Inadequate Assessment Causes Allision With Pier

The Incident On August 1, 2015, at 2147 local time, the tank barge Double Skin 501, being pushed by the uninspected towing vessel Peter F...

JPMorgan Not Concerned About the Seizure of Its Ship

JPMorgan doesn’t seem to mind about its ship getting seized by US customs weeks after more than $1 billion worth of cocaine was found...

MSC Charters Two Scrubber Fitted Post-Panamax Containerships

A new long-term charters for two scrubber-fitted post-panamax containerships with Capital Product Partners is signed by MSC. The Greek ship owner said the...

Titan Completes Record LNG Bunkering on World’s Largest Crane Vessel

Supplying over 3,000 tonnes of LNG, Amsterdam-based Titan LNG has completed the largest LNG bunkering to date, fueling Dutch marine contractor Heerema's new eight-legged...

[Watch] US Marine Police Board a Narco-Sub Carrying 17,000 Pounds of Cocaine

The US Coast Guard released a video on Thursday that showed exactly how one might intercept a fast-moving narco-sub on the high seas, netting...

Diana Shipping Announces Time Charter Contract With Uniper

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels has entered into a time charter, said a press...

American Club Publishes Synopsis Analyzing Results of PEME Program

Synopsis, distributed by way of Club circular, provides extensive information on conditions of seafarer health encountered in various parts of the world. It...

Singapore Retains Top Spot As International Shipping Centre!

For the sixth time in a year,  Singapore has topped the 2019 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index. Singapore was awarded based...

IMO Accelerates Climate Action

MEPC has put forth a number of measures to achieve the objectives set out in the initial IMO strategy on reduction of greenhouse...

Greece Bags the Maximum Vessel Orders in 2019

Greek shipowners bagged maximum orders across the entire range of tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers.  The total number of dry-bulk carrier newbuild...