Wärtsilä has collaborated with Singapore's Keppel Shipyard (KSL) to ease the process of retrofitting ship ballast water management systems (BWMS) for ship owners and...

Whitsunday’s most sensitive environmental areas could be under threat because of a ship wrecked on the coast is causing oil spill. What happened? The rusted Japanese-built...

The beauty salons, swimming pools and even wireless communications of today’s huge cruise ships all got their start with the “floating palaces” of a...

An alliance of several European environmental organizations recently adopted a declaration to designate the Mediterranean Sea an Emission Control Area (ECA), aimed at limiting...

The world’s bunker industry is making progress in inching toward meeting the International Maritime Organization (IMO) global sulfur cap target by 2020, but with...

Do you wear runners, drink coffee or own a mobile phone? The chances are that these products cruised to you on a ship. In...

Earth’s elusive mantle is too much to resist for a team of Japanese scientists who plan to be the first to reach it. The...

IUMI reports continued increase in frequency of major vessel casualties Rising energy claims against a reducing premium base; and the increased cargo accumulation risk onboard...

ZF applied a well-proven aeronautical wing concept to improve maritime rudder performance, but there are other proven aspects of aeronautical wing technology that show...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), the largest and oldest of Japan's international ocean carrier companies, has got the green light for four LNG-powered 20,000 TEU...

A ship’s energy efficiency is determined by its design, its hull and machinery condition – and how the vessel is actually operated in terms...

A heavy load carrier apparently alluded with two oil drilling rigs when it tried to manoeuvre out of the port. What happened? On April 10, a...

Somali forces have surrounded pirates holding hostages taken from an Indian ship. They have also secured the surrender of 10 members of the band...

Nadiro A/S, a subsidiary of VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S, reported a profit before tax of DKK 1.1 million, against a deficit in the previous...

Drewry: Alliances Failing Miserably Drewry’s Container Insight Weekly has slammed the alliances as having "failed miserably" after strong demand in Asia for European products and...

Momentum is building towards the most successful NEVA St Petersburg of recent times, after the organisers of the International Maritime Exhibition and Conferences for...

The introduction of new environmental regulations is leading the shipping industry to look for ways of reducing its emissions of harmful gases. This week...

The Baltic Dry Index increased by 8 points on Monday, its second-straight session of gains after the index saw six consecutive losses. That string...

Industry experts: Enhance Performance Monitoring Accuracy and Transparency Jotun Group (Jotun) says experts who attended the recent Hull Performance & Insight Conference (HullPIC) suggested that...

ABB’s Marine Academy has been recognized by classification society DNV GL for meeting its standards for maritime training.  Operating in six locations around the...