ARC Welcomes Comments Highlighting Responsibilities for Keeping Ships Safe in West Africa Management company Africa Risk Compliance (ARC) has welcomed recent comments highlighting the issue...

The Chinese owners of a bulk coal carrier that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef will pay $39.3 million in an out-of-court settlement...

Oil, Gas and Gas condensate are among the most important energy sources in the world. One thing everyone should know is that there is...

by Jim Hettinger Working the 4 to 8 watch provided the opportunity to see nature’s many bounties and assets.  When the watch coincided with a run...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch a terrible video that shows some insane jet skier rides up close to a giant container ship on...

Videotel Produces New Programme for Safe Navigation in one of the World’s Busiest Shipping Lanes “Safe Passage in the Singapore Strait” is a multi-national training...

by Mike Corkhill The global drive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships continues and the latest step in the initiative is the establishment...

UKHO calls for awareness to avoid ECDIS related detentions The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has called upon vessel owners, operators and managers to exercise...

UPM’s New wood-based biofuel for marine fleet – tested by GoodFuels Marine and Boskalis Global dredging and marine company Royal Boskalis Westminster, along with GoodFuels...

An infographic released by iContainers shows 13 ‘curious’ facts about the shipping industry. According to the infographic, the largest of the world’s vessels can cost...

Tanker owners are looking for clues of future demand as freight rates could move to higher ground sooner than later Amid a growing tanker fleet...

APL’s Pioneering Satellite Tracking Service gets Smarter with Real-Time Atmospheric Monitoring APL is introducing real-time oxygen and carbon dioxide monitoring capabilities to its industry-pioneering satellite...

The Shipowners’ Club mutual insurance association has reported 83 collision cases in 2015 involving Ship-to-Ship operations.  The association has so far handled 81 collision...

Chemical Tanker attacked by Pirates – Navy return fire On September 15, a chemical tanker “Hanze Kochi” owned by Netherlands Company Hanzevest Shipping was attacked...

New dragon ships create ‘a virtual pipeline’ across the Atlantic Dragon-class ships, so-called because of their shape, are nearly 200 years long.  The first of...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The Disney Cruise Line operated ship just got through the canal docks by inches on either side.  The original...

Cruise ship ‘Disney Wonder’ operated by the Disney Cruise Line was filmed transitioning through the Panama Canal on 3rd September, 2016.  The massive cruise ship...

Ship Design – change in the offing The face of ship design is changing.  The vastly increasing complexity of European built ships and maritime structures...

Airglide Air Lubrication Systems from Shipwright LLC are tailor-made and customized for vessels specific needs using world-class, leading-edge computational fluid dynamics software. Airglide designs are...

As is true with any industry segment, shipping can take integration of various organised systems to new levels with ingenuity and bravery to invest....