More Destroyer Collisions! A Tanker and Other Vessel Affected

On October 3, a tanker reportedly collided with a Navy destroyer at Kaohsiung Cijin Harbor. In another incident, another destroyer was involved in a...

Gas Leak Onboard Cargo Ship Kills Three

On September 30, three Indian workers died after inhaling gas that was leaking onboard a cargo vessel docked at port. What happened? The unfortunate incident occurred...

Captain Gets 2 Year Prison Time for Smuggling Oil

The captain of tanker vessel deployed in pumping out oil from a sunken ship was handed over a two-year sentence for smuggling oil. What happened? The...

Award for Scottish Ship’s Captain Who Saved 907 Migrants

The captain of a merchant ship who helped save 907 refugees from overloaded and unseaworthy boats off the coast of Libya is to be...

Stricter Ship Safety Requirements on Yangtze River

Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration (Jiangsu MSA) issued a Notice on 26 September 2017 outlining temporary stricter safety requirements that will be in place in...

Google Enters the Autonomous Shipping Race

Google has joined the revolutionary trend of developing autonomous ships by partnering with Rolls-Royce Marine. The two companies have agreed to develop intelligent awareness...

Cat Fines Pose Growing Threat

The issue of how to deal with cat fines is becoming ever more urgent as the 2020 global sulphur cap approaches. Ever since catalytic cracking...

China’s Key Investment to Change World Trade Flows

By Peter Fuhrman Summary HK-listed China Merchants Port Holdings closes in on a major prize, taking over a now loss-making deepwater port in Sri Lanka. ...

Baltic Index Falls as Week-long China Holiday Hits Demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for the fifth straight session on Monday as...

The Impact of Extreme Weather on Contracts of Carriage

Extreme weather events may have an impact on the trading of cargo vessels, for example during the recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in...

Flower-like Wave Energy Turbines Could Power the Coasts of Japan

Along Japan's coasts are structures called tetrapods. These pyramid-shaped concrete wave breakers serve to reduce the strength of crashing waves to prevent erosion in...

Hazardous Emissions from Ship Engines Down

Hazardous emissions from ship engines at Murmansk Commercial seaport have reduced by more than a half over a 7-year period, MCS refers to the expert report...

Whole-of-Government Approach to Maritime Security

In response to parliamentary questions regarding the Singapore Navy’s capabilities to survey maritime traffic, in the wake of two recent incidents of ship collision...

Five Workers Died During Refloating of Container Ship

On September 29, five workers were killed while attempting to refloat a partially submerged vessel in Jakarta, Indonesia. What happened? In an unfortunate incident, five workers...

The Ships that Could Change the Seas Forever

Transporting cargo across the oceans is vital in a global economy - yet ships sully our already polluted planet. Some of the design solutions...

235 Cruise Ships May Cross the New Panama Canal

The newly expanded Panama Canal said on Wednesday it expected some 235 cruise ships to cross the larger waterway this winter high season. The canal's...

The Overspill Limit

The term ‘overspill’ means that a loss has spilled over, or exceeded, the limits of liability available through the General Excess of Loss Reinsurance Programme which...

Slow Response of CPP System Caused Allison

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[Watch] Engineered Grounding of Maersk Connector

Maiden grounding of the Maersk Connector at Morecambe Bay, during pull-in of export cable for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm. Disclaimer: This video...

‘ABB Ability’ Fleet Intelligence Digitalizes Maritime Maintenance

ABB has added ‘Fleet Intelligence’ to its ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operations software, providing marine customers with a single and complete overview of their ship...