A vessel ran aground at Qawra as a result of the rough seas. The Hephaestus, a 60-metre Togo-registered tanker broke its moorings near the area known as Is-Sikka l-Bajda. Disclaimer: This video is intended for...

IMarEST TV recording of the 10 May 2018 technical lecture presented to the IMarEST UAE Branch in Dubai by Dr Stefanos Chatzinikolaou, Senior Manager Marine Research & Innovation, RINA Hellas. The lecture covered the...

Wärtsilä’s divers are helping operators to avoid unplanned dry-dockings by completing repairs such as propulsion overhaul, hull cleaning and propeller polishing underwater. The retrofitting of some components of exhaust gas cleaning system and even complex...

Getting a new ship into the water is, presumably, the most important part of building a seafaring vessel. Not all ships are created equal — some are simply massive. They all need to get...

Capesize A week of largely unfulfilled expectations with holidays is again curbing activity. Rates remained essentially healthy, but despite bad weather in China, possibly causing disruption to schedules rates on the major West Australia/China routes,...

Greece completes ESM’s €61.9bn (£55bn; $70.8bn) bailout programme. The economy has grown slowly in the past 3 years and is 25% smaller than before. ESM’s chairman Mario Centeno declared that no follow up...

Gulf Navigation holding has entered two of its petrochemical tankers into the dry dock for the mandatory five-year maintenance. This includes major upgrades to the two carriers in order to enhance the company's competitiveness...

On August 17, the Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk confirmed that it would spin off its offshore drilling operation and list the unit in Copenhagen next year to focus entirely on transport and logistics. Profit...

The industrial service provider Bilfinger is planning to conquer new markets due to its scrubber technology. Secured several contacts The service provider group has secured several contracts from various Greek maritime companies. The company has identified...

On August 19, a British woman was rescued from sea after she fell off a cruise ship. The woman had been struggling for ten hours until she was rescued alive by Croatian coastguard. What happened? The...