[Watch] Gas Leak on Cargo Ship Leaves One Dead, Three Fighting for Lives

A crew member of a Vietnamese cargo vessel was killed, while three others hospitalised after inhaling toxic fumes following a gas leak in the...

Emerging Grain-related Project Cargoes

By Lori Musser Grain might feed the world, but it has always been a predominantly bulk business and hasn’t fed into the global breakbulk and...

3 Shipping Containers Loaded with Cars Knocked Off Deck

Three shipping containers loaded with automobiles and kitchen supplies wound up in the waters of Newark Bay on Sunday when they were knocked off...

New Guidance on Minimising Risk From Ro-Ro Fires

North P&I Club Publishes New Guidance On Minimising Risk From Ro-Ro Fires North P&I Club has published a new loss prevention briefing on how to...

Container Ship Carrying Hazardous Cargo on Fire in Algoa Bay

Efforts are underway to extinguish a fire in the hold of a Liberian-flagged container ship carrying hazardous cargo, which is currently docked at the...

Australia and Indonesia Battle to Save WWII Shipwreck HMAS Perth from Salvagers

Australia and Indonesia will conduct a joint dive of the World War II shipwreck HMAS Perth off the coast of Java next month amid...

Rough Road Ahead as Hanjin Liquidates

On Friday, the curtains were officially closed on Hanjin Shipping, once regarded as the nation’s largest and world’s seventh-largest shipping line. What happened? After five months...

Strained Shippers Eyeing Mergers

A bid by Bermudian-based Frontline Ltd to acquire an independent crude oil tanker company less than half its size, is part of consolidation pressure...

Could Dry Bulk Newbuilding Orders Pick up as Prices Reach New Lows?

For almost 18 months now, dry bulk newbuilding contracting has been something of a rarity. The huge tonnage supply overhung, coupled with the dire...

50 Tankers Idle In Singapore, UAE Ports

Dozens of tankers used to carry refined oil products are sitting idle in Asia and the Middle East as slow trade and an oversupply...