Maritime Security Threats In Southeast Asia: A Collective Approach – Analysis Singapore, the small island-nation with busy and congested waterways, faces significant maritime security challenges.  Out of this, the most prominent security aspect is maritime...

The second annual The Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi on November 14th.  An exciting new venue has been confirmed with the event now being hosted at...

The shipping giant Maersk has confessed to deception in its handling of the scrapping of vessels on the Indian and Bangladeshi coast in 2014, having both publicized against it whilst also participating in and...

Jotun Hull Performance Solutions (Jotun) has announced that, along with DNV GL, it is hosting a series of seminars - the latest of which was in Bergen last week - intended to bring together...

On October 16th, the Indonesian navy detained a Singapore-flagged container and its crew of 12, supposedly for smuggling used television sets, refrigerators and other household items from the city-state. The ship named ‘The LCT...

Hanjin’s receivership represents the trough of the container shipping market and despite continuing concerns of weak trade growth and fleet oversupply a gradual market recovery is now expected, according to the latest annual Container...

The last three months have been some of the worst the multipurpose and project carrier sector has endured in living memory.  The breakbulk and project cargo sector remain weak, with little suggestion that volumes...

Maersk has settled in at the world's ship graveyard  (Alang, India) : the complete scenario by ShippingWatch ShippingWatch was invited to Alang by the Maersk Group. ShippingWatch organised visits to one of the most controversial...

Eight Indonesians are to be deported from Vietnam for trial in Malaysia for raiding the tanker Orkim Harmony in June last year. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency director-general Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar said: “the government had...

GALAXY (ex ADRIATICA I) auctioned, towed to ship repair yard On October 15th, the passenger ro-ro ship GALAXY (formerly known as ADRIATICA I) left Empedocle port, Italy on tow of an offshore tug.  The ship...