[Watch] Norwegian Billionaire to Build a Giant Ship
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...
[Watch] Life Aboard Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel?
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...
Platts to Launch Low-sulphur Marine Gasoil Assessments
S&P Global Platts will launch new low-sulphur marine gasoil and diesel oil prices at several bunkering ports in Asia from June, it said in a note to subscribers on Tuesday.
This is to cater to...
Bulk Carrier Collided with Anchored Freighter at Nakhodka Bay
Bulk carrier HAI YU allided with anchored general cargo vessel ZHI KUN 7 while heaving anchor on Anchorage 2 in Nakhodka Bay, Nakhodka, Japan sea, on April 30.
What happened?
The bulker was maneuvering to...
Why Bulkers are Different?
The U.S. dry bulk market will face a shortfall of vessels in a few years of time unless owners of this type of vessel can persuade the U.S. Coast Guard that bulkers face a...
Man Charged with Rape on Board Cruise Ship
A man will front court on Tuesday accused of raping a woman on a cruise ship off Queensland.
The 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday when P&O Cruises' Pacific Aria docked at Brisbane's Portside Wharf...
[Watch] Ship Collision Caused Death of Endangered Right Whale
The habitat of North Atlantic right whale extends from Nova Scotia to Georgia. To the delight of whale conservationists, it was only in the second week of April 2017 that a total of 206...
Land or Maritime Transport? Court Rules on Ship Unloading Area
Land or maritime transport? Court rules on transport of goods from ship to unloading area
On June 29 2016 the Supreme Court applied the previous International Merchant Shipping Act 1949 to establish which party was...
[Watch] Firefighting on the High Seas
There are 130 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighters here trained to fight marine fires.
This after the SCDF took over such duties from the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) in April 2012.
Lieutenant Keave Soh,...
Container Shipping Sees Better Supply-demand Balance
The container shipping industry is benefitting from a better balance of demand for container shipping and vessel supply, but the performance of the new ocean carrier alliance groupings that took effect at the beginning...