Taiwan shipping carrier EVERGREEN, have ordered 24 container ships from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding in China. This order comes at a price tag of around $1.1 Billion. This order mostly consists of smaller tonnage of 11 vessels of 2400 TEU capacity, 2 vessels of 1800 TEU capacity and 11 vessels of 3000 TEU capacity. This […]
Bunker refers to the fuel oil for the ships. Ever since the advent of diesel engines, the problem associated with the fuel supply to the ships like dirty oil, less oil etc are quite and are faced by the ship staff every day. With oil being the most important when it comes to running cost […]
I met a ship’s Master today who, along with his crew, had been on board for between 6 – 12 months. None of them had any idea of when they’d be able to travel home. They sit out there at sea, completely isolated with the only face to face interaction being from a pilot either […]
