Total Lubmarine Launches New Generation Lube By 2016

The emissions regulations aim to decrease the amount of SOx, NOx, PM and of CO2 emitted by the ships worldwide.  All the pollutants are...

NASSCO Delivers The World’s First LNG Powered Ship

(NASSCO delivers Isla Bella 2 months ahead of time. She is the world’s first LNG fuelled box ship.) The launching ceremony of the Isla Bella...

Singapore, The Next Stop For Exxonmobil To Market LNG

ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants (F&L) is a leading marketer of finished lubricants, asphalts and specialities products, as well as one of the world’s largest...

Italian Authorities Seize 20 Tons of Hashish in Cargo Ship

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza said that the Italian Authorities have arrested the captain as well as the eight crew members of the ship MV...

Aground Oil Tanker Refloated Outside Marina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be Incident : Vessel grounding Date : October 17, 2015 Vessel Involved : Tokyo Spirit, crude oil tanker Location : Near Lisbon, Portugal Pollution : Nil On Saturday, the Teekay Tankers owned crude oil tanker...

Dr. Vis – The “Bunker Guru”

Dr. Ram Vis, whose name Viswa Lab carries, is first a Marine Engineer and has a Doctorate in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters in...

SK Shipping Requires $600m To Finance Four LNG carriers

SK Shipping has approached 20 local and foreign banks to raise funds to the extent of $600m for the construction of four LNG carriers. This...

Mr. Holger Jacobsen – The “Engine Expert”

Holger has spent over 23 years with MAN Diesel & Turbo, managing both field and technical services in Australia and Singapore.  He was the...

Chinese CMP Renews 35 Year-Old Licence Agreement With MAN

8th October 2015 marked the renewal of a licence agreement and cooperation that first started in the 1980s between CSSC Marine Power Co., Ltd and...

Innovative Multigas Carrier Design

Deltamarin Ltd and Brevik Technology AS, a VARD affiliate, have joined forces to develop a unique and novel multigas carrier design.  The concept weds...