Shipbuilders Expecting Pickup in Demand for Container Vessels

South Korea's shipbuilders are hoping for a pickup in the market for container vessels on news that relatively new ships are being scrapped due...

Mystery of Acre Tower Shipwreck closer to being Solved

The so-called Acre tower shipwreck has mystified Israeli researchers for more than 50 years.  Discovered in 1966, during the first maritime archeological survey conducted...

British Firm to Build World’s First Offshore Automated Ship

In January, the British firm Automated Ships and its Norwegian partners Kongsberg Maritime will begin work on the first offshore vessel that can be...

Freighter Lill Breached in Collision in Denmark

The freighter Lill allided with outer jetty at the approach to Ronne, Denmark.  The vessel was en route from Solvesborg, but at the approach...

Coast Guard Orders Unsafe Ship to Stay in Baltimore, Stranding its...

Cargo ship and its international crew have been stranded in the Baltimore harbor for 45 days after the vessel had serious engine problems and...

Sandy Thomson Receives a Sname Fellowship

At the opening session of the 2016 SNAME Maritime Convention in Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A., George A. (Sandy) Thomson has been elected a Fellow of...

Sailor Convicted for Secretly Recording 7 Female Officers

Sailor sentenced for violating privacy of female officers on Navy vessel A military judge sentenced a sailor to 21 months of confinement after he pleaded...

[Watch] Superships: Launching a Leviathan

Watch a documentary of the Launching a Leviathan from the Daewoo shipyard, Korea a year ago.  It's the world’s largest double-hulled oil tanker that...

Day One Product Ready! OCEAN ALLIANCE’s Network Set

OCEAN ALLIANCE Proposes network with major players On Thursday, Members of the OCEAN ALLIANCE, COSCO Container Lines, CMA CGM, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container...

IMO Roadmap for GHG Reduction Strategy Approved

UN Shipping Agency Declares Plans for Increasing Emissions Reduction Strategy The UN’s shipping body has confirmed plans to develop a strategy for reducing greenhouse gas...