LNG Bunkering Set to Witness Steady Growth Despite Odds

As the marine industry gears up for stricter environmental regulations, particularly the upcoming 2020 global sulfur cap, attention turned once again to prospects for...

Shell to Fuel World’s First LNG-powered Aframax Oil Tankers

A unit of Royal Dutch Shell will fuel the world’s first LNG-powered Aframax crude oil tankers under a deal signed with Russian shipping company...

Shipping Container Price Spike Points to Global Trade Growth

Prices for shipping containers, the metal boxes that carry 90 percent of the world's manufactured goods, have risen to their highest since October 2015,...

CMA CGM Rolls Out OCEAN Alliance Services for Maritime Clients

French container shipping company CMA CGM Group has launched 40 new maritime services under its OCEAN Alliance operational coalition, which was announced in April...

Passengers Pray as Huge Cargo Ship Collides

Passengers filmed the shocking moment a large cargo ship rammed into a small boat before it sunk. The crash on Nicaragua's Escondido River was caught...

Ship Hijacked Moved to an Undisclosed Location Off the Somali Coast

Pirates who hijacked an Indian cargo dhow with 11 crew members onboard have moved the vessel to an undisclosed location off the Somali coast...

Cargo Ship Catches Fire Off Colombo Coast

The Indian Navy sent two ships to help a cargo vessel which had caught fire off the coast of Colombo. What happened? On Tuesday, a fire...

ABB to Acquire B&R

Shaping leadership in industrial automation Acquisition of B&R (Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH) will close ABB’s historic gap in machine and factory automation Creating...

Shaking Liquefies Iron Ore! Did it Sink the Giant Vessel?

Over the weekend a tragedy had reportedly unfolded suddenly in the South Atlantic rocked the shipping world. What happened? The Stellar Daisy, a bulk carrier roughly...

First Time Ever Woman Captain of NYK Ship

Woman Made Captain of NYK Ship for First Time Ever For the first time in its 132 year history, Japan’s largest shipping company Nippon Yusen...

Liberian Registry Makes Key Appointments in Tokyo

The Liberian Registry has appointed Eiji Okazaki as president of the Tokyo office operated by its US-based manager, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate...

Containership LNG Fuel Tank Gets Approval

ABS Concept Approval Advances LNG as Fuel A gas fuel tank designed by Hyundai Heavy Industries to fit a 14,500 TEU containership has been granted...

[Watch] This Stove Charges Your Phone with Fire

BioLite is a wood-burning stove that creates electricity, watch an interesting video about them. Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only.  This may...

Crew Abduction Continues in Sulu and Eastern Sabah Sea

ReCAAP ISC issued the third part of its “Abducting of crew from ships in the Sulu-Celebes Sea and waters off Eastern Sabah” special report,...

MOL CEO Predicts ‘Return to Profitability’

Scheduled to commence operations in April 2018, the integration of Japan’s “Big 3” container lines - MOL, NYK and “K” Line - is a...

Asia Tankers-VLCC to Stabilise as Owners Stand Firm

Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which have fallen to six-month lows, are likely to hold steady around current levels as owners...

Marine Propellers Market to Increase Steadily by 2016-2024

Zion Market Research, the market research group announced the analysis report titled "Marine Propellers Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts...

KVH Ships its 7,000th Mini-VSAT Broadband System

KVH Ships its 7,000th mini-VSAT Broadband System, Continuing its Dominant Role in the Maritime VSAT Market Designed and manufactured by KVH, the TracPhone® systems provide...

[Watch] The Process of Making Chains is Surprisingly Beautiful

Watch an interesting video which explains how chains are made. Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only.  This may not be construed as...

Aerial Drone Scans for Pirates Off Somalia

A team of antipiracy personnel currently on patrol off Somalia has deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to help scan for potential pirate activity...