The Ship That Has Outlasted Time: The Queen Mary Celebrates 80 Years of Public...

The Queen Mary Celebrates 80 Years Of Public Life; New Churchill Paintings Exhibit And Public Events Planned No other ship of her era remains in public service, or is recognized around the world for its...

Captain Of A Bulker Gets 6 Months Prison Term For Damaging Cable

Master Sentenced For Violating Navigation Rules And Damaging Cable A court in Annaba handed down a six-month term plus 406 euro fine to Du Chang Long, master of the 28,200–dwt vessel for cutting the fiber...

$950K Fine For Dumping Polluted Water Off Hawaii

The South Korean shipping company, owner of the oil tanker which dumped and polluted water into the ocean near Hawaii in February, was fined nearly $1 million, on Tuesday.  They pleaded guilty for failing...

Singapore Supports Dry Bulkers With A 10% Cut On Port Dues

MPA Extends Further Support to Shipping Industry with 10 Per Cent Port Dues Concession for Bulk Carriers from April 15 On Tuesday, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said that the dry bulkers can...

Alert! Your GPS Signals May Not Work In The Korean Waters

Japan P&I Club Warns Of GPS Signal Jamming The Japan P&I Club has issued a notice that the vessels entering the Korean Waters are being affected due to the Jamming of their GPS signals.  Also...

The Most Fuel Efficient Ferries In The World, From Stena Lines

Stena Inks The World’s Most Fuel Efficient Ferries Deal Stena has signed a contract, for an order of four new RoPax ferries with planned delivery during 2019 and 2020, with an option for another four...

[Watch] Fatal Tugboat Sinking In Hudson River

Mfame earlier reported the fatality of the tugboat ‘Specialist,’ which sank after it crashed into a construction barge near the Tappan Zee bridge. A video was released recently showing the fatal sinking of the tugboat in...

[Watch] The Skywalk, The Death-Defying Stunt

  The daredevil Alex Thomson along with his team pull off one of the most death-defying stunt. Having established himself as a daredevil of the sport of sailing, this latest stunt involves Thomson, on...

Panama Canal Draught Forces Draft Restrictions Again!

Announcement of Second Draft Restriction As anticipated in Advisories to Shipping A-5-2016, A-7-2016 and A-12-2016, a second draft restriction is being hereby announced. Effective April 29, 2016, the maximum authorized transit draft will be set at...

Time To Merge The Big Three South Korean Shipbuilders?

Yes! Says South Korea’s former strategy and finance minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun; the Big Three shipbuilders should consider merging. Last week a Mfame article discussed on  Strategies to overcome the existing challenges in the shipping sector....