognition for being the first vessel to transport condensate cargo from Australia. What happened? From April 2018,...

It’s an Air Pipe to Equalize the Tank Pressure with the Atmospheric One

Light, compact air pipe heads from WINTEB enable tank flushing (left) or tank sounding (right) Air pipe – A pipe provided to equalize the tank...

Can IT Help the Shipping Industry Deep-six the Container “No-show” Problem?

In late February, AP Moller-Maersk Group CEO Soren Skou laid out perhaps the most audacious strategy in the container shipping industry's 62-year history. He...

The Remarkable Story of the Largest Ship Ever Built

Were this to be a big-budget fiction movie, critics would declare the plot to be absurd: the story of a ship - the largest...

[Watch] How MFMs Benefit Vessel Operations

Singapore-based BW Group issued a short film explaining the background with respect to use of Mass Flow Meters, which are considered to bring change...

Wärtsilä‘s BWMS Submitted for USCG Type Approval

The technology group Wärtsilä has submitted its Aquarius Electro-Chlorination (EC) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) to US Coast Guard (USCG) for obtaining a Type...

Four-year High in Shipping Confidence Levels

Shipping confidence reached a four-year high in the three months to end-February 2018, according to our latest Shipping Confidence Survey. The average confidence level expressed...

Containership Market Stays Strong

OOII envisages a profitable year in the global container shipping industry. A recovery in 2017 which swung a net profit of $429.42 million,...

Shipping Worst Affected in a Trade War

The US President announced a new metals tariff plan on March 1, 2018. The new plan seeks to impose 25% and 10% tariff...