On October 7, a cargo ship collided with a freight vessel near the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. What happened? The cargo ship 'Ulysse' collided with the...

A new training facility at Solent University’s Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering, in Southampton, England will be provided with a full scope...

Fast forward to the IMO 2020 deadline, international shipping is looking at huge wave. The refiners and manufacturers are holding their cards...

Summary The vessel was on a laden voyage to the Far East. During the last month the crew had been inspecting the vessel’s topside ballast...

Spectrum of the Seas is another step closer to completion. The ship’s two large megablocks were merged and fastened together at Meyer Werft shipyard...

A unique maritime exercise took place on the waters of Pulau Semakau yesterday, where more than 250 people from 26 agencies took part in...

Last month, more than 1,000 men ran amok on a cruise ship after bringing burlesque dancers aboard for a series of parties on pool...

The Shell group of companies has completed its first ship-to-ship bunkering of cleaner burning LNG fuel from its specialized LNG bunker vessel, paving the way for...

Total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by 1.3% in 2017. This compared to the 1.1% average fall in costs recorded for...

The European Shippers’ Council has called for a market approach dialogue on shipping line bunker surcharge mechanisms ahead of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap...

2018 has not been a good year for marine fuels. Contamination problems in the US, the Gulf and the Far East have affected hundreds of...

Granular materials like sand appear like a solid but under certain circumstances they can behave like a liquid. How this exactly happens is still...

Most holidaymakers aren’t aware of the nitty gritty details of cruise ships. Unless you’re a seasoned cruise traveller, you scarcely get to know this....

The American Shipper reports that the naming ceremony of NYK and Tokyo LNG Tanker Co. Ltd new LNG ship took place at the TSU...

Seeking Alpha reports that Seanergy Maritime has agreed to purchase a 180K dwt secondhand capesize vessel for $28.7M. The company will also sell 2...

Hahn & Co, a Seoul-based private equity firm has acquired a 90% stake in SK Shipping, South Korea’s fourth-largest shipping company, for a reported US$1.35Bn. Financially crunched The...

The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line has signed a seven-year contract with Total Gas & Power Chartering, a unit of Total, for the construction of...

On October 1, the Ship Finance International Limited announced its plan to sell the 2001 built VLCC to a third party. Sale of VLCC The company...

Joint investment of US$182M in Avenir LNG Stolt-Nielsen 50% stake and Golar LNG and Höegh LNG Holdings each have 25% share Plans to raise...

On October 1, Panama Canal reached a new milestone after the successful transit of four Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) ships with beams of up...