Leading classification society ClassNK has released the second version of its Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems. Based on the first version Guidelines released in August 2014, the latest version includes the results of...

A female navigation officer is suing a Russian shipping company for refusing to employ her as a ship’s captain. Restriction on Women: The Russian labour laws restricts women from performing more than 400 professions and 38...

On August 30, an american man was charged for the sexual assault of a minor onboard cruise ship. What happened? The 30-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor onboard a cruise ship. The...

Runoff and silting of rivers and waterways flowing into the Galveston Bay still remains a concern for opening up the Houston Ship Channel and its four ports to vessels that require more draft, like...

By Geoff Slocombe Graeme Dunk’s described challenges to Australia’s submarines in correctly classifying and discriminating between friendly and potential adversary submarines of similar design, such as the Kilo-class submarines operated by Russia, China, Indonesia, India...

On August 31, a carrier reportedly collided with cargo docks after a towline failure when it attempted to leave the port. What happened? During the incident which occurred around late afternoon, the car carrier ‘Viking Sea’...

Global Ship Clutches Market Research Report 2017 to 2022 presents an in-depth assessment of the Ship Clutches Market including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities,...

BY James Catlin Summary Shipping often rides boom and bust cycles, and much of that can be traced to the supply side. A seemingly small increase or decrease in vessel availability can often have a...

China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd reported a first-half profit on Wednesday and forecast that improved demand in the container shipping market would continue for the rest of the year. China’s largest shipping group, which last...

Safe boat handling specialist Vestdavit has responded to a sustained positive trend in North American business levels by opening an office in the United States. The Bergen-based supplier of davits and other boat launching equipment...