Spot Checks to Ensure Safety

MPA Safety Checks In Singapore PortsThe Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has stepped up checks on vessels to ensure that passenger ferries...

Why Not a Maritime Bank Using Maritime Template?

The President of the Nigeria Ship Owners Association (NISA) Capt. Niyi Labinjo, has called for the establishment of a Maritime Bank to help develop...

Fuel Efficiency At The Cost Of Negative Effect

Olivier van der Kruijs shares his experiences from the audits on more than one hundred container vessels last year.The modern container ships are designed...

Income Opportunity In Energy Sector

Energy sector had a thrashing of an 11-year low  which has sent many energy stocks, including shuttle tanker MLP KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP), falling...

Ship Stopped To Ensure Safety Of Cattle

A Wellard-owned ship, the Ocean Outback, carrying thousands of cattle and sheep, spent the past two nights anchored off Fremantle because of mechanical problems...

Bulk Carrier Stops to Attend an Injured Seafarer

Injured Crew Member Gets Immediate Medical AidOn Monday , the bulk carrier made an unplanned stop in Bermuda for medical assistance for a crew...

Oil Spill Due To Vessel Grounding Off Papua Guinea

Vessel Grounding Off Papua Guinea Ends In Oil SpillageIncident : Vessel GroundingVessel type : Passenger/Cargo VesselLocation : Near the Talele Island nature reserve in Papua New GuineaCasualties/Pollution :...

[Watch] Six Cruise Ships Tied Up at the Port’s Docks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.beWatch the Port Canaveral was jammed with both spectators and cruise ship passengers as, for the first time ever, six cruise ships tied up...

Frozen Shipping Market Warming Up For 2016

The global shipping market has been fairly icy in 2015.  However the investors managed to overcome the chillness.  Let us see how hot has...

Challenges Faced By Maritime Industry of Nigeria

2015 will go down as the toughest year in  the maritime industry of Nigeria.At the beginning of the year 2015, operators in the industry...