Pilotage Claims Surpass US$1.8b in the Last Two Decades

Claims arising from incidents involving vessels under pilotage have exceeded US$ 1.8 billion in the 20 years between 1999 and 2019, reports data by...

EU Urges Member States To Lift UK Travel Bans Amid New...

The EU's executive branch, the European Commission, has called on member states to lift travel bans imposed against the UK amid fears of a...

Baltic Exchange Sees Highest Index in Nearly Eight Weeks Over Rising...

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index climbed to its highest in nearly eight weeks on Tuesday, as rising rates for larger Capesize vessels...

Seafarers Stranded Due To Trade Row

Ritesh Kumar, the second engineer on MV Skopelos I, and his vessel have been in the anchorage at Bayuquan, China, since September loaded with...

DHL Services Continue Strong Unaffected by Disruption

DHL services in Ireland will not suffer any major impact as a result of the disruption in Great Britain. This afternoon, the company...

Wartsila To Retrofit 3 LPG Ships With Their LPG Fuel Supply...

In a major development, the technology group Wärtsilä’s industry leading R&D investments in enabling liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to become a viable marine fuel...

US- Asia Pacific Arbitrage Drives VLGC Demand & Rates

  According to an Argus Media report, arbitrage economics between the US and the Asia-Pacific region must remain attractive to support Very large gas carriers...

Onboard World’s First Fully Electric Zero Emission Container Vessel

According to a Hard article written by their Senior Loss Prevention Executive Jarle Fosen, the year ahead looks forward to growing zero emission trends...

$80 Billion Worth Cocaine Found in A Boat Washed Up Ashore

Police in the Marshall Islands have found their biggest drug haul ever, in an abandoned boat washed ashore on a small atoll. It's...

The Bittersweet Memories Of A Navy Chaplain’s Christmas At Sea

Benny Hornsby writes as he recalls spending at least 10 Christmases underway at sea or on a ship in a port so far away...