On August 11, the chief engineer and the first assistant engineer of an oil tanker pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that they...

Claims at a Glance is intended as a tool to reduce the frequency of incidents for both P&I and H&M claims. It is clear that...

June 2016, MFAME published a news about three Bernhard Schulte Ships Outperforms in Meeting the Most Stringent Environmental Standards.  In line with that, MFAME...

On August 9, a bunkering tanker "Corina” caught fire in its engine room at berth of Nijverheid in IJssel, Netherlands.  The SBB  fire fighting team...

Gina Clark from Brandon, Florida, was angry after a ship worker on a recent Bahamas Paradise cruise told her he wanted to rape her....

N8CT Inc. Takes Delivery of its Second Newbuilding 25,000 dwt St. Steel from Kitanihon Navig8 Chemical Tankers Inc. (the “Company”) (N‐OTC: CHEMS), an international shipping...

Port State Control – Concentrated Inspection Campaigns 2016 The maritime authorities of the Paris, Tokyo, Black Sea, Indian Ocean and Caribbean MOUs on Port State...

By RALPH GARDNER JR. Ralph Gardner Jr. gets a tour of the Navy’s smallest aircraft carrier, which has a new life in the civilian world Alvin Trenk...

Continuous internet connectivity at sea is quite a daunting task as bad weather, mountains, and other factors will make web access grind to a...

Prolonged Downturn Causes Spike in Abandoned Crews Charterers should “think twice” about taking ships from owners who have a history of crew neglect, a leading...