Crews are working Friday morning to clean up a large fuel spill at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The leak happened after a fuel tanker...

On Wednesday, a crew member injured on board a container ship was evacuated with the assistance of an all-weather lifeboat. What happened? The container ship Nienburg...

EU Shipping Policy is Solid, But Needs a Stronger Global Orientation to Sustain Further Growth The EU has an overall competitive regime in place for fiscal...

The offshore heavy transport vessel ‘Albatross’ departed its berth at the Cork Dockyard this morning for a short journey across the harbour to Ringaskiddy. What...

Tanker market could face downward pressure in 2017 says leading ship owner The tanker market has always been a “tough nut to crack”, with its...

The Many Barriers to Scrapping Cargo Ships Too many new ships, too few old ones scrapped.  Since the financial crisis, after which trade growth slowed,...

A cruise ship is reported to have suffered from power loss when it was on a cruise. What happened? On Thursday, a cruise passenger ‘Carnival Splendor’...

Norway's maritime authorities announced on Tuesday, that the old, contaminated lubricating oil was the likely cause of the propulsion failure on the barge carrier...

On Tuesday, Norway's maritime authorities announced that old, contaminated lubricating oil was the likely cause of the propulsion failure on the barge carrier Eide...

So, you've got a million dollars burning a hole in your pocket and you're looking to put a luxury roof over your head? This...

Leading naval architect and engineering company Foreship has appointed well-known ship energy expert Jan-Erik Räsänen as its Head of New Technology with effect from...

After undergoing extensive assessments, leading classification society ClassNK has become one of the world’s first classification societies to receive accreditation from the UK-based national...

Marshall Islands Issues Low Sulfur MGO Fuel Testing Guidance The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has issued a Marine Safety Advisory, which...

Andrew Lemmis, SeaSafe notes  that lifeboat systems fatally injure more people than they save.  In the following article, Mr Lemmis explains the number of...

It looks as though this boat is about to burst out over the yard wall into Govan. Sometimes we think of shipbuilding in Glasgow being...

BIMCO SHIPTERM: BIMCO ventures into ship finance On 9 January 2017, BIMCO published its first ship finance related form – "SHIPTERM". BIMCO describes SHIPTERM as...

Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard...

Dry Bulk Back From The Brink Bulker Values in the last 12 months have hit rock bottom and are now looking to show considerable promise....

Court orders arrest of Palau-flagged ship The Madras high court, India has ordered the arrest of a Palau-flagged ship, anchored at V O Chidambaranar Port...

‘Oceangoing fully autonomous ships in next 15 years,’ says Rolls Royce The technology revolution taking place on land with the advent of driverless vehicles also...