Shipping the ‘Steam Engine of World Economy’

Cyprus Transport Minister Demetriades: Shipping the ‘steam engine of world economy’ Transport Minister Marios Demetriades, while addressing the International Maritime Forum, in Batumi, Georgia on...

Prospects for Increased Scrapping Threatens Tanker Market

Last year shipbuilders around the globe received orders for 50 million dwt/tonnes, just shy of the total of 51 million achieved in the heady...

[Watch] Economic Crisis in Alang Ship-Recycling Yard

Watch a documentary about the world's biggest ship-recycling yard at Alang, India, where life is becoming harder as fewer ships arrive. Disclaimer: This...

Earth’s Most Violent Storm to Hit China

China on Tuesday morning initiated emergency response measures for the approaching Typhoon Meranti. Local authorities in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian,Guangdong, Hainan as...

Watch the Dangerous Meranti

"It only took nine hours for Meranti to grow into a super typhoon from a typhoon," Guangdong meteorologist Zhang Dong told...

Faulty Position in Closing Ventilation Louver Board Kills Crew

Summary The vessel was safely moored alongside at the port of Pago Pago, discharging its cargo of containers. The second mate was the duty officer...

Seafarer Falls to Death on a Lifeboat Aboard the World’s Biggest Cruise

Safety exercise ends up in disaster killing a crew member Safety drill on the Harmony of the Seas Kills a crew injures four others. ...

[Watch] Shipwreck Found in Arctic 168 Years After Failed Expedition

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior In 1845, Royal Navy officer Sir John Franklin set out with two ships—the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus—and a...

Shippers Boosting Pacific Lines After Hanjin Fall

Foreign shipping lines are increasing their transpacific routes after Korea’s largest shipper, Hanjin Shipping, filed for court receivership last month. Strategies Maersk The world’s largest shipper, Maersk...

Paint Cuts Ships’ CO2 Emissions by ‘Confounding’ Barnacles

A Japanese company has developed a special barnacle-busting paint that dramatically affects a ship's performance at sea.  When barnacles, green mussels, and other organisms...