By Gavin Haines It's one of the mysteries of flying that many passengers have pondered, but seldom bothered to solve: why do flight attendants dim...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a three-year MacGregor Onboard Care (MOC) service agreement with the German shipping company, Peter Döhle Schiffahrts Group, for...

Global miner Rio Tinto could be in a position to reward shareholders with a strong dividend hike or even a share buyback next year...

2017 Will be a Healthy Year for the Bunker Industry: Muhtaroglu After a number of difficult years, 2017 will be healthy year for bunker industry,...

The container ship charter business is reeling from a series of debilitating blows — chronic overcapacity, a wider Panama Canal, Hanjin Shipping’s collapse and...

Video Based Case Study on Explosion Onboard a Laden Chemical Tanker Learn what steps could have been taken to avoid the incident along with actions...

Cargo Vessel Sinks Off Leyte; 28 Rescued, 1 Missing One crew member remained missing while 28 others were rescued when a cargo vessel sank in...

On Monday afternoon a lifeboat was reported to have fallen off a ship and capsized when it was undergoing routine inspection. What happened? During a scheduled...

A ro-ro car carrier alliance ship remains adrift after it allegedly caught fire due to a short circuit in its engine room. What happened? The car...

A group of fisherman were off the coast of southwest Florida when they saw a large shark swimming next to their boat. One of them...

Energy Observer will count with UNESCO's support as it carries out its mission, to promote renewable energies and raise awareness of energy transition challenges....

Work to support the smooth and effective implementation of the 0.5% m/m global sulphur cap on fuel oil used by ships will be a...

IMO Charts Pollution Successes A new exhibition at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is charting the collaborative work that has been undertaken...

Sitting in International Registries, Inc.’s (IRI’s) London office in front of shelf upon shelf of maritime conventions, codes, guides, circulars, and advisory notes, Regulatory...

SM Shipping, a newly created container liner under South Korea’s Samra Midas (SM) Group through purchase of Asia-North America route of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping,...

Values remain steady in the handysize bulker segment, Clarkson Research reports, with Japan’s Yahata Kisen selling the modern 28,348 dwt Kronos Island for $9.3m...

A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed into a village in Kyrgyzstan, killing all four crew and at least 33 people...

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the country, is charting a new course to overcome decline in global...

A state-of-the-art facility to ensure the safety of the Group’s seafarers, fleet and customers’ cargo as well as route optimization. CMA CGM Group, a leading...

On January 16, the grounded cargo ship "Sigma" was refloated at midnight from the beach in the district of Ardenza in Livorno.  The operation,...