What will be the largest floating dry dock in the Baltic region is on its way to the Western Shipyard in Klaipeda, Lithuania on board the giant heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard. The 235 m...

In the same week that a report from ABS revealed problems with almost half of installed ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, Optimarin gave a stunning demonstration of its long-term system reliability on board Neptune...

The STM Validation project has successfully installed the first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors. All available functions are working flawlessly, including route optimisation and...

There have been 146 tanker orders placed through July, compared to just 56 during the same time period last year. The bulk of these orders have stemmed from the VLCC and MR2 classes as...

Construction of the Panama Canal at the beginning of the XX century. The Panama Canal has contributed to the National Treasury more than $11.6 billion since it was returned to Panama in 1999. The Canal celebrated...

The owner of a private maritime-training school in Edmonds sees a lot of opportunity opening up in the industry for young people. “What we’re finding in our industry is that we have too many people...

A state of the art warship like USS John S. McCain turns off the Automatic Identification System (AIS), such that no crucial information such as its identity will be known to merchant ships in...

As of August 23, typhoon ‘Hato’ has been wreaking havoc on a number of ships in the Hong Kong waters. What happened? The typhoon ‘Hato’ as now now affected 4 vessel and resulted in the breaking...

As shipping moves towards innovations such as autonomous vessels the US Coast Guard (USCG) warns that the industry needs to take cyber security seriously to avoid regulation. In the keynote at the Safety@Sea conference in...

Maersk Tankers said on Wednesday it has entered into an equity agreement with U.S. hedge fund CargoMetrics, giving it access to analytical models and algorithms to better manage its tanker operations. Maersk Tankers, a unit...