Readers’ Picks of the Week (16th-20th March)

Twelve guests of MSC Cruises have been confirmed dead following the terrorist attack during a shore excursion at the port of La Goulette, Tunisia on Wednesday…. Read more

Swedish engineering group Alfa Laval has seen a steady growth in the orders of their marine exhaust gas cleaning systems, the so-called scrubbers, spurred on by the introduction of the 0.1% … Read more

Fuel saving measures aimed at boosting efficiency can have a negative effect on the lashing forces on the containers, according to recent findings from the audits conducted by BMT on more th… Read more

A tanker carrying around 1,000 cbm of diesel ran aground yesterday morning near the Greek island of Rhodes, the Hellenic Coast Guard reports…. Read more

The world’s largest containership MSC Oscar is soon going to be joined by her sister ship MSC Oliver in April 2015 followed by the rest of the family over the coming months…. Read more