‘Siport21’ To Help Drones Land On Ships

The Ministry of Defence of the Spanish Government has engaged ‘ship numerical modelling specialist’ Siport21 to develop systems that will predict vessel movements in...

A Massive, Blue Ship That Gets Hollywood Welcome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.beThe mammoth CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin arrived in San Pedro on early Saturday.  The container ship, which is nearly 20 stories tall and longer...

Charters on Seven Product Tankers Extended

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Announces Employment of Seven Product TankersNavios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that it has agreed...

Cruise Ship Ran Aground

Accident : Vessel GroundingVessel type : Cruise shipDate : 22nd December 2015Location : Off Isla de Coiba, PanamaCasualties/Pollution : NilA cruise ship ran aground off Isla de Coiba, Panama...

Fire On Board A General Cargo Ship

Accident : FireVessel type : Multipurpose VesselDate : 23rd December 2015Location : Off LianyungangCrew Onboard : 25Casualties/Pollution : NilThe cargo ship was en route from Rizhao, China to Masan, Korea...

Sinopec Refinery Explodes

A hydro-cracking facility in the Sinopec refinery in the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou exploded on Thursday.  As announced by the local fire department...

Shell Offers LNG at Customer’s Locations

Shell builds a vessel to deliver to LNG-fueled vessels in northwest Europe.  The new vessel will be based at the port of Rotterdam in...

Breakbulk Shipping Market will Remain Weak Until 2017

The demand for oil is expected to grow next year after a very poor 2015.  Supply growth is likely to be minimal, competition from other...

Light Shale Oil Is Heavy For Asia

Shale oil is produced by  horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing from shale rock.  Production of oil is so abundant that President Barack Obama is...

d’Amico International Shipping S.A Sells A Handysize Vessel

d’Amico International Shipping S.A. announced the sale of the Handysize vessel M/T Cielo Di Salerno SW Cap Ferrat Shipping LLC (Marshall Island) for US$...