Boarding Using Other Means than Gangways May be Dangerous
The MSF published safety alert regarding reports of individuals unsafe boarding vessels by means other than via the gangway. It has been noticed that...
Disabled Cargo Ship Under Tow, North Sea
The "Mistral" suffered engine failure in the afternoon of July 20, 2017, in the English Canal, while en route from Constanta to Hamburg.
The...
Typhoon Beached Cargo Ships
Four freighters were beached by the typhoon Talas on July 17, 2017, among them the "Thai Ha 26" and cargo ship "Truong Than".
Both...
Disney to Build Third LNG Fueled Cruise Ship
Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, used last weekend's D23 Disney fan event in Anaheim, CA, to announce plans add a...
A Smart Ship Solution Cuts Costs, Boosts Safety
The world's largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), says that its Integrated Smart Ship Solution (ISSS) is the first of its kind in the...
MCA Begins Digitalization of UK Ship Registry
The UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has initiated efforts to modernize the way the UK Ship Register operates and has an array of...
APL Records Best Ever Fleet Carbon Reductions
Containership operator APL — now part of the CMA CGM Group — reports that in 2016 recorded fleet carbon dioxide emissions were down by...
How a Merchant Ship from Glasgow Saved Thousands of Lives at Dunkirk
By Alex Nelson
In Winston Churchill’s famous “We shall fight on the beaches" speech, the Prime Minister hailed the evacuation of Dunkirk as a “miracle of...
[Watch] Software Should Not Ground Ships
by Martyn Wingrove
How can a brand new car carrier hit the sea floor because of a software fault?
How can a boxship, less than a...
DNV GL Releases Updated DNV GL NOx TIER III Compliance Guide
Classification society DNV GL has developed a new brochure to offer a set of best practices for the design of ships subject to NOx...