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...

Thordon Bearings and Drydocks World-Dubai (DDW-D) have signed a milestone agreement under which the UAE-based shipyard will work together with Thordon Bearings Inc. to promote the conversion of ships’ oil lubricated propeller shafts to...

Salvors seem to be doing a hugely professional job in their fire-fighting aboard the MSC Flaminia as the tow makes its way slowly to safety after the fatal explosion and fire in mid-Atlantic earlier...

A fire broke out onboard product/chemical tanker Oraness while it was transiting the Kiel Canal in the evening hours of May 16, a representative of the Fire Department Suchsdorf confirmed. The 79-meter-long vessel, unloaded at...

Containers are designed to be lifted vertically from above by cranes and transferred from ship to shore and between other forms of transport such as trains and lorries, to carry cargo. The global shipping containers...