World

16 MAY 2019 The United States and France are assisting the government of the UAE in investigating the attack on four oil tankers at an anchorage off Fujairah last Sunday. The incident has raised tensions in a region already on edge over the confrontational rhetoric between the U.S. and Iran. …

16 may 2019 On Monday, the government of Togo announced that its forces had thwarted a maritime hijacking in progress in the Gulf of Guinea. On Sunday night, eight armed pirates used a rented canoe to board the Togolese-flagged product tanker Djetona 1 at anchorage off the port of Lome, according to …

A delegation from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, expressed concern over recent increases in protectionist measures including the decision by the U.S. to increase tariffs on Chinese goods. …

15 may 2019 32 cows have taken up residence in the world’s first floating farm in Rotterdam. The cows have a barn with spacious stalls and a “field,” a milk robot that the cows can choose to use, a slurry robot to collect manure, an automatic belt feeder and a …

15 may 2019 The bulker Solomon Trader has been refloated from the reef where she went aground February 5 on Rennell Island, according to the Solomon Islands’ National Disaster Office. The Trader called at Rennell Island in early February to take on a load of bauxite ore at Bintan Mining dock, located in Kangava …

The Panama Canal Authority announced Monday that it has successfully handled the first transit of a neopanamax-sized Q-Flex LNG carrier, the Al Safliya.  14 MAY 2019 At 50 meters wide, the Al Safliya is nearly at the maximum allowable width for the expanded canal. One year ago, the Panama Canal Authority increased the width limit from …

13 MAY 2019 The year is 2012, and swarms of applications for Basic and Final Approvals of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) are coming to the IMO. At the same time, industry and others have started questioning whether the type approval guidelines (G8) are out of date and unable to …

12 MAY 2019 China wants an equal and dignified trade agreement with the text to any deal balanced. “We know that every nation has its dignity, so the text ought to be balanced,” said Vice-Premier Liu He late Friday, at the end of two days of trade talks in Washington. …

11 MAY 2019 Iran could target U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers, the U.S. Maritime Administration said on Friday, as a senior Iranian cleric said a U.S. Navy fleet could be “destroyed with one missile.” In the latest tense exchange between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s hardline Revolutionary Guards separately said …

07 MAY 2019 The Boskalis semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Blue Marlin was ransacked by pirates offshore West Africa on Sunday (05th May), causing damage that has left the ship inoperable.  All 20 crew members are reported safe and in good health. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. confirmed Tuesday that the vessel …