Diesel-carrying Cargo Ship Sinks Off Phuket

A cargo ship carrying 5,000 litres of diesel and food sank off Koh Kheaw (Green Island) on 16 February, all people on board were...

Kiwi Captures Cruise Ship Crash

A passenger has recorded the moment when a luxury cruise ship collided with another vessel. What happened? A Kiwi woman managed to film the dramatic moment...

Massive Rescue Operation Launched to Free Cargo Ship Set Alight by...

A rescue operation has been launched to free a large cargo ship that is lodged in frozen waters off the coast of Russia. What happened? The...

Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins LNG Ship-related Patent Case in China

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipyard here, said Thursday that it has won its patent case in China which is related...

Female Captains Command Respect, But Not Many Ships

As her tanker unloaded gasoline at a Beirut terminal early one morning, Iakinthi Tzanakaki awoke to the sound of lines snapping. Strong winds were pushing...

GloMEEP Workshop Sees Attendees Practice Onboard Bunker Testing Operations

An IMO training in Malaysia has seen port State control officers practice inspecting air pollution and energy efficiency rules aboard a container ship in...

[Watch] Cruise Ship Collided With Another Vessel

A woman managed to film the dramatic moment that luxury cruise ship Seabourn Encore collided with another vessel, the Milburn Carrier II, in...

A Scenic View But a Dangerous Place to Stand Onboard a...

Summary The Member’s tug was standing by an anchored dumb barge which was being loaded with sawn timber. The tug Master noted that in the...

[Watch] First Black Captain Leads Royal Canadian Navy Ship to West...

A Royal Canadian Navy captain is heading to West Africa as part of a once in a lifetime mission, retracing historical footsteps connected to...

Ship Fire at Port Near Grimsby

Fire crews rushed to deal with a blaze in a ship at Immingham Dock near Grimsby in the early hours of this morning (Friday). Crews...

[Watch] Oil-leaking Cargo Ship Towed to Shipyard in Odense Fjord

The Portuguese container ship Victoria, which last Friday ran aground north of the Danish island of Funen and started to leak from its fuel...

[Watch] Woman Fall from Cruise Ship into Pacific Ocean

  A woman who fell overboard during a cruise spent almost an hour in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued. New Zealand singer Will Martin, who...

Troubles Continue for the Global Shipping Industry

When Hanjin Shipping Co filed for bankruptcy in September last year, scores of ships, thousands of crew, and billions of dollars worth of cargo...

Multipurpose Fleets Rebound, Dynamar Reports

The total deadweight tonnage of multipurpose/project/heavy‐lift vessels deployed by the 10 largest operators in the sector has risen to 8 million tons, according to...

Aframax Rates Rise 34% Due to Increased Activity

Aframax freight rates swelled Wednesday as a fixture and a shortening position list pushed them up Worldscale 37.5 day on day. “Everything is on subjects,”...

Container Shipping Lines Sign up with Alibaba to Offer Online Booking

Two container shipping lines, France's CMA CGM and Israel's Zim, have signed up with Alibaba to allow customers to book space on their vessels...

[Preview] The Hottest New Cruise Ships of 2017

Eager to try out a new crop of megaships in 2017? We have some bad news: Not all that many are on the way...

Towing Line Convolved at Propeller of a Cargo Ship

The towing line convolved at propeller of the general cargo ship “Captain Joy” in Port of Burgas, Bulgaria. The vessel was under tow to...

[Watch] Breathtaking New Video Footage of Ocean Depths

Over thirteen thousand feet below the surface, hundred-foot hydrothermal vents spew black, 690 degree fluid like chimneys from the ocean floor.  Tiny crabs, shrimp...

Ocean’s Uncharted Depths

Over thirteen thousand feet below the surface, hundred-foot hydrothermal vents spew black, 690 degree fluid like chimneys from the ocean floor. Tiny crabs, shrimp...