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Keep Back, Stay Safe: A Near Miss During Lifting Operations

IMCA reports of an incident that highlights the importance of ensuring you are not in the wrong place. Where you are standing and how...

Charter Market 2025: The Strongest Year Outside the COVID Boom

The container charter market is closing 2025 on a decisively bullish footing, marking what is widely regarded as the strongest year outside the extraordinary...

World’s Largest Battery-electric Ship Trial Completed in Tasmania

On 14 December 2025 in Hobart, Tasmania, Incat Tasmania successfully powered up and completed the first e-motor trial of the largest battery-electric ship ever...

ABB and HDF Target Fuel Cells for Large Ships

ABB and HDF Energy are working on a megawatt scale fuel cell unit designed for large seagoing vessels. For shipowners and managers facing tightening...

Black Sea Tanker Attacks Put Civilian Seafarers at Risk, ITF Warns

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has condemned recent attacks on commercial vessels operating in the Black Sea, warning that civilian seafarers must not...

[Watch] How a Ship Engine Works – 4 Stroke Marine Diesel Engine

This 3D animation details the inner workings of a V16 4-stroke marine diesel engine. The video explores the engine's four strokes, comparing inline and...

Backflush Filter Failures Pose Hidden Risk to Engine Safety

Disintegrating Filter Mesh Can Trigger Severe Engine Damage. Backflush Filter Risks Highlight Need for Careful Maintenance. Gard Warns on Lube Oil Filter Failures. Automatic...

Biofouling Management Gains Ground but Challenges Persist

Shipowners Prioritise Reliable Antifouling Systems. Cleaning Practices Expand as Regulatory Barriers Remain. Survey Shows Rising Focus on Biofouling Control. It turns out that nearly...

Ghost Oil Ships Test US Efforts to Choke Venezuela Revenue

Ghost Tankers Load as US Pressure Intensifies. Sanctions Strain Grows on Venezuela Oil Exports. Offshore Loading Highlights Limits of Enforcement. Right now, two so-called...

Iran Detains 18 Crew After Fuel Smuggling Interception in Gulf of Oman

Iran Seizes Tanker Carrying 6 Million Litres of Smuggled Fuel. Foreign Crew Held as Iran Steps Up Anti-Smuggling Drive. Gulf of Oman Interception...