ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. has signed an agreement to acquire Tekomar Group Ltd. headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland.  ABB will further develop Tekomar’s digital solution...

Ship owners are having to deal with some pretty challenging decisions, in terms of planning their future investment strategies and fleet mix, as the...

When it was introduced in 2008, Alfa Laval’s AQUA freshwater generation technology cut seawater needs and pump-related power consumption in half. With today’s AQUA...

Hybrid electric vessel Vision of the Fjords has won an award recognising its accessibility and environmental achievements. The 400-passenger capacity vessel, owned and operated by...

The fourth annual The Maritime Standard Awards, held on Monday 23rd October 2017 at the iconic Atlantis Ballroom, on The Palm, set a new...

Bremerhaven’s innovative new €4.9million LNG driven hopper barge greenports 1 is taking much longer than planned to enter service because of gas pressure problems...

The average size of containerships and LNG carriers has more than doubled over the past 20 years, according to data from Clarkson Research. The average...

On October 23, China’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier ‘Pan Asia’, was put into service in Shanghai. Size compared to large aircraft: The LNG...

Some people thought we were crazy when we put a giant wind turbine on top of a floating spar structure and towed it out...

Traditionally men have ruled the maritime industry for generations, from wharf workers to ship hands, they have been considered as the pillars of Newcastle's...

The Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) issued an investigation report on the fatality of two workers onboard the cargo ship ‘BBC ASIA’, on October...

INTERCARGO, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners is growing at a rapid pace, as it seeks to raise its voice on various issues...

IBIA is going to submit a proposal to ban carriage of high sulphur fuel ships without scrubbers at the forthcoming IMO Sub-Committe on Pollution...

Modern shipping containers are a bit like Legos — you can take them off a ship and snap them perfectly onto a truck or...

When will the Breakbulk head towards recovery? For as long as we can remember, the Breakbulk market has been plagued with numerous issues which in...

Thoresen Shipping Group has continued to expand its fleet with the purchase of a 2009-built Supramax bulk carrier. The company, part of Thai conglomerate Thoresen Thai...

On October 23, a general container ship tore off moorings with 19 crew members due to the powerful Typhoon Lan that battered Japan in...

On October 21, a cargo vessel reportedly faced difficulties after it was caught in a heavy weather off southwest of the tip of Brittany. What...

On October 21, a vessel requested assistance after a mutiny was reported onboard the vessel. What happened? The vessel "Friederike" requested assistance while en route from...

On October 19, a captain was reported missing from a vessel when it was in transit at Sea. What happened? The 54-year-old Ukrainian Juri Kharytonov, master...