CAP ratings for CSR tankers may now look more consistent under Lloyd’s Register, after it replaced percentage-based thickness criteria with fixed CSR-aligned values

Fleet Performance & Maintenance Regulations & Compliance

Maersk Tanker fitted with suction sails in five-vessel deal

27 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Maersk Tankers completed the first suction sail retrofit on Maersk Trieste, part of a 20-unit agreement

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Fleet Performance & Maintenance Propulsion Regulations & Compliance

Engineroom bilges: a perspective on seaworthiness

26 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Keeping the main engine flywheel bilge well dry reduces machinery and cargo-claim exposure

Fleet Performance & Maintenance

Why ballast water rules approve systems, but do not police discharges

23 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Ballast water regulations rely on type approval, not routine proof that discharges are within limits. Independent, regular sampling is the missing link

Fleet Performance & Maintenance Regulations & Compliance

Orderbook low-carbon readiness outpaced in-service fleet uptake

05 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Clarksons’ data shows alternative fuels dominate tonnage on order, while scrubbers remain far more common across today’s trading fleet

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Equipment & Services Fuels & Lubricants Regulations & Compliance Shipbuilding & Design

Ithaca returns to Prosafe for Captain field support

05 Jan 2026by Martyn Wingrove

Prosafe will provide an accommodation semi-submersible vessel for six months of upgrade work on a UK North Sea heavy oil field

Offshore Contractors Offshore Support Vessels

2025's most-read stories in International Tug & Salvage

26 Dec 2025by Riviera News

We look back on our most-read stories to get a better view, from you, of the topics that shaped the industry in 2025

Business & Finance Shipbuilding & Design

ExxonMobil extends FPSO contracts, GEPetrol purchases one

19 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

SBM Offshore will refurbish two FPSOs operating in Angola and has sold another in Equatorial Guinea

Fleet Performance & Maintenance

Centrica completes Grain LNG acquisition, data-led maintenance programme explained

18 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

AI and drones contribute to new maintenance and inspection practices at Centrica’s latest acquisition

Business & Finance Digitalisation Fleet Performance & Maintenance

Retrofit fund links repayments to fuel savings

04 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

New retrofit fund decouples energy-saving upgrades from ship mortgages, tying lease payments to verified fuel and compliance savings

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Methanol-fuelled tugs to begin operations in 2026

Finally, the tug and towage sector will discover how methanol can become a credible alternative fuel to diesel

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Electric propulsion: powering the decarbonisation of close-to-shore shipping

17 Feb 2026by Luciano Santos

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Take care if local laws govern contract terms

16 Feb 2026by Simon Tatham

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Can Europe’s new e-fuel strategy for maritime help solve the fuel availability conundrum?

29 Jan 2026by Valentina Keys

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2026 in marine environmental protection: rules tighten to reduce ship discharges post-2026

13 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

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2026 in dry bulk: more ships, lower average earnings

09 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Business & Finance Forecasts Tanker Shipping & Trade Tankers

2026 in tanker shipping and trade: deliveries, decarbonisation, shifting geopolitics

07 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

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2026 in tug and salvage: electric and methanol-fuelled tugs arrive

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

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2026 in maritime optimisation and communications: key digitalisation technologies to transform shipping

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

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16 Dec 2025

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Floating energy: successfully unlocking stranded gas using FLNGs and FSRUs

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