High-speed Ferry Rammed into a Navigation Aid, 15 Injured
On July 26, a high speed ferry reportedly rammed into a navigation aid. The ferry was proceeding towards Kobe airport when the incident occurred.
What...
Forgotten Hose Caused Water Ingress
On July 26, a ship reportedly suffered from water ingress caused by a forgotten hose present onboard the ship.
What happened?
The vessel ‘Nawa 10’ issued...
New Marine Fuel Requirements Boost Newbuilding Ordering Activity
Things are heating up again in the newbuilding ordering market, despite the relative slowdown over the course of the past few weeks, which was...
Nautical Institute’s Ice Navigator Accreditation Standard
Members are advised that at the start of July the Nautical Institute launched its Ice Navigator Scheme. This scheme is designed to help meet...
MOL Gets Certified for Energy Management Systems
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that on July 20, its core dry-cargo ship management company, MOL Ship Management Co., Ltd. (MOLSHIP; President: Toshikazu Inaoka;...
“Silk Road” a Pipe Dream
The idea, at first, sounded good: Plow trillions of dollars into infrastructure projects in the barren wasteland that is most of central Asia, and...
[Watch] Maersk – World’s Biggest Ship
The team at Discovery follows the construction of the world's largest ever container ship as they push engineering boundaries to deliver the first Triple-E...
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Dry Bulk Shipping Consolidation is Coming
By Surinder Brrar
With the key challenges to the Dry Bulk Shipping industry not easing up it now seems to me inevitable that consolidation is coming....
Verification Procedure for “in-use” Fuel Oil Samples
China has put forth a proposal to apply sulphur verification procedure to samples taken from ships prescribed by MARPOL Annex VI for the representative...