- Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020. This will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and showcase the work thatxinde marine news2019-08-01 11:34:38
- The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its Annual Report for 2018 highlighting the work of the branch during the past year. In 2018, 1227 accidents (casualties and incidents) to UK vessels or in UK coastal waters wxinde marine news2019-07-30 11:02:03
- This guidance focuses on the incidents of abduction of crew from ships for ransom in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and in the waters off Eastern Sabah. It provides the guidance and analysis based on the information collected from past incidents inxinde marine news2019-07-29 11:03:01
- Following the most recent report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) that the waters off West Africa remain the most dangerous hotspot for piracy and armed attacks on shipping, armed pirates kidnapped 10 Turkish seafarers from a Tuxinde marine news2019-07-25 14:45:53
- The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index fell on Tuesday, breaking a 10-day winning streak as rates for capesize vessels eased, while the sentiment still remained positive on the outlook for higher iron ore shipments. The Baltic index, wxinde marine news2019-07-24 14:23:05
- On 22 July 2019 the master of Korea-registered bulk carrier CK Bluebell reported that about 0325hrs (LT), seven perpetrators armed with guns and knives boarded the ship while she was underway in South China Sea, at approximately 28nm west oxinde marine news2019-07-23 16:46:44
- Saudi Arabia has acceded to two important IMO treaties the 1988 Protocol to the International Convention on Load Lines and the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. The 1988 Load Lines protocol harmonizes the Load Linesxinde marine news2019-07-23 16:07:14
- The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed its concern over the developing situation in the Gulf, following the seizure of the British-flagged tanker, Stena Impero, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz oxinde marine news2019-07-23 15:53:49
- The recent attacks on merchant vessels in the vicinity of the Straits of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, culminating in the boarding and detainment of a UK flagged tanker at the end of last week, have prompted the United States (US) Central Coxinde marine news2019-07-23 10:52:21
- VLCC Rates for 270,000mt Middle East Gulf to China slipped to WS 43.5, down two points. However, with a $50/mt fall in bunker prices over the week, earnings have remained flat. The assessment for 280,000mt Middle East Gulf to US Gulf basisxinde marine news2019-07-22 14:18:34
- The Panama Canal is designed as a shortcut. Its the most impressive shortcut ever built in the history of mankind. For shippers sending U.S. liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to Asia, it drastically reduces voyage time. Butxinde marine news2019-07-22 14:16:57
- The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has condemned recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman. The Council of the UN body expressed its concern over the grave danger to life and thexinde marine news2019-07-19 15:16:03
- At a meeting last week of the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct Group, the Member States reviewed and positively assessed the proposed amendments to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Economic Substance Regulations promulgated byxinde marine news2019-07-19 09:33:49
- Irans Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the Islamic republic was assisting a foreign tanker that had encountered a technical problem in the Persian Gulf after receiving a distress call. According to international regulations,... Iranianxinde marine news2019-07-18 15:18:31
- Compliance with the International Maritime Organizations global sulfur limit for marine fuels will likely settle around 90% or 95% in the initial years after 2020, well above some industry estimates that pointed to compliance of 70%-80% a yxinde marine news2019-07-18 15:16:51