[Watch] Hull Performance To Achieve Fuel Efficiency

Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) is now shaping as one of the most attractive investments in shipping today. The condition of a ship’s underwater hull surface...

ReCAAP Reports 65% Decrease in Piracy in Asia

Incidents of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia in May 2016 ReCAAP ISC Monthly Report May 2016 released on June 4 carried a...

World’s Largest Lock Opens in Port of Antwerp

On June 10, the new world’s largest lock was opened for business at the Port of Antwerp by King Filip, minister Ben Weyts, the...

‘Noah’s Ark’ Collides with Coast Guard Ship in Oslo Harbor

Norwegian officials say a wooden exhibition ship built as a representation of Noah's Ark has collided with a Coast Guard vessel in the Oslo...

[Watch] You will Need Tissues Watching this Dog Take Her Last,...

Bretagne was the last 9/11 responder dog alive, but she was also so much more.  The golden retriever also responded to Hurricanes Katrina and...

Liberia is First Ship Registry to Recognise Green Award ship

Liberia is first ship registry to recognise Green Award ships and it has become the first flag state to participate in the Green Award...

Sneak Peak Inside Ship that Sailed ‘Doon the Watter’

The enormity of the task is clear as backers give a sneak peek of the vessel they plan to bring back to its former...

DNV GL’s Next Gen LPG Carrier is a Joint industry Project!

DNV GL has initiated a joint industry project for the design of a state-of-the-art next generation LPG carrier.  LPGreen aims is to develop a...

Tomorrow’s LNG Carrier! LNGreen Concept Phase II from DNV GL

DNV GL Leads the Next Phase of the Award Winning LNGreen Concept DNV GL has initiated a follow-up of the successful LNGreen project, which brought...

How Best to Lay-up Vessels? – First DNV GL’s “Clean Lay-up”...

DNV GL Issues First “Clean Lay-up” Declaration Classification society DNV GL announced at the Posidonia trade fair that it had issued the first “Clean Lay-up”...

Success! Dry Bulk Carrier Transits the New Panama Canal

Panama Canal’s Chartered Training Vessel Transits New Locks The Panama Canal's chartered vessel transited the new Atlantic-facing Agua Clara Locks yesterday.  These transits, performed by...

Drones to Deliver Blood from Ship to Shore

FAA-approved urban drone delivery services Flirtey and Dr. Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will conduct the...

[Watch] Monster Wave Smashing Ship

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Otago was travelling in the Antarctic Ocean when it was battered by the...

DNV GL Tops New Paris MoU Performance List

Agreed performance lists Paris MoU At its 49th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2015 inspection results and adopted new performance lists...

Two Half-naked Bodies of Seafarers Found Aboard a Ship

On June 8, two Ukrainian seafarers were found dead on a Malta flagged vessel, which was undergoing repair works in a private dockyard, in...

Bottoms Up! Butt Lift Surgery Peaks in 2015

There are a group of women working hard in doing all they can to get rid of extra weight, whereas a larger bum is...

Engine Room Totally Troubled in Ten Minutes

Summary The engineering staff completed an ice navigation checklist. Opened the steam valve to the lower sea chest as they thought this would prevent ice...

Miners Find 500-year-old Shipwreck Loaded with £9 Million of Gold

Diamond Miners Find 500-year-old Shipwreck Loaded with £9 Million of Gold in the Middle of an African Desert Diamond miners recently discovered a ship that...

Navy Revives Sinking Merchant Ship Off Goa

At about 7.30 p.m. on June 8, a merchant ship MV Infinity One, approximately 20 NM off Goa coast, reported water ingress and continuous...

Suspension of Draft Restriction in Panamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announces that the first draft restriction announced in Advisory to Shipping A-12-2016, and in effect since April 18, 2016,...