On Thursday, a Russian spy ship reportedly sunk after it, unfortunately, collided with a freighter collision with a freighter carrying sheep. What happened? The Russian Navy vessel Liman, officially a "research ship" assigned to the country’s...

On Thursday, a cargo ship capsized while loading over-weight goods at a port in Yangon. What happened? The ship, MV Shwe Let Wa, running on Yangon-Sittway coastal route, sank at 06:20 p.m. local time while loading...

As ship owners are actively pursuing more trading opportunities, the demolition market appears to be slowing down again. In its latest weekly report, the world’s leading cash buyer, GMS, said that “as the tables...

by Amit Ghate Summary Sino-Global Shipping America has embarked on a change in business strategy. Early indications show positive earnings and sizable gross margins. If the company is able to execute on its promising beginnings, high...

DRY bulk vessel owners will have to start scrapping more vessels of higher deadweight tonnage in order to alleviate the overcapacity problem. Lloyd's List Intelligence managing director of maritime insight Christopher Palsson told Lloyd's List...

When Russia’s biggest tanker operator launches four new vessels next year, they won’t just be carrying oil to northern Europe but the hopes of the liquefied natural gas industry. Sovcomflot’s Aframax ships, capable of shifting...

Score one for Microsoft  Azure in its battle for big, industrial cloud customers. Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, says it will use Azure cloud services to fuel its IT modernization efforts. Such projects typically...

One of the highlights of HullPIC 2.0, the hull performance and insight conference in March 2017, is the contribution by Torsten Büssow and Jarle Blomhoff about how monitoring reporting solutions are impacted by MRV. The...

The Panama Canal Authorities are currently focused on securing more water resources for the artificial 77 km waterway dug through the Isthmus of Panama, in order to support a grander plan in future on...

Singapore has emerged as the world's top maritime capital in a report launched Wednesday, by Norwegian consulting firm Menon Economics. The annually report, "Leading Maritime Capitals of the World," described the Southeast Asian city state...