Lomar’s Newbuild has to be Recycled After Grounding

Lomar Shipping announced that its newbuild container vessel Kea Trader, which ran aground on a reef off New Caledonia on July 12, will have to be recycled,...

[Watch] Ship Fire Creates Thick Smoke Over San Diego Harbor

A fire that ripped through a 120-foot-long fishing ship docked along downtown San Diego’s waterfront sent a cloud of thick, black smoke billowing over...

How do Cruise Ships Survive Hurricanes?

While the obvious fall-out from Hurricanes Irma and Maria – the twin forces of nature that have roared in the Atlantic this month –...

Hapag-Lloyd Takes Delivery of Last 15,000-TEU Vessel

The Germany ocean carrier has taken ownership of the last of a series of 17 ultra-large vessels first contracted in 2013 by UASC, and...

Crew Members of Foreign Cargo Ship Detained After Oil Leak

Coast Guard officers in Keratsini late on Wednesday detained the captain and first engineer of the Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship Ice Glacier after it...

Cargo Dumped, Crew Imprisoned

The "Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999" has sailed from San Cristóbal on Sep 26, 2017, around 8 p.m. in order to drop about 300...

Shipping Risks Rise as Antarctic Ice Hits Record Low

Sea ice cover in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, scientists said, as they warned the frozen continent’s unpredictable nature poses growing...

Major Marine Firms Set Stage for Integration

China CSSC Holdings Ltd. and CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company Ltd. both announced that their controlling shareholder, China State Shipbuilding Corp., is currently...

LNG Transfer Solution for Safer Operation

The Swedish coupling manufacturer and supplier MannTek has launched a liquefied natural gas small-scale transfer system that aims to make safer and easier operation...

Half Marooned Ship with Damaged Instruments Anchored Off Barcelona

The "C-Star" has dropped anchor off the coast of Barcelona on Sep 27. She was half-marooned, with the navigational instruments damaged and the crew...