The popularity of scrubbers as a way to comply with the IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap has grown rapidly over the last six months with over 1,000 systems ordered in that period, according to classification society DNV GL.
China's largest private shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has formed a new joint major Japanese shipbuilders Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding (MES-SC) and Mitsui & Co based at one of the Chinese company's existing yards.
Pao Novatek,said on Oct. 11 that its subsidiary OOO Arctic LNG 3 has confirmed a new natural gas and gas condensate field in the North-Obskiy license area in shallow-water Ob Bay offshore northern Russia.
Maersk Oil Trading has leased oil storage space in Singapore, indicating a push into the Asian bunkering hub, especially as we get near to the 2020 sulphur cap.
South Korea's state-run Korea Ocean Business Corp. (KOBC) has announced $122 million in guarantees for local shipping companies to build LNG-fueled ships and to purchase other vessels.
On Wednesday, as Hurricane Michael neared shore in the Florida Panhandle, Coast Guard servicemembers near Fort Myers Beach, Florida rescued two sailors from a 50-foot sailing yacht after she ran into trouble with weather.
China remained the trading nation best connected to others by sea in 2018, according to UNCTAD’s latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), released alongside the Review of Maritime Transport 2018.