The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference 2017

The second annual The Maritime Tanker Conference will take place on Tuesday 24th October 2017 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai. The event...

Maersk Tangier- Limited Package for Containerised Cargoes

The Maersk Tangier is the first English case to consider package limitation for containerised cargoes under the Hague-Visby Rules. Robert Thomas QC and Benjamin...

[Watch] The Largest Heavy Lift Ship in the World

Dockwise Vanguard is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship owned and operated by Dockwise B.V. Dockwise Vanguard is the largest vessel of her type ever...

Armed Men Attempt to Board Cargo Vessel

On Tuesday morning, Armed men attempted to commandeer a cargo vessel off the waters of Zamboanga del Norte. What happened? Chief Superintendent Billy Beltran, regional police...

A Gross Failure in Protecting Seafarers’ Rights

by David Hammond, Chief Executive Officer of Human Rights at Sea I have great respect for the mental and physical tenacity of the remaining 13 Indian...

Learning from Past Errors- Sinking of Disney Stellar Cruise Ship

“Ships are like living creatures” my old lecturer in naval architecture (we called it “ship construction” in those days) used to say before suggesting...

Plant Investment Readies Evoqua For First Wave of Ballast Water Treatment Orders

Evoqua Water Technologies is upgrading its SeaCURE® system production facility in Caldicot, Wales, to meet market demand for ballast water treatment systems, as shipowners...

Rotterdam Bunker and Lubricant Reports Decline in Sale by 8.2%

Authorities at the Port of Rotterdam said that bunker and lubricant sales at the port dropped by 8.2 percent year on year to 2.48...

Tanker Freight Rates Tank on China’s Proposed Consumption Tax

China’s plan to impose a consumption tax on mixed aromatics, light cycle oil and bitumen blend has shaken up everyone from the oil industry...

FY17- Alang Ship Breaking Activity Shrinks Almost by 50%

Rising competition from Pakistan and Bangladesh has led to ship breaking activity at Alang in Gujarat declining by almost 50 per cent during the...