Eyes, Ears at Sea: Deep Vision Pitches ‘Brain’ for Unmanned Vessels

By JAMES RISDON Off the coast of West Wales and Scotland, an eerily unmanned boat is plying the waters of the Irish Sea this month...

Asia Tankers-VLCC Steady After Bumping Four-Month High

Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), surged to a four-month high on last Thursday. The ship brokers said that the new rates...

Fatal Injury Due to Fall from Cargo Hatch Cover

Fatal injury to a crew member at Tallinn Shipyard Summary: On 19 May 2015, an able seaman on board the Maltese registered cargo vessel Kadri was...

NGO Shipbreaking Platform Demands European Ship Recycling Licence

In a position paper published, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform calls on the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States to support the introduction...

Volkswagen to Charter Two LNG Fueled Car Carriers

The Volkswagen Group informs that from 2019, it will use two LNG-fueled vessels chartered Siem Car Carriers AS for vehicle shipments between Europe and...

Ship Accident: Owner Fined $36,000

A ship owner and his company have been ordered to pay more than $36,000 in fines and legal costs following the running aground of...

Drunk Sea Captain Granted £5,000 Surety Bail

Sea Captain Eugenijus Tulauskas accused of being drunk and in charge of a ship in Belfast must deposit a cash of £5,000 cash before...

IMO’s Fuel Availability Study is Flawed

In a dramatic statement released by Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General at BIMCO said that the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) fuel availability study...

$1 Million Recovered from 1715 Fleet Shipwreck Coins Coming to Market

By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation More than 200 sunken treasure gold coins from the legendary Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet, recovered during last year’s 300th anniversary of...

World’s First Test Area for Autonomous Ship Unveiled

An agreement has been signed between The Norwegian Maritime Authority and the Norwegian Coastal Administration which allows for testing of autonomous ships in the...

InterManager Appoints New President

InterManager, the third party and in-house ship management association, has appointed Bjørn Jebsen as its President with immediate effect. Mr Jebsen, who was elected unopposed...

Samskip Completes Reefer Acquisition as Silver Green Becomes Silver Sea

Silver Green AS, owned 50% by Samskip, is changing its name to Silver Sea AS to mark the finalisation of a series of ownership...

Modelling Different Upstream Oil and Gas Operations

Typically offshore operations fall into one of three categories, Shallow water operations, where water-depth is smaller than 1,000ft, deep-water where water-depth is deeper than...

[Watch] How A Jackup Drilling Rig Works

A jack-up rig or a self-elevating unit is a type of mobile platform that consists of a buoyant hull fitted with a number of...

Deadline Needed From IMO to Cut CO2 Emissions!

ICS urges IMO to set timeline for shipping sector's GHG emissions The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for shipowners, has called...

Bimco Publish Dry Bulk Crisis Report

Bimco has published one of a series of reports looking at the dry bulk crisis and looking ahead at the “road to recovery” for...

Who’s to Blame When No One is Manning the Ship?

Autonomous shipping: Is it the future of marine industry? It is an indisputable fact that technology is creeping into virtually every aspect of our daily...

[Watch] Diving a Barge from WWII Sunk

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the diving a barge from WWII sunk in Apra harbor GUAM. Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose...

SKF Develops New Concept for Ballast Water Treatment Eliminating Current Weaknesses

Working to ensure that ships will be fully compliant with new rules: SKF develops new concept for ballast water treatment eliminating current weaknesses Ship owners...

Measuring Noise Levels of Cavitating Propellers

Measuring Noise Levels of Cavitating Propellers As underwater radiated noise levels in the oceans increases, MARIN has investigated just how much cavitating propellers are to...