Panama Canal Achieves New Monthly Tonnage Record

The Panama Canal has achieved a yet significant record for third time by setting a new monthly tonnage record of 38.1 million tons. New record Since...

Men are All Over Women’s Bodies

For long, women body parts have been named after men. This gender bias in science isn’t restricted to the fallopian tubes and the G-spot...

[Watch] Pilots Fighting Houston Ship Fire

New footage released online has shown the risks that two Houston Pilots took to tackle a fire when the ship they were piloting broke...

Questions We are Asked on Problem Bunker Fuels from the Houston Area

Q1 – Can we look at the ISO 8217 standard report and identify a problem fuel? A – The only parameter from the standard analysis...

[Watch] If Ship has Structural Failure then Incident Raises Questions!

Detritus continues to wash ashore on the New South Wales Hunter coast after more than 80 shipping containers fell from a cargo ship that...

Green Ship Capabilities at Posidonia

According to a report published in the “Event” section of Chelsea website, the company is going to exhibit in Posidonia 2018 Conference & Exhibition...

ClassNK Guidelines for Concept Design

Leading classification society ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Concept Design of Automated Operation/Autonomous Operation of ships. These guidelines incorporate basic elements on concept...

Are Shipowners Ready for Higher Interest Rates?

Shipping is a capital-intensive industry, which is heavily dependent on debt financing. LIBOR (the primary benchmark for short-term interest rates globally) has started to...

[Watch] Oil and Wreck Removal JBB Derong 19

Salvage of the 108-meter long Chinese trailing suction hopper dredger JBB Derong 19. The vessel had capsized in a busy shipping lane but had...

Where Do Old Cruise Ships Go to Die?

Cruise ships generally have a lifespan of 30 years, the time required for their depreciation. Most of them are well past their prime...