Two Greek Shipping Companies and Engineers Convicted
A federal jury in Greenville, North Carolina, has convicted Oceanic Illsabe Limited, Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and two of their employees of violating the Act...
[Watch] Evacuating The Cruise Ship on Fire
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
The Sea Dream I caught fire, all passengers and crew members were reportedly safely rescued by the fast ferry...
Sex in Space is So Much Harder
For as long as people have been going into space, other people have been wondering, “Are they, you know, doing it up there?” A...
Shipping Air Pollution Causes 24,000 Deaths a Year in East Asia
Growing numbers of ships are causing serious public health problems in coastal areas.
A boom in shipping is aggravating air pollution in China and other...
SMM & The Propeller – Why a Propeller Stands as SMM’s...
Have you ever visited the SMM in the past?
We are sure that everyone would have noticed a huge propeller erected outside the main...
Oil Spill at PTP Forces Maersk to Shift Shipment to Singapore!
Last week, an oil tanker Trident Star was involved in a bunker fuel spill in Tanjong Pelepas port area - southern Malaysia. The estimated...
Containership on Fire at the Port of Hamburg!
If we look at the global maritime incident/accident trend, most accidents in 2016 are involved with containerships. May it be a fire or grounding,...
New Appointments for Navico to Drive Growth of Simrad Brand
Nicolas Quéru has been appointed to lead Navico’s Commercial Marine Division worldwide to take forward the marine electronics group’s continuing strategy for growth. Quéru...
Gibdock Strengthens German Ties
Returning customers and a new client saw Gibdock prominent in the repair schedules of German ship managers in the first half of 2016, with...
Drug Bust: Can Sinister Items be Smuggled onto Vessels?
The drug bust report on the cruise ship in Australia exposed some serious shortcomings in Princess Cruises' shipboard security. As a result cruise companies...
Hanjin Chaos! Ships, Crew and Cargo Stranded at Sea
The bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line has left the vessels, sailors and cargo of Hanjin Shipping in limbo, stranded at sea.
Ports, fearing they...
Ship Wrecks Through the Treacherous Port Phillip Heads
History is Littered with Ships Wrecked Coming Through the Treacherous Port Phillip Heads
narrated by Peter Mitchell, Frankston Standard Leader
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Efficient, Reliable and Low-Noise Propulsion Solution
Efficient, Reliable and Low-Noise Propulsion Solution for Fast Windfarm Support Vessels
The Welsh ship operator company Turbine Transfers is the owner of the 21-metre Trearddur...
[Watch] Massive Cruise Ship Signals New Era of Arctic Tourism
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Melting Arctic ice is making the Northwest Passage navigable for bigger ships. On August 29, the biggest one yet...
No Ice in the Northwest Passage of this Cruise Ship. Time...
The first luxury cruise ship to pass through the Northwest Passage stopped at a remote Canadian beach town this week and was surprised, for...
Cruise Ship Living: Retiring to a Life at Sea
By CBS NEWS
An estimated 24 million people are expected to take cruises this year. One report showed more than a quarter of them are...
Container Shipping: Bottoming Out
Carriers have withdrawn extremely low spot market freight rates on some, but not all, routes.
Drewry’s Global Freight Rate Index, a weighted average of spot...
Bunker in China and Play it Safe!
Tanker Owners Advised to Bunker 0.5% Fuel in China 'to be on the Safe Side'
Ships would then have the documentation to show that the...
How to Use the Shipping KPI?
a. Registration
Ship managers and shipowners can register for the Shipping KPI by completing the online request form. On the top right corner of shipping-kpi...
How to Raise Maintenance Management Efficiency and Cut Costs?
Caterpillar Marine Asset Intelligence and SpecTec cooperate to raise maintenance management efficiency and cut costs
The parties are working on a joint solution to facilitate...