MEPC has put forth a number of measures to achieve the objectives set out in the initial IMO strategy on reduction of greenhouse...

Greek shipowners bagged maximum orders across the entire range of tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers.  The total number of dry-bulk carrier newbuild...

Vienna-listed oil and gas company OMV has developed a very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) with 0.5% sulfur content. VLSFO is in line...

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. is joining THE Alliance, gaining access to significant new business. HMM’s move to join the group came after the...

GSI has selected DNV as a key partner to classify a pair of innovative large semi-submersible heavy lift newbuildings.  These 50,000 dwt vessels...

Nervous New Orleans residents prepared to flee as Tropical Storm Barry closed in on Thursday, with forecasts of “extreme rain” and more flooding ahead...

An estimated 5,000 tonnes of bauxite has spilled into Kangava Bay, where a tanker ran aground in February, reports the Guardian  A major bauxite spill...

The heartbreaking loss of a toddler who fell from the 11th floor of a docked cruise ship recently has family and friends absolutely devastated,...

While you're cruising with the Viking you are likely to catch the sight of a cheerful but focused Frenchman in a white jacket running...

In  a major development, Exxon Mobil Corp. has announced that they have plans to sell low-sulfur shipping fuels at seven ports in Europe and...

In a recent development, Chantiers de l’Atlantique discusses its wind propulsion cruise design and constructing LNG-powered vessels for MSC Cruises, writes Rebecca Moore in...

In a major development, the Taiwan’s state-owned shipbuilder CSBC Corp has announced that they have completed an installation of a scrubber into a 13,000-teu...

The Environmental-advocacy group Friends of the Earth says Carnival Corp and Royal Caribbean Cruises do a poor job of limiting the pollution from...

Six oil tankers and a U.S. spy drone have been attacked since May either in, or near, the Strait of Hormuz — a...

Eve Energy and Shanghai Hanshun Shipping are to develop battery power for River transport. China has taken considerable precautions to restrict the impact...

CMA CGM Group subsidiary Containerships has performed its first LNG bunkering simultaneously with loading and unloading operations. The operation was carried out in...

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has announced “CHANGE”, a first of its kind Polar Art Exhibit, on board National Geographic Endurance, reports Cruise Industry News. What is...

The 2004 Ballast convention requires all new buildings on or after 8 September 2017 to be fitted with a ballast water treatment system...

NYK Line has approached compatriot Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) to construct a next-generation, scrubber-fitted bulk carrier on the back of a long term...

According to an article published in The Sun, hundreds of horny holidaymakers have hopped aboard a BDSM boat for a pleasure and pain cruise. Dubbed...