Ceremony to Mark Start of Attenborough Polar Ship Construction

Construction of the UK's new £200m polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, formally begins on Monday at Cammell Laird on Merseyside. A ceremony...

[Watch] Work Begins on £200m Attenborough Polar Ship

The construction of the UK's £200m polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has formally begun at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead. The...

Unmanned Warrior Exercise Off the Coast of Scotland

US, UK do ‘Ground-breaking’ Drone Exercise Off Scotland The multinational Unmanned Warrior exercise off the coast of Scotland is doing “really groundbreaking” work on naval...

Maritime Security Threats in Southeast Asia

Maritime Security Threats In Southeast Asia: A Collective Approach – Analysis Singapore, the small island-nation with busy and congested waterways, faces significant maritime security challenges....

Five Star Venue Confirmed for The Maritime Standard Ship Finance and...

The second annual The Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi on November 14th.  An exciting new venue...

Shipping Giant Guilty of Vessel Scrapping Deception

The shipping giant Maersk has confessed to deception in its handling of the scrapping of vessels on the Indian and Bangladeshi coast in 2014,...

Jotun and DNV GL Host Seminar Series on ISO 19030 for...

Jotun Hull Performance Solutions (Jotun) has announced that, along with DNV GL, it is hosting a series of seminars - the latest of which...

Vessel Detained for Smuggling Goods

On October 16th, the Indonesian navy detained a Singapore-flagged container and its crew of 12, supposedly for smuggling used television sets, refrigerators and other...

Container Shipping Market has Bottomed Out

Hanjin’s receivership represents the trough of the container shipping market and despite continuing concerns of weak trade growth and fleet oversupply a gradual market...

Little Reprieve for Multipurpose Shipping Until 2018

The last three months have been some of the worst the multipurpose and project carrier sector has endured in living memory.  The breakbulk and...