Crew Awarded for Heroism at Sea with AOTOS Mariners’ Plaque

Crew of Crowley-Managed Ocean Glory Awarded for Heroism at Sea with 2016 AOTOS Mariners’ Plaque Officers and crewmembers of the Crowley Maritime Corp.-managed M/V Ocean...

European Shipping Week 2017 Welcomes Keynote Speakers And Panelists

European Shipping Week 2017 (ESW2017) is pleased to announce its line-up of high level industry speakers at its flagship conference to be held at...

ABB’s Electrification of Ferries Powers Ahead

ABB’s electrification of HH Ferries´world’s largest emission-free ferries powers ahead after Öresund Dry Docks selected for modernization Construction of shore side charging arm and HH...

The Universities Churning Out The Most Billionaires

When it comes to universities producing billionaires, no institution compares to Harvard. According to Times Higher Education, Harvard counts 35 billionaires among its alumni...

Historic Declaration to Fight Counterfeits Signed

Historic declaration to fight counterfeits signed by brand owners and shipping firms The Story: Representatives from a number of global shipping companies, logistics firms, anti-counterfeiting organizations...

‘The Best Kept Secret in Shipbuilding’

By Greg Trauthwein In 2009, Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri S.p.A, purchased the assets of the Manitowoc Marine Group; which included Bay Shipbuilding Company. Located in...

Marine Market Faced with Aging Fleet of Vessels

The marine insurance market has been deemed “very competitive” and worldwide, premiums dropped 10.5% from 2014 to 2015, due in part to currency fluctuations,...

Market Conditions Force Down Ship Operating Costs

The cost of operating cargo ships has fallen for two successive years but is forecast to rise in 2017 and beyond, according to the...

Underwater Drone with Surveillance, Short-range Attack Capabilities

Juliet Marine Systems, Inc. (JMS) unveiled plans to construct Guardian, a submersible unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is a variation of JMS’ existing GHOST...

[Watch] How They Removed 1,400 Cars and a Sunk Ship

On 5th December 2012, the car carrier Baltic Ace sank with more than 1,400 cars on board after a collision with a container ship...

Exclusion Zone Set Up Around Fire Damaged Cargo Ship

The Story: Salvage Control Unit officials are drawing up plans for a place of refuge for the fire ravaged bulk carrier V-Due. What happened? On 1st December,...

Watch an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel Working

Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, anchor them up and, in...

First Tugs with CAT Marine 3516E Tier 4 Engines

Caterpillar Marine reports that Horizon Shipbuilding, Bayou LaBatre, AL, is in the process of installing the first production EPA Tier 4 certified 3516E EPA...

Houston Ship Channel Reopens

The Story: On Monday, the busiest United States petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico ‘Houston Ship Channel’ reopened after a fire damaged the ship...

Tragedy at Sea — Two Ships and Two Captains

At 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 4, 1875, the 223-foot side-wheel passenger steamship “Pacific” with about 275 on board sailed from Esquimalt Harbour on the...

Single-deck Dry Cargo Vessel Complete Sea Trials

Single-deck dry cargo vessel project RSD49 mixed "river-sea" navigation "Atameken" successfully completed sea trials in Lake Ladoga. The vessel was built at Nevsky Shipyard for...

INTELLIAN FB250R and FB500R Terminals Approved for Use with Inmarsat’s FX...

Intellian Technologies, the global leader in maritime satellite communication antenna systems, is pleased to announce that it’s FB250R and FB500R FleetBroadband terminals have received...

Winners, Losers, and Mergers Among Top Ocean Carriers

It has been reported that by the end of 2016, there will be four fewer container lines than at the start of the year...

Ship Owners Seek Cost Effective Solution for BWMS

As the IMO convention is looming, ship owners are looking for cost-effective solutions for ballast water management. Ship owner’s quest: On a recent visit to Vancouver,...

US Shippers Resisting Major Trans-Pacific Contract Rate Hikes

Container lines are warning trans-Pacific shippers of significantly higher spot and contracts next year amid a wall of deep losses and weak demand but...