A Tale of Two Tanker Classes

In a stark reminder of how volatile shipping markets can be, sentiment in the previously weak Asian Aframax market has flipped while the LR2...

VLCC Rates to Slide Ahead of Chinese Holiday

Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) are likely to fall next week as charter activity from China slows ahead of the Chinese...

[Watch] Top Fashion Model Revealed that She is Intersex

A top fashion model has revealed that she is intersex, saying that she hopes speaking out will help break a taboo. Hanne Gaby Odiele, 29,...

[Watch] 1,000-foot Freighter Freed from Icy River

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to -- and freed -- a 1,000-foot freighter stuck in the icy St. Mary's River this weekend. On January 15,...

MOL Studying Feasibility of LNG-fuelled Capesize Bulker with Iron Ore Giants

MITSUI OSK Lines has agreed to jointly study the feasibility of a liquefied natural gas-fuelled capesize bulker with major iron ore producers such as...

DNV GL in China: First AiP for Scrubber Manufacturer Shanghai Bluesoul

DNV GL has awarded the Chinese scrubber manufacturer Shanghai Bluesoul Environmental Technology with an Approval in Principle (AiP) in recognition of the technical feasibility...

McKinsey: MARPOL Annex VI a ‘Huge Factor’ for Refiners

Global refining will move toward lower utilization and margins until 2020 as capacity growth exceeds demand, particularly in Europe, according to a recent McKinsey...

New Guide for LNG Bunkering Vessel Sector

ABS, provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has published the ABS Guide for LNG Bunkering.  This new Guide...

[Watch] Potential Winged Container Carriers in the Near Future

The world’s leading aircraft manufacturers Boeing Aircraft Company is flouting a possibility of involving limited batches of shipping containers at high speed and premium...

Biofilm Breakthrough can Save Billions and Protect Marine Life

Hong Kong professor’s Biofilm Breakthrough Could Save Shipping Companies Billions and Protect Marine Life In a Kowloon lab looking out to the ocean, a Hong Kong...