Submarine Collides With Bulk Carrier

A Japanese submarine collided with a commercial ship while surfacing in Pacific coast on Monday, reports CNN. What happened? According to government officials, a Japanese submarine...

New Real-Time Ship Performance Optimisation System

Norway-based e-navigation specialist, Navtor, has released a new ship performance optimisation and fleet management system, NavFleet, based on a cyber secure platform which simultaneously...

Dropped Object Event Onboard

A dropped object event occurred when a crane wireless remote control unit fell from the main deck to the ROV winch room deck below,...

[Watch] Online Launching & Naming of Tanker

Thun Tankers together with Geos Group, Shipyard Ferus Smit and MF Shipping Group launched their first NaabsaMAX online. Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 5, 2021

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 5th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...

UK Seafarers Have To Apply for New Style Certificates

This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides information on the change to the format of STCW Certificates of Competency (CoC). It also gives information...

Ammonia Ships and Decarbonization, Expert View

  ABS had awarded a newbuild with the world's first 'ammonia-ready' designation from a classification society. The vessel, ordered by Avin International, will initially be...

Recent Trends in Shipping Industry, Experts Opinions

The shipbuilding industry currently sees the Chinese financing phasing out the western one. Smaller ship owners opt for alternative financial schemes with shipping...

Ningbo Containerised Freight Index

Baltic Exchange publishes the weekly Ningbo Containerised Freight Index, compiled by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange. The index is reported every Friday (except Chinese holidays) at...

Ship Strike a Cause for Whale Deaths?

An article published by Frank Swain in Hakai Magazine picturizes a forensic technique borrowed from the crime lab showing if a ship delivered the...