The Maersk line has announced that one of its container ships named after an Indian city has set a world record by surpassing the highest load capacity. Highest load record The container vessel ‘Maersk Mumbai’ has...

On August 22, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained three crew members of a cargo ship laden with fuel supplies at Tanjung Pasir waters. What happened? The MMEA personnel intercepted a cargo ship and detained...

Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles can solve much of the shipping industry's problems. They are used for various purposes like pollution control, rescue operations, surveillance etc. The UAVs and ROVs are widely used...

On Aug 21, 2018, at 9.30 a.m. the "Somtrans XV", ran aground between groynes on the Rhine at Millingen. The ship got stuck near a bunker station on the left river shore. It was...

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Steel ship weighing 2 tonne made to fly Pfeifer, demonstrates quality of its cable structures and wire ropes in Höhenrausch cultural project 12 - 25 tonne load shackles placed to monitor loads Multiple...

Kongsberg Maritime and Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co. China has signed contracts to deliver power and hybrid systems to nine Roll on–Roll off (Ro-Ro) vessels ordered by Italy’s Grimaldi Group. This deal will introduce new technology...

The cost of moving crude along the Persian Gulf to East route on Aframaxes hit a 20-month high on Monday. Similarly, the cost along Indonesia to North Asia route climbed to the highest level...

LNG bunker vessel (LNGBV) fleet review shows that there are now 6 LNG vessels in service and a further 12 are on order. LNG ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering is now in its fifth year. ...

Shortly after the grounding of an oil tanker EXXON VALDEZ in 1989, the U.S. introduced the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), which included provisions for the double-hulling of oil tankers. This new...