The Trump administration has unveiled new travel restrictions on certain foreigners from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen as a replacement to a central portion of its controversial travel ban...

Can biofuels provide a sustainable power alternative to the shipping industry? A new collaborative project in Singapore is going to test the idea. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has signed an agreement with BHP and GoodFuels Marine to run...

Taking a look at the world around us, it is clear that technology is making boundless industrial and societal processes more efficient. From online booking tools to lock scheduling systems, today’s ports have a...

A bosun who was rigging an accommodation ladder on a 265-metre cargo ship, ended up lost at sea when the steel wire securing his safety harness to the ship suddenly snapped. In its latest...

The construction work has commenced recently, on AIDA Cruises’ new AIDAnova, Carnival Corporation and this will be fully powered by the first of seven ships by liquefied natural gas (LNG). AIDA President, Felix Eichhorn,...

The Coast Guard released video Friday of a dramatic rescue off Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria battered the island. The video shows a British helicopter crew Thursday rescuing a woman and her two 12-year-old sons...

There is always something morbid about a place where things are taken apart, piece by piece, after the end of their useful lives, and sold off as scrap. A once grand, or at least...

The IMO conducted a national tabletop exercise on maritime security in Lima, Peru (18-19 September) to support the country to implement the United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004). Proliferation of weapons: This resolution imposes binding...

On Sep 21, a general cargo ship Micurazan Maru collided with breakwater at Tadaira, Hirado island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The vessel was en route to Tadaira while the incident reportedly happened. The vessel suffered...

On September 20, two sailors who were rescued from a sea vessel reportedly died due to suspected case of malaria. What happened? Two sailors, a Panamanian and a Filipino both aged 53 years were reported to...