[Watch] Container Ship Intercepted at Sea with a Ton of Cocaine

 On August 2, a container ship was intercepted by Colombian Navy and was discovered to have pure cocaine hidden onboard the ship. What happened? The container...

Svitzer Hermod to Refloat Grounded Vessel

A salvage plan drawn by a shipping company and a vessel's insurance company. What happened? The salvage plans chartered by the shipping company and the insurance...

Thun Tankers Adds Ship for Deliveries into Restricted Ports

A Dutch coastal shipping company has reached an agreement to increase its fleet strength by grabbing a 2011 built tanker. What happened? The Dutch coastal shipping...

NYK Set to Commercialize LNG Bunkering

NYK has signed a joint MOU with Kyushu Electric Power, Saibu Gas, and Chugoku Electric Power for Joint Discussions on LNG Bunkering in the...

Powerful Quake Kills 82 in Lombok Island, Thousands Flee Homes

 Indonesia's Lombok Island was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Sunday. The earthquake left several buildings damaged including the airport. At least...

Faulty Alteration of Course Resulted in Collision

Summary At about 2030 on the evening of 22 January 2018, the 294 m container ship Beijing Bridge was about 29 NM off the southern...

[Watch] US and Allies Sink Ex-USS Racine with Missiles and Torpedoes

Live fire from an aircraft, a submarine, and land assets participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sink the decommissioned ex-USS Racine...

Scrubber Adoption Rate Varied by Vessel Type

Suezmax Tankers to run its vessels on 0.5pc sulphur bunkers instead. Dry bulk carrier scrubber installations grew to 127 vessels. Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk...

Stevedores Invade Ship, Arrested

Stevedores at Brazil’s Port of Santos invaded a CMA CGM container ship, in the latest in a series of strikes and protests affecting container...

Fire in Engine Room Contained

A fire broke out in the engine room of “Volcanic de Teneguia” which was enroute to Santa Cruz from Cadiz, 85 miles north of...