Shipowners have the Power to Revolutionise Ship Recycling by Going ‘Green’ Ship scrapping and recycling is a natural and inevitable part of a vessel’s lifecycle....

On July 23, the Liberian bulk carrier MV Benita was successfully refloated at around 1 PM. Now the big question is about the fate...

Earlier Mfame published an article on Maneuvering the New Panama Canal Lock, a New Issue in the Rising? and one other article analyzed How Safe are...

Sea Piracy Drops to 21-year Low, IMB Reports On July 25, IMB Piracy Reporting Centre announced that piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to...

In terms of tangible action for seafarer welfare, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) established a Social Sustainability Working Group to investigate ways of informing...

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming By Jessie Fox Over hundreds of years, the notorious Northwest Passage has evolved from an intrepid English explorer’s dream to...

GPS Jamming—Keeping Ships on the 'Strait' & Narrow The University of Nottingham and Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA) are investigating how to prevent shipping Global...

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked, A Local Survivor Remembers the Night Well Sixty years ago today the Andrea Doria wrecked.  The Italian...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the Algoma Guardian entered the Duluth Shipping Canal just as a powerful storm crossed Duluth at 3:30AM Thursday...

MOL Signs Deal on Long-Term Charter Contract for Uruguay LNG FSRU Project Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that Lakler S.A., 100% subsidiary of MOL, has...

IBIA - the International bunker industry association is likely to form a sub-committee of bunker surveyors.  This sub-committee is all set to help bunker...

Cash discounts and the front-month time spread contango of Asia's 380-cst fuel oil weakened over the week to July 22 as suppliers sought to...

Summary During the 17 November 2015 night, the cruise ship was underway at 15 knots with a rough to very rough sea state in the...

Why do they need 42 condoms per Rio athlete? Seventeen days, 10,500 athletes, 33 venues, and 450,000 condoms.  Welcome to the most promiscuous Olympics...

The New Maersk Line Schedule Includes Rotterdam Maersk Line has added Rotterdam to the sailing schedule of its L16 – St Petersburg Service. The ship...

Panama Canal Launches Environmental Recognition Award The Panama Canal has announced the launch of the Green Connection Award, a new initiative to recognize customers who...

On July 24, an explosion was reported onboard a tanker at Jinjiang Huaxin Ship Repair in Jiangsu, China.  One person was killed, one other...

On July 23, Mfame reported about an accident in new panama canal.  It turned out to be a Chinese cargo ship "XIN FEI ZHOU1" which...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The Italian Navy has released underwater video of a bronze cannon, reportedly from a warship in Napoleon's fleet that...

Japan's first LNG-fueled ship, Sakigake, which is a tugboat owned by NYK has been recognized with a Technology Special Award at the 2015 Ship...