Crew of Cargo Ship Found with Gun Arrested

A man who had just come off a cargo ship owned by TOTE Services was arrested Monday for having a gun at the Blount...

[Watch] Thrill Dive Under a Freighter – The Real Deal

Watch a thriller video of a freighter passing above the diver.  Is it a thrill dive under the freighter or did the diver didn't...

Big Data Professionals Needed, Shipping Leaders Warn

The maritime industry is facing a severe skills shortage in analysing and harnessing big data, which could hinder the reinvention of the struggling industry,...

Italian Cargo Ship Breached After Collision with Freighter

A freighter collided with a general cargo vessel which was berthed at a port.  During the collision, the cargo vessel suffered significant damages. What happened? The...

Fatal Electrocution While Using Electric Hoist Onboard Box ship

A fatal electrocution accident happened when using electric hoist for lifting operation Summary: A fitter on board a Hong Kong registered container ship was electrocuted when...

Drunk Ship’s Captain Convicted

A sea captain has been convicted of being drunk in charge of a merchant ship in Belfast Lough. What happened? Eugenijus Tulauskas, from Lithuania, was up...

Ship Insurers Look to Luxembourg as Brexit Looms

UK-regulated ship insurers are looking to Luxembourg after fears Brexit will hinder access to the EU's financial market, industry sources say. Briton is a market...

The Swedish Club Improves Offering to Charterers

The Swedish Club has launched a new addition to its portfolio, Rules for Charterers’ Insurance, which has been written to recognise the specific needs...

New Interferry CEO to Make Funding Call at European Shipping Week

Mike Corrigan, the incoming CEO of global trade association Interferry, is to advocate greater European Union involvement and investment in the ferry sector during...

VLCC Tankers Storing Crude are Much Less than Claimed

Reports this week indicated that VLCC availability has been limited by a surge in floating storage which has consumed a large segment of the...

UN Ballast-water Convention to Take Effect in September

Charter fees and freight rates may rise as smaller lines struggle with costs of Ballast-Water Convention An international convention regulating ballast water, which ships with...

Longevity in Rich Countries

POPULATION forecasting is not simple.  Demographers use mortality data—information about when people die and why—to estimate the likely life expectancy of people still alive....

Composite Cutterhead Shaft Bearing Still New After Ten Years of Dredging

COMPOSITE CUTTERHEAD SHAFT BEARING AS GOOD AS NEW AFTER TEN YEARS OF DREDGING After ten years and more than 100,000 operating hours dredging up silt,...

[Watch] Fire at the Port of Port Arthur

Port Arthur firefighters are still investigating what caused a conveyer belt fire near a cargo ship.  The conveyor belt being used to load German...

New Safety Initiative to Drive Performance Improvements on Board

V.Group has signed an agreement with Lloyds Register to run an initiative on port state control performance improvement on board V.Ships and ITM managed...

Monster Oil Platform Sets Sail to its New Home in the...

The floating made-in-China monster! 31k-tonne oil platform sets sail to its new home in the UK How did the oil platform cross the ocean? No, this...

[Watch] The Floating Made-in-China Monster!

Footage shows the mammoth structure being tugged through the water at a snail's pace. The platform, also known as Hope No.6 and the equivalent of...

Stena Line Signs Up for MAN Online Service

Agreement covers two superferries in Stena fleet MAN Diesel & Turbo recently signed a contract with Stena Line to provide its online service to two...

Singapore MPA Speeds up Bunker Mass-flow-meter Re-validation Process

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has moved to address the concerns of bunker barge operators in Singapore whose tankers were fitted with...

Fuel Regulation Could Cost Shippers Extra US$60 Billion a Year

Shippers to bear extra US$60 billion expenses a year due to IMO’s 2020 regulation According to a Wood Mackenzie study, global bunker fuel costs could...