After undergoing extensive assessments, leading classification society ClassNK has become one of the world’s first classification societies to receive accreditation from the UK-based national...

Marshall Islands Issues Low Sulfur MGO Fuel Testing Guidance The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has issued a Marine Safety Advisory, which...

Andrew Lemmis, SeaSafe notes  that lifeboat systems fatally injure more people than they save.  In the following article, Mr Lemmis explains the number of...

It looks as though this boat is about to burst out over the yard wall into Govan. Sometimes we think of shipbuilding in Glasgow being...

BIMCO SHIPTERM: BIMCO ventures into ship finance On 9 January 2017, BIMCO published its first ship finance related form – "SHIPTERM". BIMCO describes SHIPTERM as...

Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard...

Dry Bulk Back From The Brink Bulker Values in the last 12 months have hit rock bottom and are now looking to show considerable promise....

Court orders arrest of Palau-flagged ship The Madras high court, India has ordered the arrest of a Palau-flagged ship, anchored at V O Chidambaranar Port...

‘Oceangoing fully autonomous ships in next 15 years,’ says Rolls Royce The technology revolution taking place on land with the advent of driverless vehicles also...

A man who had just come off a cargo ship owned by TOTE Services was arrested Monday for having a gun at the Blount...

Watch a thriller video of a freighter passing above the diver.  Is it a thrill dive under the freighter or did the diver didn't...

The maritime industry is facing a severe skills shortage in analysing and harnessing big data, which could hinder the reinvention of the struggling industry,...

A freighter collided with a general cargo vessel which was berthed at a port.  During the collision, the cargo vessel suffered significant damages. What happened? The...

A fatal electrocution accident happened when using electric hoist for lifting operation Summary: A fitter on board a Hong Kong registered container ship was electrocuted when...

A sea captain has been convicted of being drunk in charge of a merchant ship in Belfast Lough. What happened? Eugenijus Tulauskas, from Lithuania, was up...

UK-regulated ship insurers are looking to Luxembourg after fears Brexit will hinder access to the EU's financial market, industry sources say. Briton is a market...

The Swedish Club has launched a new addition to its portfolio, Rules for Charterers’ Insurance, which has been written to recognise the specific needs...

Mike Corrigan, the incoming CEO of global trade association Interferry, is to advocate greater European Union involvement and investment in the ferry sector during...

Reports this week indicated that VLCC availability has been limited by a surge in floating storage which has consumed a large segment of the...

Charter fees and freight rates may rise as smaller lines struggle with costs of Ballast-Water Convention An international convention regulating ballast water, which ships with...