Panama Canal expansion was not waste of time

It’s now a full year since Panama opened the upgraded Panama Canal, but the canal remains unable to handle any vessel carrying 13,500 TEU’s or more. However, this does not mean that the expansion was a waste of time and money, Xeneta notes.

Malware Does Not Have To Affect Ships Or Facilities

This week the world saw the sudden spread of a new ransomware variant, called by some ‘Petya’ and by...

Fitch: US Regulatory Rollback Will Not Drive E&P Activity

The proposed rollbacks and delayed implementations of a number of federal environmental regulations should modestly...

Operator: Stellar Cosmo Not Heading for Repairs

Polaris Shipping’s Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) Stellar Cosmo has not broken down and is not heading for repairs to Cape Town, as disclosed to World Maritime News.

Not Much Left in the Tank This Year for Oil Bulls

Prices jumped 14% following agreements in the past month from both OPEC and non-OPEC members to cut production, on hopes that reducing output will help mitigate a global supply glut that sent prices tumbling over the past few years.

LNG Fuel Not a Solution for Cutting Greenhouse Gases

In contrast to reports claiming that the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel can reduce the industry’s CO2 emissions by 75%, Ian Adams, the former CEO of the International Bunker Industry Association said that LNG is not a panacea to reduc

Ultra large containership economics – not so simple after all

The headlong and some might say lemming-like dash by liner companies to deploy ever-larger container ships...