What the August Oil Spills of Mauritius & Venezuela Tells About...

August has been a very bad month for the ocean, having been battered by oil spills, explosions, and poorly regulated shipping, writes Nishan Degnarain...

Children Carrying Corona in Noses for Weeks Without Symptoms

According to a CNN report, children can carry coronavirus in their noses and throats for weeks even if they don't show any symptoms, which...

[Watch] Old Navy Ship Shot Up and Sunk

Watch the footage of the sinking exercise, known in Navy-speak as a SINKEX, in the below video published in NavyTimes. Disclaimer: This video is intended...

Maersk’s Restructuring Set To Affect Thousands of Jobs

Maersk major restructuring to affect about 3,400 jobs. Separate entities Safmarine and Damco to be incorporated into the group.  27,000 jobs will be...

Stolt-Nielsen Acquires 5 Chemical Tankers from CTG

Stolt-Nielsen Limited announces that Stolt Tankers B.V. has agreed to acquire five chemical tankers from Chemical Transportation Group (CTG). The purpose of this...

Fire Damages & Disables Freighter

General cargo ship suffered fire in the engine room in Bay of Biscay, north of Ferrol, Spain, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? General cargo ship TEJO...

$27m Undeclared Cash Seized Aboard a Docked Ship

US agents seize $27m undeclared cash on ship bound for USVI. A dog inspecting cargo alerted three agents about the cash on board...

Tug Towing Mauritius Disaster Ship Sinks, 2 Dead, 2 Missing

Port tug SIR GAETAN collided with barge when she was towing in stormy weather conditions in the evening Aug 31, off Mauritius northeast coast...

Typhoon Struck Cattle Carrier Sank With 42 Crew, Says Survivor

A livestock carrier with 43 crew members on board after a distress signal was sent from the vessel is missing, reports BBC.  Strong winds...

Maersk Launches ‘New Strategic Changes’ for Better Service

Shippers will notice changes at containership giant A.P. Moller - Maersk in coming months, as the company announced that it would combine its...