[Watch] Sustainable Shipping To Make A Sustainable Planet

"Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet" has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020. This video from the IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim,...

Slimy Ships Could Easily Cut Through Water Reducing Friction

According to a New Scientist article, container ships could become more efficient with the help of lubricant, says a study conducted by Hyung Jin...

What Seaweed Survival Can Teach Us About Ship Drag?

Long-distance cargo ships lose a significant amount of energy due to fluid friction, reports the Phys.org. Looking to the drag reduction mechanisms employed by aquatic...

First Ever Mayan Slave Ship Discovered by Archaeologists

Archaeologists in Mexico confirm the discovery of a shipwreck off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula once carried captured Mayans who were sold into...

The Northern Lights Misguided ‘Titanic’ Towards Icebergs

The Titanic sank many moons ago, yet the fateful sinking of the unsinkable ship on a moonless night haunts many and people continue to...

Maersk Suspends Bookings Amidst Port Congestion

According to a Loadstar article, despite signs of a rapprochement between docker unions and container terminal employers in the port of Sydney, shippers have...

£1.4 Million Interim Claim for Fire Hit Supertanker

According to a Reuters report, the owners of the New Diamond supertanker which caught fire with a cargo of two million barrels of oil...

[Watch] IMO ‘Sustainable Shipping’ Address on World Maritime Day

The IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim has called for sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet in his World Maritime Day address. He further reiterated...

Tackling COVID With ‘Classification, Detection & Hospitalization’

According to a Reuters report, Singapore has the lowest coronavirus case fatality count globally, with just 27 deaths among the more than 57,000 people...

Mechanical Failure Disables Capesize Bulker

A capesize bulk carrier suffered mechanical failure, in front of Kanlica, Beykoz, Istanbul, while transiting Bosphorus Strait in the northern direction, reports Maritime Bulletin.  What...