On February 6, an unladen LPG tanker “MT Gas Pasha” dragged anchor due to heavy wind  in the eastern North Atlantic and reportedly touched bottom...

Tugs will be in demand in the United Arab Emirates after five ships were beached during a storm at the end of last week....

Ship owners and operators got together with technology providers and charterers recently to examine the challenges they face in achieving operational efficiency and sustainability. The...

Viswa Lab has issued a fuel alert last week and we are sharing it here for your information. Vessels bunkered in ARA (Amsterdam -...

El Faro Analysis: Flooding from Multiple Sources Doomed Cargo Ship The El Faro was likely doomed when it encountered Hurricane Joaquin, according to a preliminary...

Seafarers on board a ship held at Fawley Port were found to be without warm clothing for days and their wages unpaid for three...

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and engineering company Babcock International Group are to develop 7,500m3 gas supply vessel (GSV) for providing LNG to ships and...

Best PSC Perfomance Award to the vessel Aegean Power of Arcadia Shipmanagement DNV GL and Arcadia Shipmanagement Co. Ltd. have announced the award of “BEST...

A naval ship has been found in southern Sweden some 400 years after it went missing, Swedish Television reported on Feb 1. The Blekinge naval...

There's nothing like the joy of being in a boat on the open sea — fresh air, wind in your hair and… oh wait,...

A record grain harvest is causing bottlenecks on the way to port terminals, where export ships are heavily booked for the next six months. A...

Chemical shipping vessel supply on major routes has been in surplus with many new building deliveries from shipbuilders and swing tankers flooding the market....

Leading fuel treatment specialist Aderco has opened an operational base in the UK to serve the marine markets here, in the US and the...

When South Korea’s Hanjin declared bankruptcy late last summer and began abandoning vessels at ports worldwide, it appeared that shippers’ worst nightmare might have...

The owner of a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel is in hot water after enforcement officers detained him for illegally anchoring the ship in Malaysian waters. The...

By Rosemary McClure No one would call the Aranui 5 a thing of beauty.  Half cruise ship and half freighter, it has a cockeyed profile...

Agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have raided a Turkish cargo ship in New Jersey, arresting the ship’s first officer and chief...

Bodies of three sailors were pulled from rough seas off Sharjah coast after an unidentified cargo ship sank in inclement weather, authorities here confirmed...

MPA Expands MOU with DNV GL to include Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Shipping A memorandum of understanding to promote research and development (R&D) and innovation...

Many countries try to make their products more competitive in international markets.  Some subsidize exports directly and indirectly (China), some have very lax labor...