Sexism Charge by a Female Deck Officer
A female deck officer has accused a shipping firm of sexism after being refused a job interview because she 'would be better off working...
[Watch] Making Waves: Women Leaders in The Maritime World
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Watch a video report on continuing efforts by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Maritime University (WMU)...
Bomb Threat Found Scrawled Inside Ship Docked at San Diego
Threat Found Scrawled Inside Ship Docked at Naval Base San Diego
On August 3, a brief security alert was triggered at Naval Base San Diego...
Weekly Maritime & Onshore Security Report 03 Aug 2016
Southeast Asia
Indonesia: Armed robbers steal properties from tanker at Lubuk Gaung 27 July
Six assailants armed with knives boarded a berthed product tanker at 0520...
Floating Diesel Storage Becoming Viable in NW-Europe
Floating Diesel Storage Becoming Viable in NWE
Thanks to the combination of a wider market contango and depressed freight rates, there has been more enquiries...
Water-Backed Welding Procedure Helps Avoid Drydocking
New Welding Procedure Helps to Avoid Drydocking
Whittaker Engineering, an independent Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company, has developed a unique water-backed welding procedure for...
ClassNK Releases New PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Software
Tokyo – ClassNK has just released the latest version of its design support software PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Ver.3.5.0., developed in response to the IACS Common...
Swash Buckling Female Pirates?
Swash Buckling Female Pirates?
By Frederick Hedenberg
I'm rarely surprised by something I had given little or no thought to. This happened recently when a reader...
Forgotten Treasures of Sinan Shipwreck
A large merchant vessel pulled up anchor at Qingyuan Port (now Ningbo City) in Zhejiang Province of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and left on...
Big Data: The ‘Oil of 21st Century’ for Maritime Industry
Shipping Wakes up to the New Digital Age
The analysis and collection of big data are becoming the ‘oil of 21st century’ for the maritime...