In an alarming report it has been found that Seals might have hearing loss when they live in areas with a lot of ship traffic, similar to how noisy cities affect human ears. Hearing loss...

A coroner based in Gibraltar has decided to open an inquest into the deaths of two seafarers following an explosion onboard a cargo ship. What happened? A report says that the bodies of the Filipino seafarers...

All ships calling at US ports and intending to discharge ballast water must either carry out ballast water exchange or treatment, in addition to fouling and sediment management. Local sources have indicated that USCG officers...

A group of marine scientists said that collisions of whales and boats off of the New England coast may be more common than previously thought. Injury and scarring on whales: The scientists focused on the humpback...

The lingering tonnage glut that is troubling the global dry bulk shipping market may soon see a considerable deflation to match demand, in view of increasing trade flows coupled with upcoming IMO regulations that...

Shturman Albanov, Sovcomflot’s Arctic shuttle tanker, has won the award for ‘2016 Ship of the Year’ at the international industrial Marine Propulsion Awards 2017. The winners were announced on 26 April 2017 in Amsterdam,...

The world’s largest containership to date - the Madrid Maersk – made its maiden call on 27 April at the port of Tianjin in China. The 20,568 teu Madrid Maersk is the first of Maersk...

Maersk Line has finally been confirmed to be paying €3.7 billion to buy Germany’s Hamburg Süd. Denmark’s globally present shipping giant made this information public in a statement, and said that the acquisition would be...

Norwegian Billionaire to Build Giant Ship for Environmental Research Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke is funding the purchase of a giant research vessel for the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). The 181-meter-long vessel, which is...

An officer on board an emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) has given an insight into what life is like living on the North Sea. The video was shot by chief officer Graeme Hately on...