[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The London P&I Club says its inspectors have consistently noted negative findings in connection with the management of ships’ chart folios and associated publications, as well as concern over the approach adopted by deck officers [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]U.S.-bound shipping containers from Asia are on the rise, as manufacturers in China and Southeast Asia deliver their wares to a market where consumer spending and housing investment are robust. Shipping volume for the January-March [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]GNS, one of the leading providers of maritime navigation solutions, and SEALL ECDIS Limited, the maritime software and ECDIS company, have announced a strategic partnership. Combining GNS’s expertise in back of bridge navigation software and [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The fundamental lying beneath the shipping industry is cargo and its journey, and in many cases the cargoes are the world’s key commodities. In 2014, prices across a range of commodities took a sharp dive, [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The twelve major ports under the Ministry of Shipping handled a record 647.43 million tonnes (mt) of traffic in 2016-17, registering an annual growth rate of 6.79%, as against 4.32% last year. With this, these [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) jointly launched the nation’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Truck Loading Facility during a ceremony held on 12 April 2017, at [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Global VLCC, Suezmax, and Aframax fleets each grew more in the period from January through March than in any quarter, according to ship delivery data stretching back to the fourth quarter of 2014 from Maritime [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wison Offshore & Marine has developed the Wison-LNG-Distributor (LNGD). With a capacity range of 5,000 cu.m to 20,000 cu.m, the vessel integrates the functions of LNG loading, bunkering and container delivery, which could make regional [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Imports at the US’s major retail container ports should continue to see strong increases throughout the spring and summer as the nation’s economy improves, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A ship’s energy efficiency is determined by its design, its hull and machinery condition – and how the vessel is actually operated in terms of speed, draft and trim. In the past, ships were optimized [...]
