For the past 15 months, a sailor has been stranded onboard a ship in Norfolk due to a legal dispute. What happened? The 43 year old sailor, Captain Rastogi from India has been stranded aboard a...

As USA re-imposes sanctions on Iran after a six months wind-down period ending on 4 November 2018, the effect of it is gearing up in the shipping industry. Uncertainty looms over the freight rates...

In a recent report published in BBC Capital’s “Augmented Reality” column some real life technological scenarios which might affect us in the near future are articulated. One such scenario is having a robot colleague...

With regulations in place to reduce sulphur emissions from ships globally, the International Maritime Organisation turns its gaze to a new horizon – the reduction of greenhouse gases. The IMO’s greenhouse gas regulations shake up...

ABB technology allowing integration of batteries receives major vote of confidence as Louis Dreyfus Armateurs orders second wind farm service vessel featuring a wide scope of ABB’s solutions. ABB’s Onboard DC GridTM enables simple, flexible...

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has agreed to sell and leaseback six MR product tankers (STI Opera, STI Virtus, STI Venere, STI Aqua, STI Dama, and STI Regina) to China Huarong Shipping Financial...

Kanoo Shipping signs an agreement with Wallen South Africa. The agreement allows for the acquisition of the maritime solutions provider, Wallem by the middle eastern shipping agency. With this deal, Kanoo has set...

According to a report published in Xinhua, the Shanghai based ship-building company, the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. delivered a 20,000-TEU ultra-large container ship (ULCS), called the “Cosco Shipping Virgo” to China COSCO...

Importers usually have hot only two major options, when it comes to the international transportation of vehicles, either Container shipping or RoRo shipping. Although they make it secure for shipments, it is worth seeing...

On May 30, a cargo ship crashed with a loud thud into a sea wall located at Gorleston-on-Sea. What happened? The sequence of collision was described in detail by a holidaymaker Mr. Andy Rockall who described...