K-Line’s LNG-fueled car carrier Century Highway Green, recently completed by Imabari Shipbuilding’s Tadotsu Shipyard, has become the world’s first vessel to receive ClassNK’s Remote Survey (RMSV) notation on delivery. Version 2 of
The Liberian Registry has expanded its presence in South Korea by opening a branch office in Busan, Korea’s most important maritime city. “The opening of our Busan office achieves a strategic objective
Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the 15-year long-term charter of six new Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS). Each with with a capacity greater
OCTOBER 3, 2018 — In a keynote address at the Singapore International Bunker Convention today, ExxonMobil confirmed that all its IMO compliant 0.50 percent sulfur fuels developed to date are residual grades.
MAY 14, 2018 — Hong Kong headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping reports that, through a subsidiary, it has entered into four separate ship contracts for the acquisition of four vessels from four separate
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 — The Baltic Exchange is making changes to the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), the generally accepted measure of the health of the dry bulk shipping market. The changes come
MAY 16, 2017 — So, how do you know if that expensive ballast water management system (BWMS) is working? Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. group company MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. and Satake Corporation will
MARCH 31, 2017 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached basic agreements with Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in the wake of ongoing discussions, first announced in
MARCH 16, 2017 — There’s a new holder of the title “world’s biggest containership. Shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries, Ltd. yesterday held a naming ceremony at its Geoje, South Korea, shipyard for the
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 — Japanese broadcaster NHK reports Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as saying that it is studying the option of spinning off its troubled shipbuilding operation into a separate company. MHI
