Performance Shipping acquired the 2011-built (Sumitomo) aframax tanker Kalamas from Pleiades Shipping, reports Splash 247. Vessel value and delivery According to reports, Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has paid $22m for the vessel, which has a...

Captain E.J. Smith was last seen at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 1912. Even after 40 years at sea without any casualties for Smith, the death count was over 1500 on the...

Speedcast International Limited and Inmarsat have signed an agreement for the sale of  Speedcast’s primary Maritime Customer Contracts to Inmarsat, says a press release published on their website.  Primary Maritime Customer Contracts Speedcast International Limited announced...

Bulk carrier ran aground in Parana river downstream from San Lorenzo Port on Nov 19, shortly after unmooring, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Bulk carrier ASIA GRAECA ran aground in Parana river downstream from San Lorenzo...

  According to a Dryad report, the missing tanker Stelios K was reported to be hijacked after owners lost contact with the vessel 40 nm south of Lome. What happened? The report indicates that contact was lost...

The Marine Service Unit of Costa Group Carnival Maritime GmbH and DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, have launched “DDD-Batman”. It is a new MarTERA-sponsored project to study maritime battery health. As...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised the NHS will be ready to start rolling out the vaccine from 1 December if its passes its final regulatory hurdles. England's deputy chief medical officer Prof...

Water is not as yielding as you think, says Noah Silberschmidt, founder and CEO of UK-based Silverstream Technologies. For more than a century, gigantic steel vessels have been ploughing the oceans, generating seemingly...

The focus of vaccine distribution so far has been on airline capacity and the ability to deliver at the correct temperature. But security will also be crucial, with armed escorts and convoys expected...

Wärtsilä and CBO, one of Brazil’s leading operators of offshore support vessels, sign an agreement to convert a vessel from CBO’s fleet to operate with hybrid propulsion. The ‘CBO Flamengo’ will be the...