Shipping Firm Fined £15,000 Over Workers Fall from a Crane

Derry Firm Fined £15,000 Over Workers Fall from a Crane Derry firm Burke Shipping services have been fined £15,000 for breaching the well-being and protection...

Savage Slide in Vessel Values Due to Low Oil Price

The first week of September 2016 got under way with the oil price making significant gains. However, these gains are only enough to drive...

Zika Alert! China Adds Singapore to List of Affected Countries

The Zika Virus *Update* Zika Virus: China Adds Singapore to the list of Affected Countries Further to our Industry News of 24 March 2016, we have...

Super Typhoon Targets Taiwan, Mainland China

Super Typhoon Targets Taiwan, Mainland China Super Typhoon Meranti will hold on to its intensity over next couple of days before pounding Taiwan with flooding...

Why Low Number of Women Seafarers a Problem?

Women Seafarers It's still a rarity to find women workers at sea, but thanks to the trade unions, more women are confronting prejudice and becoming...

[Watch] Höegh Target Passing Through the Agua Clara Locks

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The video above shows Höegh Target, a Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC) owned by the Norwegian RoRo shipping company...

World’s Largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier Transits Expanded Panama Canal

The world’s largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) Höegh Target is transiting the new locks of the expanded Panama Canal on Thursday. The vessel...

Wärtsilä for Comprehensive Scope of Solutions

Wärtsilä to supply comprehensive scope of solutions for four new Swedish LNG fuelled tankers Wärtsilä, the leading provider of LNG fuel solutions to the marine...

Alaska Prepares for Worst Maritime Incidents

Thousands of vessels every year move through Alaska’s waters.  If something goes awry, their cargo and fuel could end up in the ocean.Cleanup efforts...

Titanic Wreck Will Dissolve in 14 Years

‘Extremophile Bacteria’ Will Eat Away Wreck of the Titanic by 2030 RMS Titanic has sat deep on the bottom of the North Atlantic, two miles...