Swash Buckling Female Pirates? By Frederick Hedenberg I'm rarely surprised by something I had given little or no thought to.  This happened recently when a reader...

A large merchant vessel pulled up anchor at Qingyuan Port (now Ningbo City) in Zhejiang Province of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and left on...

Shipping Wakes up to the New Digital Age The analysis and collection of big data are becoming the ‘oil of 21st century’ for the maritime...

Tankers: Charterers take center stage ahead of pure ship owners, actively managing tanker fleet Lower charter rates are forcing a change regarding the commercial management...

The largest oil-by-rail terminal in the US would double oil shipments through the Columbia River. by Julia Rosen A proposal to build the United States’ largest...

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced yesterday that seven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during July 2016 after failing Port...

Damen Shipyards Group has announced its latest concept design: the Damen Decommissioning Series.  The vessel will specialise in three core areas of the oil...

On August 2, a general cargo ship, Gibraltar-registered "Thorco Marjanne", reportedly hit the concrete wall at the Port of Ogdensburg, New York in the...

On August 2, a Piraeus Criminal Appeals Court handed down sentences of life imprisonment and fines for five of the 13 main defendants found...

Forty Ships and Submarines Underway in Close Formation During RIMPAC 2016 Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Forty warships and submarines representing 13 international partner nations...