Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch several containers stored in a yard in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District blown over and scattered in the surrounding area. Disclaimer:...

Ships moored in Kaohsiung Harbour break loose during Typhoon Meranti Typhoon Meranti has wreaked havoc on Taiwan and Mainland China.  The typhoon caused nearly 10...

A British registered chemical tanker vessel ‘Orakai’ with a cargo of 4732 tons of ethanol was tugged into the Cartagena port early Wednesday morning...

Spinnaker Global’s HR Consulting division has been collecting and analysing salary data for shore-based roles in the global maritime industry since 2005.  In 2017,...

It was the end of an era of sails and the beginning of the era of steam.  The clipper ship ‘Cutty Sark’ was one...

New Guidance on Caring for Seafarer Mental Welfare A new publication, “Managing Traumatic Stress – Guidance for Maritime Organizations”, authored by Professor Neil Greenberg, Managing...

New avenue to avoid empty return journey of cargo ships - Floating farm could grow food on empty cargo ships Shipping plays a huge role...

ICS Chairman keen on addressing the three important shipping related challenges The new ICS Chairman, Esben Poulsson, in the presence of IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim...

Cyprus Transport Minister Demetriades: Shipping the ‘steam engine of world economy’ Transport Minister Marios Demetriades, while addressing the International Maritime Forum, in Batumi, Georgia on...

Last year shipbuilders around the globe received orders for 50 million dwt/tonnes, just shy of the total of 51 million achieved in the heady...

Watch a documentary about the world's biggest ship-recycling yard at Alang, India, where life is becoming harder as fewer ships arrive. Disclaimer: This...

China on Tuesday morning initiated emergency response measures for the approaching Typhoon Meranti. Local authorities in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian,Guangdong, Hainan as...

"It only took nine hours for Meranti to grow into a super typhoon from a typhoon," Guangdong meteorologist Zhang Dong told...

Summary The vessel was safely moored alongside at the port of Pago Pago, discharging its cargo of containers. The second mate was the duty officer...

Safety exercise ends up in disaster killing a crew member Safety drill on the Harmony of the Seas Kills a crew injures four others. ...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior In 1845, Royal Navy officer Sir John Franklin set out with two ships—the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus—and a...

Foreign shipping lines are increasing their transpacific routes after Korea’s largest shipper, Hanjin Shipping, filed for court receivership last month. Strategies Maersk The world’s largest shipper, Maersk...

A Japanese company has developed a special barnacle-busting paint that dramatically affects a ship's performance at sea.  When barnacles, green mussels, and other organisms...

Stowaway Huntsman spider found in Dumbarton shipping container The workers in London were in for a surprise when they encountered a poisonous tropical spider stowed...

The World’s Biggest Floating Natural Gas Terminal Can’t Get Steady Work Shipper Mitsui O.S.K. Lines thinks big.  Its new 40 billion yen ($394 million) floating...