Delay In Next Ice Age By 100,000 Years

Scientist in Germany have revealed that the next ice age may be delayed by over 50,000 years.  The reason cited for this delay is...

Largest Container Line in 2016

Maersk Line Retains The Largest Container Line In 2016 Maersk Line still remains as the world’s largest container shipping line continuing onto 2016, according to...

Online Retailer To Build A Shipping Company

Analysts predict that  Amazon, which surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the US in 2015, is building its own shipping company.  This...

One Belt, One Road Gets A Key Greek Port

Chinese state-owned shipper,the Cosco Group, plans to acquire 51% of Piraeus Port Authority's outstanding shares for 300 million to 400 million euro ($325 million...

MPA Reaches 50% Of Its Target

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has approved 60 ships for mass flowmeter bunkering operations. With this, the MPA has reached halfway of...

Two PSVs Launched For Otto

Two Platform supply vessels - ‘Go Matilda’ and ‘Go Mundara’, the sister ships, were launched by the Chinese Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry on January 6...

Gusts Blew Ship Off From Moorings

 Investigation On, As Ship Breaks Free From Moorings At about 6pm yesterday a 100km/h wind gusts blew the Spirit of Tasmania II free of its...

Royal Navy Chef Acquitted In Trial Accusing Him Of Filming Sex

The accused Royal Navy chef has been cleared of his charges of voyeurism for filming his sexual act with a colleague in a shower...

Fire on Cargo Ship

A cargo ship caught fire at 5.20 am yesterday, in its accommodation block, off the coast of Cromer. The vessel carrying wheat to Rotterdam relayed...

Get Trained to Operate Ships “Energy Efficiently” by IMO – for...

There were times where the crew were trained to work onboard a ship. Later a training to handle complex machinery.  Further, a training on...

“The World’s Most Optimistic Country” Award Goes to!

A research conducted by the YouGov reveals that China(41%) is the most Optimistic country in the world.  In fact, someone in China is more...

US Sailors Detained By Iran

Two patrol boats and ten sailors were detained by Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Two small Riverine boats entered the Iranian waters in the Gulf.  It is...

[Raw Footage] Dutch Marines Fight Against Somali Pirates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The video features the rescue of the German ship by the Dutch Navy Marines, who stormed into the vessel after it was attacked by...

Royal George Sinks Killing 900 +

Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 18 February 1756....

20-Year-Old Seafarer Was Stabbed on His Neck

An Ukrainian seafarer onboard the Turkish box ship died after being stabbed by his fellow crew member of Azerbaijani origin.  According to the reports,...

Indian Court Orders Five Years Imprisonment & $45 Fine

An Indian Court has ordered five years of imprisonment for the crew of a private American ship including 25 foreigners. The crew members of the...

Container Ship Fleet Grew by 1.72 Million TEUs

Global containership fleet total capacity increased by 8.5 percent when 214 new container ships were delivered in 2015. It stands now as 19 million...

A Message From IMO’s New Secretary-General

Mr. Kitack Lim, the new Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization​ beginning from 1 January 2016, laid out his priorities for his upcoming tenure. Vision...

Secret Midnight Guerrilla Raid On Ship Alcoa

The Australian crew of the long-stranded Alcoa ship was forcibly removed by the security guards. A sudden Guerrilla raid was launched on a ship that...

A Ro-Ro Ship Ran Aground with 20 Container Vans

On Wednesday, in the waters off Ouano wharf, Mandaue City, Cebu, a cargo ship carrying 15 container vans ran aground. It's reported that the vessel...