A court recently considered an insurance claim under a marine cargo all-risk insurance policy for damages to a ship unloader crane that had occurred...

Somali piracy off the Horn of Africa was once estimated by the World Bank to cost global trade billions of dollars and to harm...

On April 3, a cargo dhow – Al Kausar –with 10 Indian crew members was hijacked by Somali pirates and taken off Somalia’s coast...

On Thursday, Italy's highest court initiated reviewing the case of Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank in 2012...

Barnacles are a serious problem for the U.S. Navy. A billion-dollar problem. Encrustations of hard foulers—like barnacles and other sea life—are estimated to cost...

BMT Group has gained a contract to provide simulation programs to the UK government to improve ship accident investigation. The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation...

This brave sailor dived off the side of a cargo ship to save a whale that had got stuck in a fishing net. For more...

TWO leading Wall Street analysts have made bold statements in recent days supporting a strong recovery in dry bulk shipping. Fotis Giannakoulis of Morgan...

LNG carrier owners and builders continue to agree delays in newbuilding delivery dates where possible, deriving mutual benefit from their decisions. In the past...

A chemical tanker reportedly caught fire off Mediterranean Sea. The ship was laden with sunflower oil. What happened? On Wednesday, a chemical tanker Usichem reportedly caught...