Use of Liquefied Natural Gas as an Alternative to Heavy Fuel...
Use of liquefied natural gas as an alternative to heavy fuel oil for maritime transportation: CMA CGM signs a first Memorandum of Understanding with...
Crew Members on Ship Stuck in Limbo Treated Well
The local residents in Dallas were concerned about the welfare of crew members on the container ship Hanjin Vienna reached for their telephones when...
Supported Seafarers For a Healthy Supply Chain
An article from Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) suggests, for a successful supply chain to flourish Seafarers working on container ships need to be supported...
Seafarers ‘ate rats’ to Survive – Pirates Free Hostages!
Pirates Free 26 Asian Sailors
Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since...
LNG-powered Cruise Ships to Enter Service in 2019
Cars and trucks aren't the only source of transportation-related carbon emissions. The massive ships that ply the world's oceans are major sources of pollution...
‘Panamax’ Containerships – Old Soldiers Disappearing Away…
Back in 1951, in his ‘farewell’ speech, US General Douglas MacArthur famously noted that “old soldiers never die, they just fade away”. In the...
Panama Canal Raises New Locks’ Draft
The Panama Canal Authority said increased rainfall has permitted an increase to 45 feet in maximum allowable drafts at the canal’s new locks, which...
The Tanker Goes Pop
by Michael Briguglio
It is not the first marine vessel to do so. Titanic, Bismarck, Costa Concordia and Enterprise are well-known around the world. Yellow Submarine...
German U-boat ‘Sunk by Sea Monster’ Discovered Off Scottish Coast
The wreckage of a German U-boat that sank almost a century ago has been discovered at the bottom of the sea off the Scottish...
G E Shipping Contracts to Buy a Supramax Dry Bulk Carrier
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (G E Shipping) signed a contract to buy a Supramax Dry Bulk Carrier of about 58,000 dwt. The...
Greek Shipping Forum: Shipowners must be Open with their Bankers if...
The shipping industry is in a flux of that there is no doubt as was hammered home at the recent Marine Money Greek Shipping...
Fall from Height Kills a Seafarer Aboard a Ghost Ship Off...
Police and undertakers aboard and alongside the BrassChaat moored at the Port of Tyne
A man who died on board one of the three ‘ghost...
Greek Ship Owner Faces Fine for Dumping Oily Water
Feds: Seattle-bound ship’s owner must pay for oily cover-up
A Greek shipping magnate's firms will pay $1.3 million in fines after one ship's crew dumped...
ClassNK Wins Big Data Award at the Lloyd’s List Asia Awards
Leading classification society ClassNK picked up the Lloyd's List Intelligence Big Data Award for its condition based monitoring suite ClassNK CMAXS at the 19th...
Little Girl Begs Huge Ship to Toot its Horn – Watch...
We've all had moments in life where we've insisted we know what's best for us, then immediately learned that we were totally wrong.
And this...
Woman Goes to Jail for Cocaine Tucked in Bras and Undergarments
On 20th October, a 33-year-old woman was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for trafficking 14 pounds of cocaine on her way back...
Cargo Ship Attacked! Captain and Crew taken Hostage
Ship Captain and Crew taken Hostage off Tawi Tawi
On October 20, a Korean vessel MV Dong Bang Giant was hijacked by at least...
Bulk Carrier Collides With a Cargo Ship While Entering Port
On October 19th, a general cargo vessel collided with a bulk carrier. Both the vessels were entering the port of Dardanelles from the Aegean...
Can Tankers Safely Navigate in West Coast Waters?
Ship sent to drain diesel off grounded tug boat nearly sinks raising questions about tanker traffic off BC coast.
A response boat working to retrieve...
Car Carrier Burst into Flames in Antwerp
Fire on Car carrier docked in Port
Last night, a car carrier reportedly burst into flames and the Antwerp fire department was called in to...