Royal IHC Wins Award for Most Sustainable Shipping Solution of the Year

IHC has been awarded the 2016 International Green Shipping Award for ‘The Most Sustainable Shipping Solution of the Year’.  The ceremony took place during...

Danish Pressure Leads to Less Shipping Pollution in Baltic and North Seas

From 2021, ships sailing the North Sea and the Baltic Sea must significantly reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. Following Danish pressure, the UN’s International...

A Pair of Glasses were left on the Floor at a Museum and Everyone...

by Christopher Hooton The teen behind the hoax had similar success with a baseball cap and a bin. Several visitors to the San Francisco Museum of Modern...

Threat to Seafarers Remains Despite Piracy Clampdown

Kidnapping and hostage-taking persists off the coasts of West Africa and South East Asia, despite a 20-year low in piracy on the world’s seas,...

Green Ship Gets Priority Booking Through Panama Canal

The Panama Canal reward ships meet "high standards of environmental efficiency" ahead of its reserves from next year, reported the aquatic route. The "Environmental Premium...

Japan’s Biggest Shipping Companies are Merging for Efficiency

Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha  are merging their container operations. Merger creates the world's sixth largest container shipping operation...

South Korea Rolls Out Shipping Rescue Plan!

South Korea is said to be planning to set up a state-backed financing company to help improve the financial health of the country's marine...

Climate Campaigners Slams IMO for Failing on Shipping Co2 Reduction Plan

The IMO has come under heavy criticism lately from environment enthusiast for failure in implementing a structured plan to slash the emission of greenhouse...

ICS Applauds IMO Road Map for Co2 Reduction by International Shipping

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has applauded the agreement, last Friday, by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to develop a comprehensive...

[Watch] Vessel Tows, Automated To Safety Area

Coast Guard medevacs 3 men 200 miles southeast of Cape Fear, NC A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City air crew rescues three people nearly...