First Tanker Crosses Northern Sea Route Without Ice Breaker
A commercial LNG tanker has sailed across the colder, northern route from Europe to Asia without the protection of an ice-breaker for the first...
[Watch] Timelapse of Maersk’s Container Ship At Sea
Watch the Timelapse of The Container Ship Gunhilde Maersk at sea from Ho-Chi Minh, Vitenam to Ningbo, China and the incredible loading sequences at...
Floating Dry Dock will be Largest in Baltic
What will be the largest floating dry dock in the Baltic region is on its way to the Western Shipyard in Klaipeda, Lithuania on...
Optimarin Demonstrates Total System Reliability
In the same week that a report from ABS revealed problems with almost half of installed ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, Optimarin gave a...
First Operational STM Ship Systems Installed Onboard
The STM Validation project has successfully installed the first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors....
Tanker Owners Continue to Order
There have been 146 tanker orders placed through July, compared to just 56 during the same time period last year. The bulk of these...
Panama Canal Reaches 103 Years Since its Opening
Construction of the Panama Canal at the beginning of the XX century.
The Panama Canal has contributed to the National Treasury more than $11.6 billion...
Maritime Industry is Growing, But the Workforce is Aging
The owner of a private maritime-training school in Edmonds sees a lot of opportunity opening up in the industry for young people.
“What we’re finding...
Tracking System Probably Switched Off, Says Expert
A state of the art warship like USS John S. McCain turns off the Automatic Identification System (AIS), such that no crucial information such...
Tanker Broke in Two, Two Ships Pushed Aground Off Hongkong
As of August 23, typhoon ‘Hato’ has been wreaking havoc on a number of ships in the Hong Kong waters.
What happened?
The typhoon ‘Hato’ as...