The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by P&O Ferries (P&OF), the British ferry operator, to power their new series of ‘super ferries’. The contract is […]
Captain of MV Wakashio, the ship which ran aground and spilt oil at the Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, has been denied bail. The Panamanian-flagged Japanese ship […]
BW LPG announces the successful start of a week-long sea and gas trials for Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) BW Gemini which has been retrofitted with […]
Global ship management and marine support services provider V.Group and Costamare Shipping Company S.A. (“Costamare”) have announced they have strengthened and expanded their existing strategic partnership. […]
ABB Marine & Ports’ latest shore connection technology is ensuring that calls by the passenger ferry Viking XPRS at Estonia’s Port of Tallinn are made quietly, […]
Supply chain disruption due to container rollovers at leading transshipment ports eased marginally for shippers in September compared to August. However, the ratio of rollovers remained […]
Female leadership should be a priority for maritime businesses – particularly in the bunker industry – where women make up just nine per cent of senior […]
After a banner year for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) fleet in 2019, with its best-ever ranking from port State control (PSC) authorities globally, […]
The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen, plying the river Seine in Paris. Commercial operations are […]
HMM Nuri, the first of eight 16,000 TEU-class new containerships, has been entirely filled with cargoes on her first voyage. On 6 April, HMM Nuri departed […]
VARD, one of the world’s major designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has secured contracts for the design and construction of three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) […]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that the company welcomed 57 new employees (new graduates at sea: 20; new graduates on land: 29; career recruits on […]
Two ballast tankers ran aground in the Suez Canal this morning (6 April). Both have now been reported to have been refloated. As per information received, […]
Despite the introduction ten years ago of regulations prohibiting the use of asbestos materials onboard ship, a significant number of existing and newbuild vessels continue to […]
Leading resin applications specialist Bolidt has supplied a range of state-of-the-art decking solutions for OceanX’s new flagship OceanXplorer, the most advanced vessel of its kind ever […]