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...

MR Pair Sold to Union Maritime by Vroon Subsidiary

Iver Ships, the tanker subsidiary of Belgium’s Vroon, has sold two 2007-built MR tankers – Iver Express and Iver Example – to UK-based Union...

[Watch] How A Vessel Gets A New Class

While transport ships may not put a premium on looks, they still have to get painted like any other boat. The German firm Hapag-Lloyd...

‘Lack of Policy Consistency Gave Rise Shipping Industry Crisis’

Kim Young-moo, vice chairman of the Korea Shipowners’ Association, said on April 23 that the disbandment of the Ministry of Oceans & Fisheries in...

Meet the Giant Diesel Engine that Powers Huge Shipping Containers

By Mary Beth Griggs Shipping up to 15,550 20-foot-long containers across the world’s waves is hard work. So hard that Emma Maersk, a quarter-mile-long cargo...

Able UK Welcomes the Arrival of Largest Cargo Ship

Oil giant The world’s largest ship is due to arrive in Hartlepool carrying the 24,000-ton platform of one of Shell’s old North Sea oil rigs. The...

Tilting of the Bulkhead at a Vulnerable Time Resulted in Serious...

Summary On 28 December 2015, the Maltese registered general cargo Hagland Borg berthed at the port of Karlshamn in Sweden. The vessel had to discharge...