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

By Serafeim Katsikas, CTO, METIS Cyberspace Technology If IMO 2021 brings clarity on cyber security, attention must now turn urgently to ship system interoperability so that the true rewards of digitalization are not allowed to slip through

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

Finland-based ferry company Viking Line has hit a milestone in the construction of its new LNG-powered ferry, the Viking Glory. The company said the launching of the vessel being built at the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industrys shipyard in Xiamen

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

The Crown 63 series bulk carrier CL DENGSHA HE, built by New Dayang Shipbuilding for CDB Leasing, left the shipyard on January 20 for its maiden voyage. The vessel is the sixth of New Dayangs Crown 63 series bulk carriers chartered and buil

After a bumpy 2020, an end to the equipment shortage is in sight. A positive trend of the Container Availability Index, with values of 0.34 for 20DCs and 0.37 for 40DCS, could make Chinese New Year the turning point. Container xChange Janua

British multinational oil and gas company BP begun to directly supply LNG to gas customers in China, thus completing an integrated gas value chain in the country. BP has created a fully integrated gas value chain into China, directly connec