PANAMA CANAL, US ENVIRONMENT TO JOINTLY BATTLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
The Panama Canal and UN Environment have signed a cooperation agreement to join efforts on sustainable development and combating climate change.
The deal includes the...
TIANJIN CONTAINER TERMINALS INCORPORATED
COSCO Shipping Ports has entered into a merger agreement with Tianjin Port Holdings and China Merchants International Terminals (CM Terminals) regarding the trio’s respective...
NEW SHIPPING MINISTER TOOK CHARGE: INDIA
Mansukh Lal Mandaviya took charge of the Shipping Ministry as Minister of State (Independent charge).
A Rajya Sabha (or Council of States is the upper...
DEALING WITH BULLYING AND HARASSMENT ONBOARD
How to tackle bullying and harassment onboard. Companies and the management must be receptive for change. Adoption of the zero-tolerance approach will be appreciative.
The...
EARLY SIGNS OF IMO 2020 STARTING TO ROCK THE OIL
There may be still be six months away, but new rules on marine fuels are already sending shock-waves through the little-known world of refinery...
Rolls-Royce steams into electric shipping market
Engineering giant Rolls-Royce has launched its own range of battery powered engines for the shipping industry. They announced the launch of their SAVe energy...
ARCTIC SHIPPING AIMS TO BE MET BY RUSSIAN MINISTERS
Since the time, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared past year that shipping traffic through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route must be raised to a...
Vital Move by DG Shipping
A manoeuvre by DG shipping over providing mandatory sponsorship for all Pre Sea Training courses has been initialized.
This is a massive and thrilling news for...
ITF DRAWS ATTENTION TO CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
There has been a massive rise in workers’ deaths in confined spaces — a workplace hazard long familiar to the shipping industry. Since January...
NYK TO BUILD METHANOL – FUELED CHEMICAL TANKER WITH GREEN LOAN
NYK will obtain 2 billion yen from Taiyo Life Insurance Company as a green loan to particularly invest in the building of NYK’s first...