Four seafarers, with assistance from the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), have seized a cargo ship off the port of Dakar in Senegal after months without pay and mounting danger to their lives. The four crew of theMV Onda(IM

The agreement allowing crude oil to be shipped through Turkish-controlled waters will also apply to petroleum products. We refer to our update published on 13 December regarding the agreement reached between the International Group of PI Cl

India now requires all travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to produce a negative RT-PCT test, which must be taken 72 hours prior to departure. Japan has introduced tests on all travellers leaving Chi

The General Directorate of Seafarers (DGGM), of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), becomes the first General Directorate of this important institution to be certified by the Bureau Veritas Certification company, after satisfactorily passi

MPA has been working with the harbour craft and shipping community to build up the LNG ecosystem in Singapore to expand storage capacity and supply for LNG bunkering. This included grants for the construction of LNG-fuelled harbour craft an

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has successfully completed its first refuelling of a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in Singapore with sustainable, UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester)-based, marine biofuel. This inaugural bunker operation marks t

Halima / Source: VSLJOIN Six crew members died in an unidentified accident on a tanker off Lagos in Nigeria during the weekend (4-5 January). According to an unconfirmed report, the seafarers seem to be cleaning cargo tanks and, therefore,

Paris February 2nd, 2023.As part of the MerVent [1] 2025 project, winner of the CORIMER 2022 [2] call for expression of interest, GTT has received 4.66 million funding from Bpifrance [3] for the design of an on-board CO2 capture system and

General cargo ship EAGLE WIND ran aground on Kotsuku islet while approaching Yatsushiro port, western Kyushu, Japan, at around 0635 Tokyo time Feb 6. The ship was refloated at 0920 LT, and safely reached Yatsushiro, where she was berthed at

Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port-shipping logistics operator in Brazil, acted as agents for the M/V Affinity Diva, arriving from China in January. The vessel broke the record as the largest fertilizer vessel in the history of Brazil

Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority announced Friday that the giant container ship EVER ACME, the newest container ship in the world, has crossed on its first ever sea voyage, as part of the southern convoy in the new canal du

As part of an enhanced BASSnet 2.11 Service Pack 2 release, BASS Software has launched a brand new Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) calculator. The calculator will assist ship owners and managers to better prepare for new CII requirements w

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas, a French classification society (President, Marine Offshore: Matthieu de Tugny); Head office: Paris, France, for the basic design of a

On the afternoon of January 19, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. and Shanghai Zhenghua Heavy Industries ZPMC (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. held a Regional Strategic Cooperation Agreement Ceremony in Singapore. The

Maersk has announced its intention to unify its brands by integrating Hamburg Sd and Sealand. The Danish shipping company believes that by integrating the aforementioned firms into the Maersk brand, it will be able to ease its customers log