Ship Recycling Awaits a Green Revolution

Shipowners have the Power to Revolutionise Ship Recycling by Going ‘Green’ Ship scrapping and recycling is a natural and inevitable part of a vessel’s lifecycle....

Mv Benita Refloated! What Next? Will it be Scuttled or Repaired

On July 23, the Liberian bulk carrier MV Benita was successfully refloated at around 1 PM. Now the big question is about the fate...

How Safe is the New Canal for Expensive Vessels? Design Concerns Haunt Panama Canal

Earlier Mfame published an article on Maneuvering the New Panama Canal Lock, a New Issue in the Rising? and one other article analyzed How Safe are...

Sea is Lot Safer Today! Piracy Drops to 21-year Low

Sea Piracy Drops to 21-year Low, IMB Reports On July 25, IMB Piracy Reporting Centre announced that piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to...

Top 7 Steps That Can Make Seafaring More Attractive

In terms of tangible action for seafarer welfare, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) established a Social Sustainability Working Group to investigate ways of informing...

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming By Jessie Fox Over hundreds of years, the notorious Northwest Passage has evolved from an intrepid English explorer’s dream to...

GPS Jamming Can Cause Vessels to Go Off Course and Collide or Run Aground

GPS Jamming—Keeping Ships on the 'Strait' & Narrow The University of Nottingham and Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA) are investigating how to prevent shipping Global...

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked, A Local Survivor Remembers the Night Well Sixty years ago today the Andrea Doria wrecked.  The Italian...

[Watch] Freighter Wrestle through the Storm Last Week

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the Algoma Guardian entered the Duluth Shipping Canal just as a powerful storm crossed Duluth at 3:30AM Thursday...

MOL Gets New Long-Term Charter Contract

MOL Signs Deal on Long-Term Charter Contract for Uruguay LNG FSRU Project Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that Lakler S.A., 100% subsidiary of MOL, has...