Matthew Maske will be in Hollywood for the premiere of a movie based on the true story of his father’s heroism. “The Finest Hours” - is the daring rescue of a small boat in Coast...

As part of its ongoing portfolio-restructuring exercise Mercator decides to exit dry bulk cargo business. The bulk cargo-carrying business has been the worst affected by the downturn in the shipping cycle, with the Baltic...

The shocking moment a scorned wife apparently took revenge on her husband's mistress by throwing her from a bridge was captured on film. It's described that the aggressor has caught her husband cheating with the...

The ''Scilly naval disaster of 1707'' was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly in severe weather on 22 October 1707. HMS Association, a 90-gun second-rate ship...

A rusting cargo ship in Lake St. Louis is at imminent risk of leaking millions of litres of contaminated water that could end up in the St. Lawrence River, City of Beauharnois.  The derelict...

Increased throughput of crude oil and oil products helped port of Rotterdam increase its goods throughput by a total 4.9% to 466.4 million tonnes in 2015. Factors that helped: The supply and transport of oil products...

2015 was driven by the cumulative impact of weakening demand trends. World Economy witnessed various disturbances in vessel demand. Highlights: The first half of the year enjoyed great earnings whilst the second half suffered abrupt downtrend...

Incident : Crankshaft unable to Turn after Maintenance Engine : Bergen Diesel KRG-6, 1032 kW, 720 rpm A vessel had a serious breakdown of diesel generators and it was to the extent that the entire engine required a...

The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness.  HMS Vanguard was laid down on 2 April...

Istanbul-based ship management company Ciner Gemi Acente İşletme ve Ticket A.Ş. was found guilty for routinely discharging oily waste-water into the sea from its carrier ship without proper disposal equipment. Incident: Ciner operated 44-year -ton carrier...