Maersk Line said it has drawn up contingency plans to minimize the potential fallout from Rickmers Holding’s insolvency on its customers’ cargo. Maersk currently has...

Summary On 2 March 2015, a deck officer on board the LNG tanker, Zarga, suffered severe head injuries when he was struck by a mooring...

An EU-funded traffic management system has been tested at shore centres to speed sharing of route data between ship navigational systems and shore centres. Aim...

On early Saturday morning off the coast of Japan, the Philippines-flagged cargo container carrier ACX Crystal struck the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) on its starboard...

A crew member of an oil tanker owned by a pair of international shipping companies provided evidence in April 2016 that the ship was...

On Wednesday, Fire crews were called to contain a “hazardous incident” where a container is reported to be leaking chemicals on a vessel at...

Symphony of the Seas is one step closer to claiming the title of the world’s largest cruise ship. The ship’s construction continues right on...

Containers are used to transport objects from one place to another. Unlike conventional shipping, container shipping uses containers of various standard sizes—20 ft (6.09...

Recently, the Maersk-MSC-CMA-CGM-Amazon-Alibaba-Citibank-Allianz (MMCCAACA) shipping line announced the introduction of its latest ship class, the Mariana-Max. The 350,000 to 400,000 teu ships will service...

After several days of continuous feedback, ship captains are reporting they have been able to safely navigate and manage currents on the St. Lawrence...

All pilot boardings were suspended Tuesday at the mouth of the Mississippi River due to deteriorating weather conditions resulting from a tropical disturbance in...

The Navy is investigating the horrifying possibility that some of those who died on the USS Fitzgerald when it sank may have been trapped...

Shipping confidence reached its equal highest rating in the past three years in the three months to end-May 2017. The average confidence level expressed by...

The Industry Share report “LNG Bunkering Market By Product (Truck-to-Ship, Port-to-Ship, Ship-to-Ship, Portable Tanks), By End-Use (Container Vessels, Cruise-ships, Bulk Carriers, Ferries, Offshore Support...

A fuel pipe rupture has lead to a massive oil pollution in the Baltic Sea. What happened? On June 16, 2017, a fuel pipe broke under...

Newbuilding ordering activity remains in high ground, especially when compared to the same period of 2016. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking...

The Navy is investigating the horrifying possibility that some of those who died on the USS Fitzgerald when it sank may have been trapped...

IMO has given shipowners and managers until 2021 to incorporate cyber risk management into ship safety, giving the industry another issue to deal with. Ships...

In the Rhine port of Mannheim the water police were notified about a potential dangerous goods leakage on board the "Bitumina III", 1207 ts,...

IMO meeting gives importance to flashpoint and other safety implications IBIA contributed to a discussion at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last week regarding the...