Recently, a woman has reached the helm of affairs in the male dominated shipping industry. Theano Sileloglou ®, an engineer by profession and a member of the Hellenic Seaways is working on the "Mykonos...

On May 25, an empty paddle steamer sunk off the Welsh coast while it was being towed to Ireland. What happened? The empty paddle steamer ‘MV Oliver Cromwell’ was in the process of being towed to...

The extent of damage caused to people and places as a result of crude oil spill in Gulf of Paria is currently unknown. What happened? On December 2013, a crude oil spill occurred in the Gulf...

Several containers loaded with luxury cars, mostly BMW X2, collapsed on board of the "Maersk Lima", which berthed at the APM Global Logistic Argentina Container Terminal 4 in Buenos Aires, in the morning of...

More than 60 firefighters were fighting to control a fire that started aboard a cargo ship earlier. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Western Docks at about 14:00 BST when a fire started...

On May 22, a cargo ship sank in the yellow sea off Weihai, Shandong Province, China and seven people were reported missing. What happened? The cargo ship ‘Long Hui Da’ was moving downstream to Sea from...

On May 22, a freighter was disabled due to engine failure and had to be towed to the port for further repairs. What happened? The freighter ‘Ades’ was enroute from Odessa towards Salerno when it suffered...

Pirates have released hostages who were kidnapped from a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria. What happened? On May 24, the pirates released eleven hostages kidnapped from a Dutch cargo ship off the coast of...

The Maersk container ship that was ravaged by a fire which broke out onboard the vessel has been scheduled for repairs. What happened? The ultra large container ship ‘Maersk Honam’ was damaged after a major fire...

A recent report brought to the forefront a lost ship which had plunged into the bottom of the Caribbean Coast, 300 years ago. The spanish galleon laden with gold that sank off the coast...