By Michael Bentley In late 2015, Amazon received a license from the U.S. government to act as a freight forwarder for ocean container shipping.  That...

European Shipping Week will take place in Brussels from 27 February to 2 March1 and there delegates will focus on the correct packing of...

IMarEST and MARINA sign MOU to support Filipino seafarers The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), the world’s largest global marine and maritime...

Torvald Klaveness selects ABB’s OCTOPUS marine software to help comply with environmental regulations OCTOPUS performance advisory & reporting solution will be utilized on three Klaveness...

A cargo ship has been forced to divert into Bermuda on Feb 7, to disembark a dead crew member. The 21-year-old Filipino sailor was found...

New footage has emerged of the moment a suicide boat packed with explosives slammed into a Saudi Arabian warship off the coast of Yemen...

Sleeping with customers, taking drugs on the job and making friends in the onboard sex dungeon.  Just regular cruise ship life, according to Paul...

Age not significant as long as the tanker is well maintained Nordic American Tankers (NAT), in its latest quarterly report, stated 2016 as a very...

Great Barrier Reef: Coal spillage discovered from ship loader at mining port, Government says A Queensland Government investigation has found a large spillage of...

Port Authority of Twente rewards clean ships certified by Green Award Twente Port Authority recognizes inland vessels certified by Green Award.  In order to encourage...

On Tuesday, the Canadian Coast Guard were called to assist a disabled cargo ship stranded about 32 nautical miles off the coast of Port...

IMO has geared itself to revise its seafarer fatigue guidance as it digests the results of a three-year study into the long-term effects of...

On February 5, a general cargo ship has been reportedly attacked by pirates. What happened? The general cargo ship named BBC Caribbean was attacked by pirates...

The great German refugee liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, the largest craft that has ever entered Boston harbor, and which has been tied up since October...

OOW needs to have full situational awareness The latest Britannia P&I Club Risk Watch Publication (Vol. 20) includes a recent investigation by the German Marine...

AkzoNobel and partners developing drone technology to make marine industry safer Safety in the marine industry is set to be improved after AkzoNobel, oil and...

Jamaica launched its bid to be elected to Category ‘C’ of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council last Thursday (2 February) - in a...

A Singapore buyer has won an auction for a ship belonging to bankrupt Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry with an offer of 96 million yuan...

The agreement follows commercial negotiations in anticipation of the termination of Hamburg Süd’s current slot purchase arrangements on the East-West trades. Maersk Line and Hamburg...

A video has captured the moment one very brave woman decided to perform a high dive from a terrifying height. Sydney climbed to a 17 metre...