Common Safety Errors on Lifeboat Systems

Andrew Lemmis, SeaSafe notes  that lifeboat systems fatally injure more people than they save.  In the following article, Mr Lemmis explains the number of...

Giant Tanker that Caused a Splash on Clyde’s South Bank

It looks as though this boat is about to burst out over the yard wall into Govan. Sometimes we think of shipbuilding in Glasgow being...

BIMCO Ventures into Ship Finance

BIMCO SHIPTERM: BIMCO ventures into ship finance On 9 January 2017, BIMCO published its first ship finance related form – "SHIPTERM". BIMCO describes SHIPTERM as...

Why a Vessel Worth $60m was Sold as Scrap?

Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard...

Bulker Values on the Rebound From “Rock Bottom” Levels

Dry Bulk Back From The Brink Bulker Values in the last 12 months have hit rock bottom and are now looking to show considerable promise....

Palau-flagged Ship Arrested

Court orders arrest of Palau-flagged ship The Madras high court, India has ordered the arrest of a Palau-flagged ship, anchored at V O Chidambaranar Port...

Oceangoing Fully Autonomous Ships in Next 15 Years

‘Oceangoing fully autonomous ships in next 15 years,’ says Rolls Royce The technology revolution taking place on land with the advent of driverless vehicles also...

Crew of Cargo Ship Found with Gun Arrested

A man who had just come off a cargo ship owned by TOTE Services was arrested Monday for having a gun at the Blount...

[Watch] Thrill Dive Under a Freighter – The Real Deal

Watch a thriller video of a freighter passing above the diver.  Is it a thrill dive under the freighter or did the diver didn't...

Big Data Professionals Needed, Shipping Leaders Warn

The maritime industry is facing a severe skills shortage in analysing and harnessing big data, which could hinder the reinvention of the struggling industry,...