A fuel tanker reportedly crashed into a wharf during berthing operations at the Port of Auckland. What happened? The fuel tanker “Awanuia” hit the Wynyard wharf...

The ability to monitor the condition of container-refrigerated cargo on ships many nautical miles off coastlines is changing the way liner companies and cargo...

Human Rights at Sea published detailed case study and investigation report about the abuse of seafarers provided by first-hand crew testimony onboard a UAE...

On Thursday, Denmark's state prosecutor charged the former manager of OW Bunker's Singapore subsidiary with fraud but the management was cleared off its criminal...

A study by the researchers at Tel Aviv have noted that marine vessels plying through the Mediterranean Sea are unsuspecting carriers of invasive species....

Fleet Cleaner cleans several 350m+ sized container vessels in Dutch ports After recently launching its innovative ship hull cleaning installation in all Dutch ports, Fleet...

Leading classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Koichi Fujiwara) has issued a Statement of Compliance (SoC) to a ship recycling facility in Izmir, Turkey,...

Economic stability and sustainable development can be driven by an integrated approach to the maritime sector, including ports, maritime security and facilitation of maritime...

The market for ships scrapping has been rather slow over the course of the past few weeks for a number of reasons, chief of...

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said that the Suez Canal is capable of accommodating large container ships. Statement released: Mohab Mamish, head of the SCA, said...

A 100-foot wave hits a ship in the North Sea, during an intense storm. Had the ship been much smaller it could have been...

An Ethanol loaded tanker lost its fuel pump mechanism midway and ran aground. What happened? The tanker, Argent Cosmos, a Panamanian-flagged tanker was loaded with 1.63...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The new technology has...

The Danish EPA has deployed a novel sniffer technology to monitor sulphur emissions levels. Monitor Sulphur levels: The new sniffers will be mounted on helicopters...

Firefighting on a ship requires going back to the basics, or what retired U.S. Navy firefighter Tom Jones simply calls “old school.” This includes likely...

A Containership has reportedly run aground after hitting a reef. What happened? The Containership “Kea Trader” travelling at a speed of 35 kmph hit the 200...

A Bulk carrier has reportedly gone aground near Manzanillo during Hurricane Patricia. What happened? The bull carrier was caught in Hurricane Patricia which caused severe structural...

The USS Fitzgerald and the Philippine-flagged container ship MV ACX Crystal collided early in the morning on June 16. The port bow of the containership,...

Award-winning global maritime cyber security awareness campaign, Be Cyber Aware at Sea, has collaborated with Fidra Films to launch a new film which aims...

With pollution avoidance high on everyone's agenda (except perhaps Mr Trump's) all the major shipping group's have been keen to implement systems to monitor...