Marpol has advised Members and clients that port reception facilities for wash water from holds containing cargoes are classified as harmful to the marine...

Facebook enjoys doubled earnings in the fourth quarter of 2015. Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive of the market thriving social media Facebook said that 2015 was...

The first in the series of azipod-powered LNG ice-going carriers built for Russia’s Yamal LNG is due to load its first cargo next year. The...

Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen along with investment bank Arctic Securities has formed a new ship broking firm.  Amidst the tough shipping market, economic slowdown...

  Verhoef Aluminium Freefall Lifeboat type FL75 (70 persons) had a 40 meter droptest which was more than 200 meters away from the platform...

A largest known solar planet, consisting of a large planet that takes nearly a million years to orbit its star, was discovered by the...

One of the world’s leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk named its IMOIIMAX MR tanker Stena Imperative mk at China Merchants Wharf in Hong...

Wartsila, a Finnish industrial engine maker, reported its higher quarterly earnings despite a sluggish demand for ship technology.  According to the reports released on...

Cheap oil boosts diesel supply forcing companies to charter VLCC vessels to cater to slowing demand. French oil major Total and Oil trader Vitol has...

A cargo ship has been held by Swedish authorities for poor working crew conditions and safety The AFP contacted with the Swedish transport authority to...

Gale force weather in the Bay of Biscay caused a cargo ship to list on 26th afternoon.   In a dramatic operation 22 seafarers were...

The vessel had a high-speed diesel generator engine upon which routine overhaul and maintenance was being done by the ship staff.  While boxing up...

First person to cross the Antarctic continent unaided, dies on the brink of making Antarctic history last Sunday. Henry Worsley, a 55-year-old British ex-army officer...

The latest rankings of the top 10 container lines were released by Alphaliner. Maintaining its lead in total TEU capacity, Maersk ranks top in...

  A fifth sperm whale has washed up on the east coast of England. On Monday afternoon, Maritime and Coastguard Agency reported that one more (fifth...

An Agreement has been signed by both the giants to develop the world’s first combined induction charging and automatic mooring concept. Wärtsilä has developed a...

Korean Register (KR) - an IACS member classification society – is now authorized as a Recognized Organization (RO) by the German Federal Ministry of...

On 22nd January, Chennai Coast has seen divers entering the waters in small boats and investigating the area for laying the optic fiber cables...

Sky-Futures, Drone services company, has completed the first drone inspection in Gulf of Mexico for the oil and gas industry. Highlights: The drone inspection scope included...

The SS President Coolidge was one of the most extravagant luxury ocean liners ever built—until 1941, that is, when she was converted to carry...