The incident: During lowering of a lifeboat, the davits initially failed to lower due to an indentation in the face of the gripe cam on the forward arm. To complete the lowering the fall wires were...

2 new locks have been installed at the Pacific and Atlantic sides of the Panama Canal. More than 80% of the world’s fleet can pass through the canal now. It has affected the...

Thinking about a voyage with Viking Ocean Cruises? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at the fast-growing line's newest ship, the 930-passenger Viking Sun. Unveiled in November, Sun...

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell for the second straight session on Tuesday, weighed down by lower rates across vessel categories. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and...

Transas has launched its first package of applications built on THESIS, a unified cloud-based platform for managing operations across the full breadth of the maritime ecosystem. The advanced ‘A-Suite’ package also sets a new...

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Stena Crystal Sky recently rescued two American citizens from their stranded yacht off the west coast of Mexico. According to a statement by the Glasgow-based crew management company, Northern Marine Manning Services,...

South Korea will launch LPG-fueled vessels with reduced emission levels as early as next year. Korea LPG Association announced on Thursday it has signed a contract to develop a bunkering hub and related infrastructure to...

On January 30, a diver was reported to be missing while carrying out inspection work on a vessel anchored at Sea. What happened? The diver Chevonne Bartholomew was reported missing while on a diving job in...

As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and the future will see...

As the January 2020 implementation date for new marine fuel regulations draws nearer, the industry's largest consumers remain broadly indecisive on exhaust scrubber installations. In less than 24 months International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations will...