Hong Kong Shipping Register Crosses 100 Million Tonnage
The Hong Kong Shipping Register (HKSR) set up on December 3, 1990, with a Gross Tonnage of 6 million at the time, is the...
Shippers Prefer LNG To Power Their Vessels
Last month TOTE Inc., a shipper that operates between the U.S. and the Caribbean, launched the World’s second massive container ship fuelled by liquefied...
Problem Fuels Supplied In Russian Ports
In the last 3 months, 4 cases of problems fuels causing damage to machinery have been reported. These fuels have been bunkered in the...
World Requires More LNG Bunkers at Ports
Jacob Høgh Thygesen, Director, Merchant Ship Design Solutions with Wärtsilä opines that making available LNG fuel bunkers at ports is a prime necessity. According...
London Metal Exchange Propose to Buyout Baltic Exchange
The LME has approached the Baltic Exchange for a takeover bid.
The Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for...
World’s First Guide For SOx Scrubber Ready Vessels
Classification society ABS has come up with the world’s first guide for SOx scrubber ready vessels. This comes at a time when more emphasis...
Most Modern Icebreaker To Use Wärtsilä 31 Engines
Guinness World Records have acknowledged Wärtsilä 31 engine as the world’s most efficient 4-stroke diesel engine. It will power a state-of-the-art new generation icebreaker...
Sprinkler Pipe Leak Puts Ferry Out of Service
Finnish ferry was forced out of service after water from a faulty sprinkler pipe damaged around 90 of the vessel’s cabins.
October 10, Finnish ferry...
[Video] Madison Maersk Sets Record With 17,152 TEUs Onboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
The Maersk Triple E containers comprise a family of Very Large Containerships. Recently,
Madison Maersk, a Triple E class vessel, has set a record load...
Philippine Vessel Crew Prevents Piracy Attempt
Incident
: Piracy Attempt
Vessel
: M/V Cecilia
Date
: October 10, 2015
En route
: Davao to Santos City
The crew members onboard the Philippine-flagged vessel, which was travelling off the Davao del...