Machinery damage is by far the most frequent cause of loss in marine insurance and the numbers are likely to increase with the introduction of low-sulphur limits. Historically, 40% of hull claims by number...

It is well known that Singapore is the world’s main shipping fuel hub, trading over 40 percent of it globally.  Singapore’s 380-centistoke grade bunker fuel, closed at $183.21 per metric tonne on Tuesday, almost...

IMO-Vega is a searchable database.  It uses the regulation text of the SOLAS, MARPOL, Load Line and other conventions, as well as codes such as ISM, ISPS, 2000 HSC Code, IBC Code and many...

Tackling global climate change is a concern of all European ports.  European ports overall consider that the 2015 Paris Climate Conference is a historic milestone for enhancing the global collective action and moving towards...

Accident type : Wrecked Vessel involved : HMS Sussex Location : Strait of Gibraltar Date : 1st March 1694 Casualties : 498 people died VESSEL INFO: Name : HMS Sussex Built : 1693 Class & type : 80-gun 3rd-rate ship of the line Tons burthen : 1263 bm Length : 157 ft 2 in...

An infographic created by the team at PTI shows some key statistics for one of the US’s largest ports – the Port of Long Beach. The Port of Long Beach currently operates a total of...

Navig8 Chemical Tankers Inc. (N-OTC: CHEMS) announced that it will acquire, and enter into a contract to purchase, another 49,000 dwt IMO2 eco-design, the Interline-coated chemical tanker to be built at STX Offshore &...

Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : Naval vessel and Container vessel Location : The Kiel Canal, Germany Date : 9/12/2015 Wednesday Casualties /Pollution : Not reported A German naval vessel and a 151m (500-foot) container ship collided due to severe weather in the Kiel Canal, Germany. Both the vessels...

Shipping is omitted from the draft text of the agreement which will be signed at the Paris Climate Conference A global conference is held in Paris to keep the planet’s warming from greenhouse gases to...

Google's chairman Eric Schmidt has said that ‘technology companies should work on tools to disrupt terrorism - such as creating a hate speech "spell-checker"’. His essay comes as presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton again called in...