Antwerp Port Blocked! Cargo Ship Runs Aground

Traffic to and from Antwerp, Europe's second-biggest port, was halted on Monday after a container ship ran aground on the banks of the river...

MPA Revokes Licence! Panoil Not a Bunker Craft

What happened? MPA has revoked Panoil's bunker craft operator licence with effect from Monday (August 14), after conducting checks on the company between January and...

VLCC Rates Bottomed Out

Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on Asian routes may have finally bottomed as owners attempt to resist moves by charterers to...

Maersk: Top Six Container Carriers to Survive Consolidation

In an interview with the Financial Times, the Chief Executive Officer of AP Møller Mærsk A/S, Søren Skou reported to have said that consolidation in the container shipping market...

Marine Industries Economic Nightmare

The environmental and economic impact of biofouling is significant. We have spoken to Prof. Bert de With, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven...

Asphalt Tanker Leaves Baltimore After 10 Months Detention

The 367-ft. Asphalt Trader departed Baltimore after it was detained for numerous safety discrepancies found during compliance inspections in 2016 and 2017. A three-person examination...

Orders for New LNG Carriers to Rise on Increased Trade Volumes

Demand for new LNG carriers is expected to pick up over 2017-21 period as supplies begin from new projects in coming up in Australia,...

Brazil-Chile Shipping Costs Set to Drop

The cost of shipping goods between Brazil and Chile is expected to fall by about five per cent with the 2020 expiry of a...

20,568 TEU Munich Maersk Makes Maiden Call at Hamburg

Check an image of Munich Maersk, which berthed at EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg on August 5 while on its maiden voyage. With a nominal capacity...

[Watch] Container Load of Scott Bikes Fished from the Sea

Enterprising thieves near Sao Paulo used small boats to raid dozens of containers that fell from a Brazilian cargo ship containing everything from bicycles...