The U.S. Coast Guard Apprehends 26 Cubans at Sea

Twenty-six Cuban Nationals Apprehended at Sea The U.S. Coast Guard officials brought two more groups of Cubans seeking to reach the United States on-board rustic...

Abandoned Oil-tanker Claimed: Owner and Crew Show up in Liberia

On May 5, Mfame reported about a Tanker with No Crew – Drifted Ashore! This week... A Nigerian national has come forward to claim ownership...

EgyptAir Flight from Paris to Cairo Disappears with 66 Onboard

A Cruise Ship on fire An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo went missing on Thursday,...

Engine Failure Grounds Product Tanker off Uruguay

On May 17, a product tanker, loaded with nearly 35000 tons of vegetable oil, reportedly suffered some engine failure which resulted in running aground...

Researchers Give Rare Look at Shipwreck, Wild Reef Off Shore of...

A Cruise Ship on fire Shedd Aquarium researchers revealed a rare underwater look at what they’ve found at a rocky outcrop off the shoreline...

Explorers Plan June Mission to Andrea Doria Shipwreck

Nearly six decades after 46 people died when the Andrea Doria sank to the sea floor following a violent collision with another ocean liner...

[Watch] Girls Smuggled in and Sold as Brides in China

Gender Imbalance: Vietnamese Smuggled in and Sold as Child Brides in China A Cruise Ship on fire The dearth of marriage-age women in China has...

Can a Captain Get Fired for Reporting Safety Concerns About His...

Yes says the Ex-Elfara Ship Captain, he testified Tuesday that he was fired after reporting safety concerns about his ship. Capt. Jack Hearn, a cargo...

[Watch] Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas Arrives in Southampton

Watch video of the Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has come to Southampton, the UK. Harmony of the Seas will sail...

Harmony of the Seas: Is the Largest Cruise Ship a ‘City’?

Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has come to Southampton, the UK. It left the western port town of Saint-Nazaire on Sunday...

Can This Third-largest Shipping Alliance Make Waves?

 World's third-largest container shipping alliance is taking shape - Japan's Big 3 Plus global 3 World's third-largest container shipping alliance is taking shape as Japan’s...

Wanted! Merchant Navy Officers – Atleast 16,500 Officers are Required –...

BIMCO/ICS Manpower Report Predicts Potential Shortage of Almost 150000 Officers by 2025 Launched yesterday evening at the International Maritime Organization, the latest five-year BIMCO/ICS Manpower...

Container Ship Fleet Near 20 Million TEU Barrier

BIMCO expects the container shipping fleet to break through the 20 million TEU barrier shortly.  2016 will see the lowest fleet growth rate on...

LNG – ‘Hose-in-Hose’ Transfer System to Enhance Safety

Trelleborg’s Revolutionary ‘Hose-in-Hose’ Technology Opens a New Door to LNG Accessibility First of its kind Cryoline floating LNG hose-in-hose transfer system improves safety and lowers...

Leaky Hatch Covers? Sureshot way to Detect it!

For many years, damage to the cargo in the hold has never stopped.  We have produced below extracts from the Gard & Swedish P&I...

Beer on Tap, 24 Hours a Day?

In Belgian city of Bruges, a full two-mile pipeline is being built -- exclusively for beer  to flow underground to its bottling plant in...

IMO Continues its Course on CO2 Reduction of Shipping

European Shipowners are Pleased: IMO Continues its Course on CO2 Reduction of Shipping European shipowners welcome the significant progress made this week at the 69th...

Gov’t Retrieves Missing Lifeboat from Buchanan

 Missing Lifeboat From Buchanan Retrieved By Gov’t A lifeboat has been reportedly retrieved by the Government of Liberia which had disappeared from the abandoned vessel...

[Watch] A Voyage to the Stars from a Container Ship

A Cruise Ship on fire Climbing aboard a container ship isn’t exactly the most glamorous way to travel, but when the footage is condensed...

The New Three Way Cold Ironing System is an Environmental Bliss...

Port of Hueneme in California has initiated the Phase II of its Grid-Connected Shore Power System.  This system enables three ships to simultaneously access...