Lloyd’s Register (LR) and UK P&I Club have released a new and improved Port State Control (PSC) checklist app. The app helps ensure that ship personnel are trained in how to inspect, maintain...

Cases of seafarers struggling with their mental health will continue to rise. Sobering statistics from the World Health Organization show that more than 700,000 people globally die by suicide each year. Encouraging seafarers...

When ships sail through the ocean, barnacles, algae, mussels, and other organisms collect along hulls and stick to them, creating major headaches for the shipping industry and the environment. The IMO calls it...

Bulk carrier suffered a blackout in Canale dei Petroli, Venice, Italy, while proceeding to Marghera, Venice, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Bulk carrier suffered a blackout in Canale dei Petroli, Venice, Italy, while proceeding to...

Ro-ro cargo ship lost stability and capsized at Algiers Port, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Ro-ro cargo ship lost stability and capsized at Algiers Port, Algeria, on Sep 29 at around 0100 LT. The ship...

  Add Costco Wholesale Corp. to the list of desperate retailers renting entire vessels to  bypass clogged ocean shipping networks. Avoid stockouts of popular items as the Christmas shopping season quickly approaches. Chartering three small...

FTR says road freight service will suffer over next several months, while project44 warns of empty shelves for holiday shoppers. Shippers will likely face months of continued challenges in moving their inventory around...

Singapore’s FSL Belief Administration has offloaded one other chemical tanker following the sale of the 2006-built FSL New York final month. The corporate has bought a 15-year-old FSL London. A recent news article published in the News...

  Gasoline panic-buying has our friends across the pond looking like a reflection of the U.S. during the Colonial Pipeline hack. Britain’s transport minister pleaded with motorists on Tuesday to stop filling up old water bottles...

China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has acquired AP Møller-Maersk’s box manufacturing unit, Maersk Container Industry (MCI) for $1.08bn, including net debt. The deal confirms CIMC as the world’s largest container producer. The takeover,...