(Marine NewsWire) Engineering is the cornerstone of the success of any maritime operation. And engineering for the maritime Industry is changing! Are these situations familiar to you? Engaging a super costly local consultant for your projec

A Nor-Shipping in winter? Just one short year ago the suggestion would have been met with an air of disbelief. But now, with plans for Your Arena For Ocean Solutions to take place in January 2022, many within the industry are quickly growin

After its last order of 8 container ships from Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) back in November 2018, Wan Hai Lines again contracted twelve new-build 3,013Teu ships with JMU/Nihon Shipyard Co Ltd. (NSY) today. This new series of vesse

The global container fleet grew 2.9 per cent in 2020, its slowest rate since 2016, helping carriers in a tumultuous year, said the Paris-based container shipping consultancy Alphaliner. TEU capacity reached 23.9 million TEU as of January 1,

There is now increasing pressure for shipowners to sharpen their environmental performance, driven by an IMO target to halve greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by 2050, regional regulations and market pull from charterers, banks and inv

Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin is fighting for the title of Norways Smartest Business, capping a year that has seen strong sales and revenue performances under difficult conditions. The Stavanger-headquartered, global BW

BIMCO has extended its library of offshore industry standard contracts with the adoption of ASVTIME a time charter party for accommodation support vessels. Updates of BIMCOs ocean towage agreements TOWCON and TOWHIRE have also been adopted

In 2020, COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportations profits increased by more than 2.2 billion yuan, which will enable COSCO SHIPPING Energy to have sufficient capital and confidence to invest in Russias Arctic LNG II project. On January 25, COS

The sharp plunge in bunker sales in Hong Kong in 2020, a manifestation of the slump in demand worldwide for marine fuels as well as quarantine restrictions imposed in the city-port due to the global coronavirus pandemic, has boosted bunker

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index on Tuesday dropped for a third straight session to its lowest in over two weeks, as a seasonal dip in Chinese demand weighed on vessel rates. The Baltic dry index, tracking rates for capesize, pan

Bawat announced that the Marine Engineering specialist company, Herbosch-Kiere has chosen Bawats Mobile containerized BWMS for its reception facility to serve its entire fleet of vessels and barges. How Bawats Mobile BWMS Works The Bawat Mo

Capacity Building Senior Officers Meeting takes place on the back of 32% increase in actual incidents in Asia in 2020 Senior officers from ReCAAP Contracting Parties as well as Indonesia gathered virtually today to gain an in-depth understa

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published the latest Flag State Performance Table (2020/2021) which finds that many of the largest flag states including the Marshall Islands, Hong Kong (China), Singapore as well as the Baham

The countdown is on: SMM DIGITAL, the leading international maritime trade fair, takes place from 2 to 5 February. The centrepiece of the event is the multifaceted conference programme. At MSD, the International Conference on Maritime Secur

Global industry and human rights leaders, including A.P. Mller - Mrsk, BP, BW, Cargill, COSCO, DOW, Euronav, MISC Group, NYK, Rio Tinto, Shell, Trafigura, Unilever and Vale, sign the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change