A lifeline for seafarers waiting for crew changes has indeed being thrown by Sri Lanka, which straddles a major shipping lane. It has approved crew changes […]
The New Year started with rather peculiar shipping news as an oil tanker in Iraq has found its hull loaded with explosives. The incident once again […]
A cargo ship with 13 crew members sank in East China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday. According to the maritime search and rescue center, two have died […]
Things are fast deteriorating on the stranded ships carrying Indian seafarers in China as more and more seafarers’ mental well being are in dire condition. 16 […]
China has blamed shipping companies responsible for the light of 39 seafarers stranded on ships in Chinese waters. 23 Indian crew members on vessel MV Jag […]
Rotterdam-based company DisinfectYour.com has launched a new service to help vessel owners and crew respond to COVID-19 outbreaks. The service includes complete disinfection of closed areas […]
On December 28, Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, won the construction contract for two 24000TEU ultra-large container ships […]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) will launch research and development (R&D) on the adoption of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carrier to complete the basic […]
International seafarer welfare charity, The Mission to Seafarers has today announced the launch of its new On Board Mental Health Champions webinars and podcast series, as […]
Japanese engine builder Makita has selected ABB’s latest low-speed turbochargers for an engine being built for a chemical tanker, marking the first time that a Japanese-built […]
The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modelling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these […]
The shipping industry must help seafarers now to prevent a mental health catastrophe – that’s the message from international maritime charity Sailors’ Society as the most […]
ABB, together with Singaporean shipyard Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has successfully carried out South Asia’s first remote joystick control of a tugboat in the […]
The UN representative in Sri Lanka said that the sinking of the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl that had caught fire while transporting potentially harmful chemicals off Colombo […]