A drone developed to improve maritime safety has earned an innovation award for a partnership comprising AkzoNobel’s Marine Coatings Business, the supplier of International® coatings. The Plimsoll Award for Innovation, awarded by Professional Mariner...

Brazilian iron ore producer Vale is facing up to a new challenge as hull cracks were found on a third converted very large ore carrier (VLOC) ship it has on charter and the viability...

Shipowners have taken several strategic approaches to comply with the planned International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulation on capping marine fuel sulphur content to 0.1pc from 3.5pc, commencing in January 2020. Argus spoke with Euronav's...

A small strip of land at Milwaukee’s port has become a point of controversy now that an energy company wants to ship ethanol from there. U.S. Oil, a terminal operator, marketer and distributor of fuels...

As CEO of Lloyd’s Register, I often reflect on how our role has evolved over our 257-year history. When we were founded in 1760 our role was to protect ships and their crews from the...

According to ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report. Six crew members have been kidnapped from a general cargo vessel off Nigeria. Pirate attack: Pirates boarded an unidentified ship while it was underway around 21 nautical miles...

Devon diver died after plummeting 60 metres to the ocean floor without his breathing apparatus on  An "extremely experienced" diver died on holiday in Micronesia after struggling with his equipment on the surface and plummeting...

On Thursday, an explosion at a shipyard in Colombia claimed the life of six persons and injured 23 others. What happened? The blasts occurred at the shipyard in the Caribbean port of Cartagena. The officials said that...

Sarawak and Sabah Ship Owners Association (SSSA) president Soon Tin Woo said the Malaysian shipping industry is heading for doomsday once the cabotage policy is lifted. He said neighbouring countries like Indonesia had 18,000 ships...

Antifouling coatings are a special type of coating that is applied with paint to the bottom of a ship or marine vessel to prevent or retard the degeneration of the metallic surface that remains...