Global Marine Fuel Quality, continues to be a concern for the world's fleet. With this in mind, Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) have for many years, monitored fuel quality on a daily basis and when necessary, issue “Bunker Alerts” exclusively to

Almost three-quarters (71%) of all new containerships, which emit around a quarter of global ship CO2 emissions, already comply with the post-2025 requirements of the IMO's Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), a new study reveals. Additionally, the best 10% of

Chinese imports of crude oil from Russia have grown rapidly in recent years, almost tripling between 2011 and 2016, compared to growth in total Chinese crude imports of 51% in the same period. In 2016, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia to

Discussions of “peak oil demand” tend to focus of passenger vehicles, often from a US and European perspective, and they ignore other markets, such as marine transport, which collectively would also need to show a reduction in demand if oil

A six-meter long model of the final design of the autonomous and zero emission container vessel “Yara Birkeland” was launched in SINTEF Ocean’s 80 meter long sea laboratory in Trondheim, Norway this week.

In May, Yara announced the partnership with technology

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 m3 LNG bunkering vessel.

HMD and the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Corporate Research Centre jointly developed the cargo

Mooring has always been a dynamic operation. In 2016, the Club has experienced a high volume of claims which arose from three main areas of causation:

1.Inadequate supervision/procedures – These include claims arising from a lack of

DP World London Gateway Port, reduced its carbon emissions by 28% per TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit/container) in 2016.

This substantial reduction in emissions per container handled was captured by The Planet Mark™, meaning that DP World London Gateway Port has

“The world has great expectations for IMO delivering an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction strategy for the international shipping sector. We are confident that this initial IMO strategy, once adopted next year, will match the goals and philosophy of the Paris

BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association, has launched a practical guide for shipmasters managing new ballast water management systems. It coincides with the entry into force of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention.

BIMCO’s new