Seals Going Deaf! Loud Ship Traffic Blamed
In an alarming report it has been found that Seals might have hearing loss when they live in areas with a lot of ship...
Probe on Explosion Due to Gas Accumulation Onboard
A coroner based in Gibraltar has decided to open an inquest into the deaths of two seafarers following an explosion onboard a cargo ship.
What...
Ballast Water – U.S. Getting Tough on Extensions
All ships calling at US ports and intending to discharge ballast water must either carry out ballast water exchange or treatment, in addition to...
Vessels Pose Danger to Whales
A group of marine scientists said that collisions of whales and boats off of the New England coast may be more common than previously...
Dry Bulk Tonnage Glut Sees Signs of Shrinking: Precious Shipping
The lingering tonnage glut that is troubling the global dry bulk shipping market may soon see a considerable deflation to match demand, in view...
SCF Tanker Shturman Albanov Named 2016 Ship of the Year
Shturman Albanov, Sovcomflot’s Arctic shuttle tanker, has won the award for ‘2016 Ship of the Year’ at the international industrial Marine Propulsion Awards 2017....
Madrid Maersk – World’s Largest Containership Makes Maiden Call
The world’s largest containership to date - the Madrid Maersk – made its maiden call on 27 April at the port of Tianjin in...
Maersk is Buying Hamburg Süd – Here’s What You Need to...
Maersk Line has finally been confirmed to be paying €3.7 billion to buy Germany’s Hamburg Süd.
Denmark’s globally present shipping giant made this information public...
[Watch] Norwegian Billionaire to Build a Giant Ship
Norwegian Billionaire to Build Giant Ship for Environmental Research
Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke is funding the purchase of a giant research vessel for the...
[Watch] Life Aboard Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel?
An officer on board an emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) has given an insight into what life is like living on the North...
Platts to Launch Low-sulphur Marine Gasoil Assessments
S&P Global Platts will launch new low-sulphur marine gasoil and diesel oil prices at several bunkering ports in Asia from June, it said in...
Bulk Carrier Collided with Anchored Freighter at Nakhodka Bay
Bulk carrier HAI YU allided with anchored general cargo vessel ZHI KUN 7 while heaving anchor on Anchorage 2 in Nakhodka Bay, Nakhodka, Japan...
Why Bulkers are Different?
The U.S. dry bulk market will face a shortfall of vessels in a few years of time unless owners of this type of vessel...
Man Charged with Rape on Board Cruise Ship
A man will front court on Tuesday accused of raping a woman on a cruise ship off Queensland.
The 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday...
[Watch] Ship Collision Caused Death of Endangered Right Whale
The habitat of North Atlantic right whale extends from Nova Scotia to Georgia. To the delight of whale conservationists, it was only in the...
Land or Maritime Transport? Court Rules on Ship Unloading Area
Land or maritime transport? Court rules on transport of goods from ship to unloading area
On June 29 2016 the Supreme Court applied the previous...
[Watch] Firefighting on the High Seas
There are 130 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighters here trained to fight marine fires.
This after the SCDF took over such duties from the...
Container Shipping Sees Better Supply-demand Balance
The container shipping industry is benefitting from a better balance of demand for container shipping and vessel supply, but the performance of the new...
Are You Planning to Invest in a Bulker?
In the present market, there is abundance of tonnage for sale and the transactions are moving at an increasing pace. In this process, Klaveness...
Product Tanker Demand May Rise Due to Cleaner Fuels
Shipping is bound for a “seismic” shift in terms of fuel supply for the global fleet, from 2020 onwards. While this is, on its...
