Asleep at the Helm: the Dangerous Impacts of Seafarer Fatigue
At the beginning of this year, maritime trade association InterManager released the initial findings of Project MARTHA, the most comprehensive study on seafarer fatigue so far. What did the industry learn about the difficulties...
Clicks, Snaps and Howls Drowned Out by the Noise of Ships
Far from being the silent, dreamlike landscape we often imagine, the sea is peppered with animal sounds, a chorus of clicks, snaps and howls.
But with a steep growth in marine traffic, the noise of...
Is Exxon Oil Tanker Disaster a Result of Global Warming?
Foundation claims Exxon Valdez disaster the result of global warming
From our "Anything that happens on planet earth can be blamed on global warming" file comes this laugh out loud theory promoted by climate change...
KVH Announces New Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) Offering
KVH Industries has announced the immediate availability of AgilePlans by KVH, its all-inclusive Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) offering for the maritime industry.
For a single monthly fee, AgilePlans by KVH brings an advanced satellite...
Crude Tanker Deliveries Hit Two-year Quarterly High
Global VLCC, Suezmax, and Aframax fleets each grew more in the period from January through March than in any quarter, according to ship delivery data stretching back to the fourth quarter of 2014 from...
Ship Owners to Reduce Rates
Freight market: Ship owners to reduce rates because of fall in demand for grain transportation
Demand for grain transportation decreased on all major routes. Ship owners, in turn, had to reduce freight rates and fight...
Bulker Involved in Near Collision While Bunkering at Gibraltar
Two bulk carriers, the Unity and Furious, were involved in a near collision at Gibraltar this week, local media reports.
Furious is understood to have been bunkering at the time of the incident.
The Port of...
Maersk Takes Delivery of World’s Largest Box Ship
The Danish ocean carrier took delivery of the world’s largest box ship on Tuesday, the 20,568-TEU.
Largest containership delivered:
Maersk Line has taken delivery of the world's largest containership on Tuesday, dubbed the Madrid Maersk, surpassing...
[Watch] Near-collision Between Ships
Two ships nearly collided in the Bay, with the resulting clamour of fog-horns heard across Gibraltar.
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Woman’s Titanic Locket Found in Wreckage
Locket belonging to woman whose husband died on the Titanic found in wreckage
Unlike the fictional film character Rose, Virginia Clark’s love story started before she boarded the Titanic in 1912. But Clark’s story shares...