The JDP has been prompted by an increase in stern tube bearing failures over the last few years. This coincides with the increased uptake of EALs after the introduction of regulations requiring their use in commercial vessels trading in U.S.

MV COSCO Shipping Aries, delivered to COSCOS yesterday, is the first ever container ship to receive LR's Cyber-enabled ship (CES) descriptive note ‘Cyber AL3 SECURE PERFORM' for its energy management system. The ship was built by Nantong COSCOS KHI Ship

BunkerEx has announced the launch of a new, dedicated service for setting up credit lines for bunker buyers with their trusted and verified suppliers*. This can be found at bunker-ex.com/credit.

The service utilises their full database of information to determine:

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Looking back on 2017, global oil product demand rose by approximately 1.5 million b/d amid a combined 884,000 b/d of additional gasoline and diesel/gasoil demand. Global demand levels are poised to rise 1.3% year-on-year in 2018 amid higher requirements for

As we begin a new year, this feels like a natural point for reflection on the year that’s passed, as well as some projections for the 12 months ahead. One theme that pervaded every month of 2017 for the marine

To stay ahead of competing ports and technological developments, automation has been heralded as inevitable. Major transshipment hubs and aspiring ports bet their future on automation, which raises the impact cyber risks could have in the long-run.

Singapore’s Port Modernization

One example

BMT and Metocean Services International (MSI) have been jointly awarded a contract by Gastrade to deploy an Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) and develop metocean criteria to be utilised for the design of the offshore moored FSRU and the subsea pipeline

A new shuttle tanker concept developed by the world's largest provider of shuttle tanker services; TEEKAY, in close cooperation with Wärtsilä, will offer a new level of ecological and economic solutions by using Wärtsilä's smart technology in innovative ways.

The concept

“Should I use the BIMCO contract for my bunker purchasing?”

As brokers, this is a question we are asked more and more as time goes on. So we thought it best to write about the more interesting clauses of the contract,

Leading international law firm Ince & Co has advised port operators to expect a year of transformation in 2018.

Shifting economic trends, trade flows and global demographic patterns, in tandem with changes in port ownership and ongoing investment in modernisation and