Ballasting operations in different parts of the world can be challenging due to wide variations in water quality. And this could make it difficult to achieve compliance with the IMOs so-called D2 standard for ballast water discharges - even

Posidonia Exhibitions S.A. , the organisers of the most prestigious shipping exhibition, released their Event Sustainability Report for this years, 27th Posidonia, which was not only the biggest but also the most sustainable, environmentall

Following the successful signing of 10 CROWN63 PLUS ships with three leasing companies in June, on July 22, SUMECMarine and NewDayang Shipbuilding, as joint sellers, signed the construction contract of two CROWN63 PLUSships withU-MingMarine

Collaboration aims to promote decarbonisation within the Japanese shipbuilding market and encourage adoption of Silverstreams air lubrication technology. Clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understa

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim on Friday (22 July) welcomed the signing of an agreement between, the Russian Federation, Trkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations to establish a humanitarian maritime corridor to allow ships to export critica

On July 21, Shanghai Industrial Technology Innovation Conference was successfully held. CSSC HudongZhonghua, SMDERI and Shanghai Apolloformedan industrial innovation consortium. The first platform for the consortium to promote the localizat

On July 22, CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding held the press conference of the Swan 1900TEU container vessel in Guangzhou. The Swan 1,900TEU container vessels is independently developed by Huangpu Wenchong, marking a historic leap from man

On July 22, LADY NEETI, the third 210,000 DWT bulk carrier contracted by COSCO Shipping Industry (Yangzhou) for ICBC Leasing, was successfully named in Yangzhou. The ship is also the 200th vessel built by COSCO Shipping Industry (Yangzhou)

The Information Fusion Centre (IFC), a regional Maritime Security (MARSEC) centre hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), has recently released its IFC bridge card. It provides a quick reference guide to ship master and crew, on IFC

The Hong Kong Shipowners Associations Technical Director Martin Crosswell, offers valuable insight into the IMOs latest MEPC meeting. The outcome of 78thsession of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)s Marine Environment Protection

Clean The Middle East Gulf CPP market has seen a mix of movements this week on the different sizes. On the LR2s TC1 continued its upward trend rising 22.59 points to WS226.88 with reports of WS230 on subjects for this run on Friday morning.

Tianjin Port officially opened a new ocean route to Southeast Asia on Saturday, the third one launched by the port this month for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) agreement member states in the region. The route is expe

Wrtsil announces that it has completed its orderly exit from the Russian market following its announcement of scaling down activities in April 2022. All adjustments and closures of Wrtsils operations were completed in accordance with local

Peak Demand in Sight? The current spike in global oil prices and a tight supply situation has put the issue of peak oil demand back into focus. Those who thought the Covid-19 demand destruction of 2020 would permanently dent world oil deman

On August 18, the Wisdom Port Global Innovation Laboratory jointly established by Huawei, Tianjin Port Group, Wuhan University of Technology and other units was inaugurated in Tianjin. At the ceremony, Liang Hua, chairman of Huawei, said th