Tag: fleet

NYK hosted a safety promotion conference for shipowners and ship-management companies

"K" Line announced it will enhance its fleet with an additional five new generation eco-friendly ULCVs as replacements in its existing fleet

Strong growth in the numbers of ships being transferred into BV class has pushed the Bureau Veritas classed fleet past the 100 million gross tonnes milestone

A sharp rise in LPG shipping demand, is driving an ordering frenzy for VLGCs which will increase the size of the LPG shipping fleet

Equasis issues statistics report Equasis issued a report providing a picture of the worlds merchant fleet in 2013, derived from data contained in the Equasis database.The Equasis fleet is dominated (81%) by small and medium sized ships up to 24.999 GT. Small ships alone represent 36% by number, although only 1% by tonnage. Many of the small ships are not subject to international conventions on safety and pollution prevention because of their size or because they do not trade internationally. However some flag States do require these ships to apply the same standards.World fleet : total number of ships, by sizeGeneral cargo ships and tugs are the most common type by number, at 19.9% and 19%, respectively, of the Equasis fleet. Most of these are small and medium sized. In the large and very large categories, oil and chemical tankers and bulk carriers represent well over half of the fleet in number.In terms of tonnage, the large and very large size categories represent 80% of the Equasis fleet, with oil and chemical tankers, and bulk carriers, dominating both categories at 68.7% (large) and 64.4% (very large) respectively.Over a half (50.4%) of the Equasis fleet, by number, is 15 years or ...

TCM took the initiative to review its personnel competence management system using 3rd party experts from DNV GL Maritime Advisory

NYK hosted a safety promotion conference for shipowners and ship-management companies

Pole Star Space Applications announced Fleet Management, the latest release of its web-based tracking solution for shipowners, operators and charterers

A naming ceremony was held for the new gas carrier Velikiy Novgorod, ordered by Sovcomflot group of companies(SCF) for transportation of LNG for Gazprom group.

Euronav NV today announced that the company sold its oldest double-hulled VLCC Luxembourg (1999 - 299,150 dwt), for USD 28 million. The vessel is wholly owned by Euronav.