June 19th, 20190US secretary of state Mike Pompeo yesterday called for an international coalition to shepherd ships heading through the Strait of Hormuz in the wake of six tanker...
June 19th, 20190Japanese shipping major has been working with domestic shipyards to come up with a next generation coal carrier design that features no ballast holds and uniquely shaped...
June 19th, 20190China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has announced plans for its subsidiary CSC RoRo Logistics to form a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile (GAC) CSC RoRo...
June 18th, 20190Three officers of the Grimaldi Group who were on the conro ship which caught fire while transiting off the island of Mallorca last month have been arrested in Spain for...
June 18th, 20193Keen to build a stronger case against Iran, the United States military yesterday released more images of what it claims is the damage caused by Iranian limpet mines to...
June 18th, 20190Malaysia's Perisai Offshore has secured a letter of award from Petronas for the provision of jackup rig for the Samarang drilling campaign. The contract is estimated...
June 17th, 20192Scrubber pushback has taken a new path with news from America where Hudson Shipping Lines has vowed not to use any scrubber-fitted vessels come the start of the global...
June 17th, 20190The 1,688 teu feeder boxship X-Press Mahananda and 46,300 dwt MR2 tanker Burgan collided on the Karnaphuli channel near Chittagong Port on Friday. The accident...
June 17th, 20190Old fashioned engineering is boring. Computer engineering works. Computer-aided design eliminated the drudgery of creating hardcopy drawings and cross-checking design...
June 17th, 20190China Cosco Shipping has taken full control of LBC Shanghai Shipping Terminal through the acquisition of 70% equity interest of the company from its Belgian joint...
June 14th, 20191Amid heightened tension in the Middle East today there are conflicting reports on what happened to the Front Altair and Kokuka Courageous, two tankers that were attacked...
June 14th, 201910Greg Atkinson from Japan’s Eco Marine Power takes issue with the Japanese government’s approval of open-loop scrubbers. “For a successful technology, reality...
June 13th, 20190Arne Fredly has decided to go with a local company to manage his fleet of newbuild VLCCs. Norway’s OSM Maritime revealed today it has been entrusted with a contract...
June 13th, 20190Tanker S&P deals continue to accrue at a very solid pace and prices are heading north. Allied Shipbroking's indicative tanker values show that the average price...
June 13th, 20195It turns out that in shipping, ethics is actually just a county north of Kent and south of Suffolk. Mr Prospector is back and is not happy with his neighbour, nor the...
June 12th, 20190Created four years ago to much fanfare and a huge marketing blitz, the project to turn Vancouver into a major maritime hub is now on its last legs as changes in local...
June 12th, 20191Marthe Sandvik gives readers news from Oslo on an important step in furthering gender diversity in maritime - a rare instance where Splash actually supports a shipping...
Operations
