Singapore VLSFO supply continues to be tight in Singapore. Demand for prompt stems have increased in recent weeks, resulting in high price premiums for prompt delivery dates, a trader says. The market is likely to remain tight throughout th

Wednesday 20 July 2022, London: International Chamber of Shipping (ICS),the global trade association for shipowners and operators, continues to enhance and strengthen its team with five appointments over the past three months to support the

The algorithm underpinning Signal Oceans estimates of vessel CO2 emissions has been verified as meeting IMO guidelines by the independent classification society DNV. The calculation considers all aspects of any voyage as well as any route d

Chevron Marine Lubricants announced the launch of its Clarity Synthetic EA Grease 0, an anhydrous calcium thickened lubricating grease based on biodegradable synthetic esters that meet the parameters specified in the 2013 Vessel General Per

Recently, Fuel Gas Supply System(FGSS)independently developed byCOSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry Technology (Weihai) has officially obtained the Approval in Principle (AIP) certificate issued byDNV. The certificate awarding ceremony was held i

On July 19, CMJL (Yangzhou) officially delivered the first homemade 200m LNG fuel tank, which was hoisted to the 6000DWT dual-fuel chemical ship. The internal diameter of the LNG fuel tank is 5m, the external diameter of the tank is 5.6m, t

On July 18, the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asia route of MSC, the worlds largest container company, was held at Dalian Port Container Terminal, marking the first direct route of MSC from northeast China to Southeast Asia officially p

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has announced a partnership with Berlin-based Fintech Kadmos to automate and digitalize its seafarers salary payouts. With a growing demand for better payment options that increase security and transparency, CS

Introduction The International Maritime Organisations (IMO) attempts at curbing the emissions of Shipping have been in the headlines for nearly a decade. Their flagship policy, EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index), has laid the way for a h

Ports in Guangdong province, a major manufacturing and trade center in South China, have witnessed an upward trend in business growth in recent months, according to data from local port operators. Workers have been loading and unloading goo

MARPOL Annex VI regulations were written for petroleum derived fuels but also apply to biofuels. It has been a challenge to meet the regulatory requirement to demonstrate that biofuels do not cause an engine to exceed the applicable NOx emi

A new container liner route linking Taicang in East Chinas Jiangsu province and Rotterdam in the Netherlands was launched on Sunday, according to the Yangtze River Pilotage Center. The German vessel WIKING is the first container ship to be

The oversupply of containers is contributing to second-hand container market prices plummeting, ContainerxChange shared in a recent analysis. The current situation of oversupply of containers is a result of a series of reactionary market di

Decarbonisation is likely to remain a front and centre priority for the maritime industry for several years to come. In this article, we explore the potentially unforeseen effects of new regulations to the commercial business side of shippi

On July 18, Tangshan Port Group and Qinhuangdao Port respectively issued a major matters suggestive announcement : On July 18, 2022 Tangshan Port received the notice on free transfer of state-owned equity from Tangshan Port Industrial Group