Last week, Assemblymember Rob Bonta (CA-18) introduced Assembly Bill 1372, legislation that addresses a long-standing and urgent need to change the process for setting pilotage rates […]
Excessive bearing and shaft wear resulting in frequent drydockings has led a Louisiana-based workboat operator to improve operational competitiveness and ensure greater equipment usability by converting […]
RightShip, the world’s largest maritime risk management and environmental assessment organization, has announced support for The Mission to Seafarers in their work to protect the well-being […]
On June 19th Damen Shipyards Group and the German Bundesamt fur Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr signed the contract for the construction of four MKS-180 […]
Port State control (PSC) regimes have expressed their willingness to be part of the solution to the urgent issue of crew changes and repatriation of seafarers. […]
Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore (“BV”), in collaboration with PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd (“PSA Marine”), has successfully completed a remote marine survey for ‘PSA Aspen’, an LNG […]
Mass testing of 7,000 returning seafarers is proving to be quite a difficult job for the Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) onboard some 18 cruise ships that have […]
878 Indonesian crew members from MV Eurodam, a Netherlands flagged Holland American cruise ship, were repatriated by at Tanjung Priok Port, Indonesia. The disembarkment happened in […]
MV Astoria, a Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) ship has been held off Tilbury docks by the UK Maritime and Coastal Agency. The grounds specified by […]
Continuing record performance of providing safe & secure homeward passage for Indian seafarers through Mumbai Port, MBPT achieved rare feet of simultaneous sign-off of 912 crew […]
According to the reports, the cruise ship Empress of The Seas which formerly belonged to Royal Caribbean International has been sold to an Indian startup company […]
A Russian flagged fishing vessel sank in the Barents Sea according to a local news agency. 17 crew members are missing as five rescue vessels started […]
Five South Korean container shipping companies have agreed to come together to establish K-Alliance, a Korean Maritime Movement Alliance (K-Alliance). According to the country’s Ministry of […]
BW LPG congratulates Captain Rabacca Jr. and crews onboard BW Orion, on the successful completion of sea and gas trials. BW Orion joins BW Gemini and […]
Aegean Shipping Management has exercised the option for the acquisition of the 3rd vessel in continuation to the agreement with COSCO Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd. […]
Congress passed the 2020 Water Resources Development Act. The bill formally authorized the expansion of the Houston Ship Channel, which was recently ranked the #1 U.S. […]
The first shipment, carrying bauxite, destined for Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)’s Al Taweelah alumina refinery, called at Khalifa Port’s South Quay, marking the commencement of operations […]
Sweden’s largest ports attract significant growth while smaller ports experience declining volumes, and the trend is only accelerating, revealed recent figures from the Swedish Ports Association. […]
Viking announced its first expedition ship – the 378-guest Viking Octantis®– was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new […]