VIKING to Announce Unique Polar MES at Seatrade Cruise Global
Having announced recently, that it is ‘more than ready’ to help shipowners meet the demands of the new IMO Polar Code, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment is set to...
Diana Containerships Inc. Announces the Sale of Two Panamax
Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that it has signed, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
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The LR2 market has become firm with rates for 75,000 tonnes from Middle East Gulf to Japan up by 15 points to around WS...
[Watch] Collision of Two Big Ships
On Saturday morning at around 1 a.m, the MSC Madrid rammed the port side of the Primula Seaways. The latter came downstream from the...
Panama Canal Sets New Milestone
Panama Canal officials announced in a recent press release about the transit of its 3,000th Neopanamax vessel, exceeding initial traffic expectations by this date...
7 Myths of Scrubbers
The 7 Ongoing Myths regarding scrubbers
1. Scrubbers are too expensive.
Totally untrue. A 10 MW scrubber can be manufactured and installed in about USD 2...
Failure of a Piston Rod Results in Engine Failure and Fire on Board Vessel
Summary:
On 7 September 2017, the 15.87m crew transfer vessel, Windcat 8, was on passage to Grimsby, UK, from the Lynn Wind Farm in the...
Smart Shipping and Smart Operation Solution for Ship Owners
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group recently signed, the first agreement of its kind to integrate their advanced digital...
1.3 Tonnes of Cannabis on Vessel Seized Off Crete
On March 5, nearly 1.3 tonnes of processed cannabis was seized by Greek authorities off a fishing vessel near the Southern Island of Crete.
What...
Vessels Beware! 70 Cargo Containers Falls Off Ship
On March 4, a warning was issued by United States Coast Guard informing mariners to be on the lookout for containers which were lost...