SpaceX Makes One More Perfect Ship Landing

Early Friday, SpaceXs’ booster successfully landed on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, minutes after a 1:21 am launch after delivering a Japanese communications...

Australia’s Titanic – The Loss of the SS Waratah

The SS Waratah was a 500-foot long cargo liner steamship that operated between Europe and Australia in the early 1900s.  The Waratah was built...

Cargo Ship Collides and Sinks a Boat, Seventeen Missing

On early Saturday, a Chinese fishing boat collided with a Maltese cargo ship and sank with 19 people on board in the East China...

Cruise Ship Crashes into Gangway at Baltimore Port

On Sunday morning, the Carnival Pride cruise ship reportedly hit a gangway, as it was docking in Baltimore, sending the gangway crashing down on...

Shipping Container Leaks Chemical, Evacuation at Port Everglades

On Friday, an area of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale was evacuated by authorities due to a small chemical leak from shipping container according to...

Maersk Ship on Fire after Collision with a German Vessel 

Late Saturday, Maersk lines Safmarine Meru reportedly collided with a German ship, Northern Jasper and caught fire off Ningbo, south of Shanghai.  Crews from...

CMA CGM Boxship Hit by Pilot Boat Spills Oil

Boxship Hit By Pilot Boat Spills Oil On May 8th Local time around 0800 hrs, a pilot boat hit the 5,782 teu CMA CGM boxship,...

Too Young for Scrapping, Too Old to Compete – A Containership...

In an unprecedented endeavour, the ship manager Reederei NSB has been widening its Panamax-class container vessels.  DNV GL, the class in charge, was on...

The Maritime Standard Networks in Style

4th May 2016: The Maritime Standard (TMS) celebrated a number of exciting new initiatives at a special networking reception held on a specially chartered yacht...

Oil Tanker Suspected to have Hit and Killed a Boat’s Captain

On late Thursday, a 62,000-ton oil-carrying tanker is suspected to have collided with a 4-ton shrimp boat killing the Captain of the boat off...