Swansea Shipping Container ‘Box Village’ Plans Unveiled

Plans for a "box village" built out of shipping containers in Swansea have been unveiled. The scheme would form part of the £300m University of...

Carnival Forecasts Average Bunker Price to Rise 32% in 2017

Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income for the full year 2016 of $2.8 billion, or $3.72 diluted EPS, compared to $1.8...

Maersk, Alibaba Team up to Offer Online Booking of Ship Places

Maersk, the world's largest container shipping line, has teamed up with Alibaba to allow customers to reserve space on its vessels through the Chinese...

Cargo Ship Collides, Oil Slick Moving Towards Singapore!

Cargo ship collision leads to oil leakage A Singapore-registered, container vessel Wan Hai 301 and a Gibraltar-registered, container vessel APL Denver collided last night off...

Hydrex Averts Panama Canal Delay with Underwater Sterntube Renewal

Hydrex Underwater Technology has assisted an excavation vessel hemorrhaging oil from a stern tube seal entangled with steel wire to pass safely through the...

Ship Stranded at Sea for Two Days Due to Smog

The smog scenario has reached a worst case when a large cruise ship with more than 2,000 people on board was stuck at sea...

Panama Canal Turned Over to Panama – This Day Several Years Ago

On 31 December 1999, the United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal, putting the strategic...

[Watch] Ship Caught in the Storm

Watch the monster waves pound a ship due to Storm Conor on December 26, 2016. The centre of the storm was north of the...

Reminder: Mandatory Mass Flow Meter Use for MFO Bunkering

MPA Issues Reminder Circular as Singapore Enters Era of Mandatory Mass Flow Meter Use for MFO Bunkering Effective January 1, 2017, Singapore, the world's biggest...

New Year – New Regulations

The 1st January is traditionally a day when new legislation and amendments to existing regulations come into force.  The year 2017 will be no...