Looking After Your Life Boat Fuels
In addition to the regular application to a vessel's main bunker fuel, fuel additives are being regularly applied to fuels in lifeboats, claims Innospec.
Why?
The...
[Watch] Norwegian Star Cruise Ship Loses Power
Footage has emerged online of passengers on-board stricken cruise ship Norwegian Star chanting demands for answers, as the ship is finally being towed back...
[Watch] The Cylinder Flew Out of the Ship
An Australian couple have recounted the moment an explosion rocked their cruise ship, killing a crewman, in Port Chalmers.
The couple, who declined to be...
Hundreds of Whales Wash up Dead on New Zealand Beach
More than 400 whales were stranded on a New Zealand beach Friday, with most of them dying quickly as frustrated volunteers desperately raced to...
Cammell Laird Awards Ecospeed Contract for RRS Sir David Attenborough
Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed hull protection system has been selected for RRS Sir David Attenborough, the polar research ship under construction at the Cammell Laird...
DryShips Records Another Major Impairment Charge Amidst Underwhelming Q4 Results
By Henrik Alex
Summary
Temporarily improved drybulk rates were largely negated by another contract termination in the oil service fleet.
Company recorded a strikingly high...
Banker Gives Sobering Assessment of Offshore Vessel Market
Geir Sjurseth, managing director and global head of offshore finance at DVB Bank SE told the Annual OSJ Conference, Awards & Exhibition that the...
Meet BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst at iShipping Copenhagen 2017
BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst, Peter Sand, will be speaking at the Digital Ship iShipping Conference Copenhagen taking place on 1-2 March 2017 at the...
Maersk Supply Service Could be Next Target for Consolidators
Maersk Supply Service reported a loss of US$1.2 billion in 2016. With parent company AP Moller-Maersk intending to ‘separate’ its loss-making energy businesses and...
Container Shipping Market Strength Unclear Ahead of TPM
Despite an apparent recovery in the container shipping industry as seen in higher spot rates and shipping company share prices, there remain parallel, divergent...