
Fires happen: it’s time to act
At sea, fire poses one the of biggest threats to ships. According to Lloyd’s List, almost 10% of total losses at sea in the past 10 years have been caused by fire. Unlike shore-based workers, […]
At sea, fire poses one the of biggest threats to ships. According to Lloyd’s List, almost 10% of total losses at sea in the past 10 years have been caused by fire. Unlike shore-based workers, […]
COSCO Shipping moved quickly to contain the security breach uncovered on 24 July disrupting its Americas operations, but the vessel operator’s swift response may have been too late to prevent wider damage, a maritime cyber […]
COSCO Shipping’s US operations have been hit by a cyber attack affecting the carrier’s ability to communicate with vessels, customers, and marine terminals. “Communications are very difficult right now” as a result of the outage, […]
Japanese shipping group NYK Line will retrofit 89 of its ships with a ballast water management system developed by Sunrui Marine Environment Engineering, a unit of Chinese state-owned shipbuilding group China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. The […]
Shipowners, shipping firms, and ports and terminal operators have been warned of the growing threat of cyber attack on the supply chain. The International Underwriting Association’s (IUA’s) Cyber Underwriting Group has published a report on […]
Governments, policy makers, and business leaders must acknowledge the enormity of the challenge of decarbonising the shipping industry. That is one the key messages contained in a recent report from the International Chamber of Shipping […]
Owners and operators of Suezmax tanker tonnage are hopeful that the market will see an improvement and a shift towards better balance by the end of 2018 after a period of oversupply and uncertain demand […]
French container liner operator CMA CGM has placed orders for ballast water management systems (BWMSs) to be fitted to 17 vessels currently under construction or in service. The two orders have gone to small French […]
New blends of bunker fuels designed to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap will fit within the current ISO 8217 fuel standard, the International Standards Office (ISO) said today. There had been concern among the […]
Regional port state control organisations are planning a “letter of warning” information campaign aimed at shipowners to underline that compliance with the sulphur cap must take place from 1 January 2020, Hideo Kubota, secretary of […]
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