Seven fishermen set sail on September 30th in their fishing boat from Pangasinan.  On 2nd October, inclement weather conditions caused their boat to overturn and sink...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be On 11th October, the merchant ship Catania-E was adrift having lost propulsion about 170 nautical miles off the coast of Sicily.  The Ship’s Master, who...

Wartsila Launches Ultra Slow Steaming Bulker ConceptIn June 2015, Wärtsilä started a project called BUSSER – Ultra Slow Steaming Bulker Concept.  This concept has...

Port of Long Beach breaks September container cargo volume record.Port of Long Beach sees tremendous growth as activities are returning to its pre-recession times.  The...

Putrajaya, Malaysia hosted the 26th meeting of the Port State Control Committee.  It was held between 5th and 8th October.  The Tokyo MOU was concluded in December...

The Hong Kong Shipping Register (HKSR) set up on December 3, 1990, with a Gross Tonnage of 6 million at the time, is the...

Last month TOTE Inc., a shipper that operates between the U.S. and the Caribbean, launched the World’s second massive container ship fuelled by liquefied...

In the last 3 months, 4 cases of problems fuels causing damage to machinery have been reported.  These fuels have been bunkered in the...

Jacob Høgh Thygesen, Director, Merchant Ship Design Solutions with Wärtsilä opines that making available LNG fuel bunkers at ports is a prime necessity.  According...

The LME has approached the Baltic Exchange for a takeover bid.The Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for...