The world’s largest containership to date - the Madrid Maersk – made its maiden call on 27 April at the port of Tianjin in China. The 20,568 teu Madrid Maersk is the first of Maersk...

Maersk Line has finally been confirmed to be paying €3.7 billion to buy Germany’s Hamburg Süd. Denmark’s globally present shipping giant made this information public in a statement, and said that the acquisition would be...

Norwegian Billionaire to Build Giant Ship for Environmental Research Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke is funding the purchase of a giant research vessel for the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). The 181-meter-long vessel, which is...

An officer on board an emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) has given an insight into what life is like living on the North Sea. The video was shot by chief officer Graeme Hately on...

S&P Global Platts will launch new low-sulphur marine gasoil and diesel oil prices at several bunkering ports in Asia from June, it said in a note to subscribers on Tuesday. This is to cater to...

Bulk carrier HAI YU allided with anchored general cargo vessel ZHI KUN 7 while heaving anchor on Anchorage 2 in Nakhodka Bay, Nakhodka, Japan sea, on April 30. What happened? The bulker was maneuvering to...

The U.S. dry bulk market will face a shortfall of vessels in a few years of time unless owners of this type of vessel can persuade the U.S. Coast Guard that bulkers face a...

A man will front court on Tuesday accused of raping a woman on a cruise ship off Queensland. The 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday when P&O Cruises' Pacific Aria docked at Brisbane's Portside Wharf...

The habitat of North Atlantic right whale extends from Nova Scotia to Georgia. To the delight of whale conservationists, it was only in the second week of April 2017 that a total of 206...

Land or maritime transport? Court rules on transport of goods from ship to unloading area On June 29 2016 the Supreme Court applied the previous International Merchant Shipping Act 1949 to establish which party was...