Former Merchant Mariner, Author Dies
George Evans died Jan. 19 in Fredericton. He was 91.
Evans, who moved to Amherst in 1961 from Corner Brook, N.L. to work for Canada...
Fleet Xpress Wins Prestigious SMART4SEA Excellence Award
Fleet Xpress from Inmarsat Maritime has secured the SMART4SEA Excellence Award 2017, the most prestigious of an inaugural set of awards presented by the...
Bernhard Schulte and Babcock forms Babcock Schulte Energy
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and Babcock International are forming a joint venture, Babcock Schulte Energy (BSE), to support their first LNG bunker-supply ship project...
Shipbuilders Continue to Face Drawn-out Slump in January
South Korean shipbuilders, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., secured only three shipbuilding deals in January, valued at a combined 2 trillion won (US$1.72...
Dry Bulk: Q4 Provided Optimism, Q1 Don’t Get Carried Away
Dry Bulk Shipping: Q4 provided optimism, Q1 will make sure we don’t get carried away
Iron ore provides 30% of the demand for the dry...
Carnival Turning Cruise Ships into Floating ‘Smart Cities’ at Sea
Leisure travel colossus Carnival Corporation put a spin on technology used at Disney World to turn cruise ships into what it bills as smart...
Baltic Dry Index Plunges on Evaporating Shipping Demand
The BDI has plunged since the start of China’s Lunar New Year holiday as demand to ship raw materials into the world’s largest commodities...
[Watch] Sailor Fell Fourteen Metres Inside a Cargo Hold
Two men have been seriously injured after they fell fourteen metres inside a cargo ship near Port Alma.
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Mother ‘Told to Prove Lactation’ at Frankfurt Airport
A woman has filed a complaint with German police alleging she was told to squeeze her breast at airport security to prove she was...
Martha Fatigue Report is Launched at the IMO
InterManager, the trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, together with The Warsash Maritime Academy, has presented the findings of its fatigue...